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arxiv: 1403.6311 · v1 · pith:NT6CHYC3new · submitted 2014-03-25 · ✦ hep-ph · nucl-th

Strangeness enhancement at the hadronic chemical freeze-out

classification ✦ hep-ph nucl-th
keywords chemicalstrangenessgammahornantibaryonsbaryonsdescriptionenergies
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The chemical freeze-out of hadrons created in the high energy nuclear collisions is studied within the realistic version of the hadron resonance gas model. The chemical non-equilibrium of strange particles is accounted via the usual $\gamma_{s}$ factor which gives us an opportunity to perform a high quality fit with $\chi^2/dof \simeq 63.5/55 \simeq 1.15$ of the hadronic multiplicity ratios measured from the low AGS to the highest RHIC energies. In contrast to previous findings, at low energies we observe the strangeness enhancement instead of a suppression. In addition, the performed $\gamma_{s}$ fit allows us to achieve the highest quality of the Strangeness Horn description with $\chi^2/dof=3.3/14$. For the first time the top point of the Strangeness Horn is perfectly reproduced, which makes our theoretical horn as sharp as an experimental one. However, the $\gamma_{s}$ fit approach does not sizably improve the description of the multi-strange baryons and antibaryons. Therefore, an apparent deviation of multi-strange baryons and antibaryons from chemical equilibrium requires further explanation.

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