Low-m_t charged pion asymmetry enhancement from hadronization of QGP

Abstract

We show that in sudden hadronization of QGP a non-equilibrium value of the pion phase space occupancy parameter gamma_q>1 is expected in order to accommodate the entropy excess in QGP and the process of gluon fragmentation. When gamma_q is near to its maximum allowed value, pion overabundance is shown to arise at low $m_{\perp }$, where the charged pion asymmetry is also amplified. These effects are considered and we show that their magnitude suffices to explain pertinent experimental data obtained in 160-200AGeV Pb- and S- induced reactions.

Comments: 6 pages incl. 4 figures, v2 extends discussion of other explanations of the effect, adds references