ar X iv : h ep - p h / 05 10 27 1 v 2 3 1 M ay 2 00 6 Signals of non - extensive statistical mechanics in high - energy nuclear collisions

ar X iv : h ep - p h / 03 04 05 2 v 2 9 M ay 2 00 3 Fluctuations and Deconfinement Phase Transition in Nucleus – Nucleus Collisions

The ratio of properly filtered multiplicity to energy fluctuations is shown to be sensitive to the equation of state of strongly interacting matter. Within a statistical approach to the early stage of nucleus–nucleus collisions, the ratio manifests a non–monotonic collision energy dependence with a maximum in the domain where the onset of deconfinement occurs.

ar X iv : h ep - p h / 06 05 13 6 v 1 1 1 M ay 2 00 6 Lepton Flavor Violating τ and μ decays

ar X iv : h ep - p h / 05 07 27 6 v 1 2 5 Ju l 2 00 5 System - size dependence of strangeness production in high - energy A +

We argue that the shape of the system-size dependence of strangeness production in nucleus-nucleus collisions can be understood in a picture that is based on the formation of clusters of overlapping strings. A string percolation model combined with a statistical description of the hadronization yields a quantitative agreement with the data at √ s N N = 17.3 GeV. The model is also applied to RHI...

ar X iv : h ep - p h / 03 04 05 2 v 1 4 A pr 2 00 3 Fluctuations and Deconfinement Phase Transition in Nucleus – Nucleus Collisions

The ratio of properly filtered multiplicity to energy fluctuations is shown to be sensitive to the equation of state of strongly interacting matter. Within a statistical approach to the early stage of nucleus–nucleus collisions, the ratio manifests a non–monotonic collision energy dependence with a maximum in the domain where the onset of deconfinement occurs.

ar X iv : h ep - p h / 02 05 33 3 v 1 3 0 M ay 2 00 2 DO WE UNDERSTAND WHAT IS DECONFINEMENT ?

An overview is given of different approaches to describing the process of deconfine-ment in quantum chromodynamics. The analysis of the known approaches demonstrates that the detailed picture of how deconfinement really occurs has not yet been understood. Therefore, one has to be rather cautious when interpreting experimental signals as attributed to deconfinement.