Hadronization of Dense Partonic Matter

Abstract

The parton recombination model has turned out to be a valuable tool to describe hadronization in high energy heavy ion collisions. I review the model and revisit recent progress in our understanding of hadron correlations. I also discuss higher Fock states in the hadrons, possible violations of the elliptic flow scaling and recombination effects in more dilute systems.

Comments: 8 pages, 4 figures; plenary talk delivered at SQM 2006, to appear in J. Phys. G