The Equation of State and Multiparticle Production

Abstract

We discuss the distribution of fireballs produced in heavy-ion collisions in the net-baryon number and argue that neither the Free-Quark Model (FQM) nor the Hadron Resonance Gas (HRG) model can provide a comprehensive explanation of the distribution observed at the LHC. The concept of net-baryon number freezeout temperature is suggested and the role of sea quarks as a possible source of net-baryon number fluctuations is emphasized.

Comments: 10 pages. Talk given at the the XXXV International Workshop on High Energy Physics "From Quarks to Galaxies: Elucidating Dark Sides", Protvino, 2023; published in Phys.Part.Nucl., 2024