Strange Dibaryons in Neutron Stars and in Heavy-Ion Collisions

Abstract

The formation of dibaryons with strangeness are discussed for the interior of neutron stars and for central relativistic heavy-ion collisions. We derive limits for the properties of H-dibaryons from pulsar data. Signals for the formation of possible bound states with hyperons at BNL's Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider (RHIC) are investigated by studying their weak decay patterns and production rates.

Comments: 7 pages, 4 figures, invited talk given at the VII International Conference on Hypernuclear and Strange Particle Physics, Torino, Italy, October 23-27, 2000