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Collision Broadening of the Phi Meson in Baryon Rich Hadronic Matter

Wade Smith, Kevin L. Haglin

nucl-tharXiv:nucl-th/9710026

Abstract

Phi meson-baryon cross sections, estimated within a one-boson-exchange model, serve as input for a calculation of the collision rates in hot hadronic matter. We find that the width of the ϕmeson is modified through collisions with baryons by 1-10 MeV at 160 MeV temperature depending on the baryon fugacity. Thermalization of the ϕin high energy heavy ion collisions is discussed.

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