Chiral symmetry, di-electrons and charm

Abstract

We survey some prospects of identifying further in-medium modifications of hadrons in a strongly interacting medium with respect to ongoing experiment series of the HADES Collaboration and planned experiments of the CBM Collaboration at FAIR. Di-electrons, strange and charm mesons are considered and their potential for signaling imprints of chiral restoration is highlighted.

Comments: Apr. 2010. 7 pp. Talk given at XLVIII International Winter Meeting on Nuclear Physics in Bormio, Italy, 25-29 Jan. 2010.