https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2005-02219-8
Theoretical Physics
Quarkonium formation in statistical and kinetic models
Department of Physics, University of Arizona, AZ 85721, Tucson , USA
* e-mail: thews@physics.arizona.edu
Received:
15
February
2005
Published online:
4
May
2005
I review the present status of two related models addressing scenarios in which the formation of heavy quarkonium states in high energy heavy ion collisions proceed via “off-diagonal” combinations of a quark and an antiquark. The physical process involved belongs to a general class of quark “recombination”, although technically the recombining quarks here were never previously bound in a quarkonium state. Features of these processes relevant as a signature of color deconfinement are discussed.
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