Kurtosis and compressibility near the chiral phase transition (2008)
Stokić, B., Friman, B., Redlich, K.
The properties of net quark number fluctuations in the vicinity of the QCD chiral phase transition are discussed in terms of an effective chiral model in the mean-field approximation. We focus on the...
Particle production in p-p collisions and prediction for LHC energy (2008)
Kraus, I., Cleymans, J., Oeschler, H., Redlich, K.
We analyze recent data on particle production yields obtained in p-p collisions at SPS and RHIC energies within the statistical model. We apply the model formulated in the canonical ensemble and...
The Phase Diagram of Hadronic Matter (2008)
Castorina, P., Redlich, K., Satz, H.
We interpret the phase structure of hadronic matter in terms of the basic dynamical and geometrical features of hadrons. Increasing the density of constituents of finite spatial extension, by...
Bulk viscosity in quasi particle models (2008)
We discuss transport properties of dynamical fluid composed of quasi-particles whose masses depend on temperature and charge chemical potentials. Based on the relativistic kinetic theory formulated...
Statistical hadronization of charm: from FAIR to the LHC (2008)
Andronic, A., Braun-Munzinger, P., Redlich, K., Stachel, J.
We discuss the production of charmonium in nuclear collisions within the framework of the statistical hadronization model. We demonstrate that the model reproduces very well the availble data at...
Thermal description of hadron production in e+e- collisions revisited (2008)
Andronic, A., Beutler, F., Braun-Munzinger, P., Redlich, K., Stachel, J.
We present a comprehensive analysis of hadron production in e+e- collisions at different center-of-mass energies in the framework of the statistical model of the hadron resonance gas. The model is...
Density Fluctuations as Signature of a Non--Equilibrium First Order Phase Transition (2008)
Sasaki, C., Friman, B., Redlich, K.
We show that in the presence of spinodal instabilities which develop at a first order phase transition, the fluctuations of conserved charges can be as strong as those at the critical end point...
Density fluctuations and a first-order chiral phase transition in non-equilibrium (2008)
Sasaki, C., Friman, B., Redlich, K.
The thermodynamics of a first-order chiral phase transition is considered in the presence of spinodal phase separation using the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model in the mean field approximation. We focus on...
Heavy-ion collisions at the LHC-Last call for predictions (2008)
Armesto, N., Borghini, N., Jeon, S., Wiedemann, U. A., Abreu, S., Akkelin, S. V., ...
This writeup is a compilation of the predictions for the forthcoming Heavy Ion Program at the Large Hadron Collider, as presented at the CERN Theory Institute 'Heavy Ion Collisions at the LHC - Last...
Density fluctuations and chiral phase transition (2007)
Redlich, K., Friman, B., Sasaki, C.
Based on an effective QCD Lagrangian we discuss the properties of charge density fluctuations in the vicinity of chiral phase transition. We explore thermodynamics in the presence of spinodal phase...
Chiral phase transition in the presence of spinodal decomposition (2007)
Sasaki, C., Friman, B., Redlich, K.
The thermodynamics of a first order chiral phase transition is considered in the presence of spinodal phase separation within the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio (NJL) model. The properties of the basic...
Heavy Ion Collisions at the LHC - Last Call for Predictions (2007)
Abreu, S., Akkelin, S. V., Alam, J., Albacete, J. L., Andronic, A., Antonov, D., ...
This writeup is a compilation of the predictions for the forthcoming Heavy Ion Program at the Large Hadron Collider, as presented at the CERN Theory Institute 'Heavy Ion Collisions at the LHC - Last...
Tumour necrosis factor-dependent inflammatory cartilage destruction (2007)
Korb, A, Tuerk, B, Echtermeyer, F, Pap, T, Smolen, JS, Redlich, K
No abstract available.
Statistical hadronization of charm quarks in ultra-relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions (2007)
Andronic, A., Braun-Munzinger, P., Redlich, K., Stachel, J.
We discuss the production of charmonium and open charm in nuclear collisions at SPS/FAIR energies within the framework of the statistical hadronization model. The increasing importance at lower...
Exploring the QCD phase structure with density fluctuations (2007)
Sasaki, C., Friman, B., Redlich, K.
We briefly summarize the properties of conserved charge fluctuations as a sensitive probe for the QCD phase transitions. We discuss the density fluctuations which play a significant role to search...
Andronic, A., Braun-Munzinger, P., Redlich, K., Stachel, J.
We provide predictions for charmonium and open charm production in nuclear collisions at SPS/FAIR energies within the framework of the statistical hadronization model. The increasing importance at...
Statistical hadronization model predictions for charmed hadrons at LHC (2007)
Andronic, A, Braun-Munzinger, P, Redlich, K, Stachel, J
We present predictions of the statistical hadronization model for charmed hadrons production in Pb+Pb collisions at LHC.
Chemical Equilibrium in Collisions of Small Systems (2007)
Kraus, I., Cleymans, J., Oeschler, H., Redlich, K., Wheaton, S.
The system-size dependence of particle production in heavy-ion collisions at the top SPS energy is analyzed in terms of the statistical model. A systematic comparison is made of two suppression...
Statistical Model Predictions for p-p and Pb-Pb collisions at LHC (2007)
Kraus, I, Cleymans, J, Oeschler, H, Redlich, K, Wheaton, S
Predictions for particle production at LHC are discussed in the context of the statistical model. Moreover, the capability of particle ratios to determine the freeze-out point experimentally is...
Effective chiral model with Polyakov loops and its application to hot/dense medium (2007)
Sasaki, C., Friman, B., Redlich, K.
We study the thermodynamics of the Nambu--Jona-Lasinio model with Polyakov loops, where spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking and confinement are taken into account. We focus on the phase structure of...
QCD phase diagram and charge fluctuations (2007)
Redlich, K., Friman, B., Sasaki, C.
We discuss the phase structure and fluctuations of conserved charges in two flavor QCD. The importance of the density fluctuations to probe the existence of the critical end point is summarized. The...
Density fluctuations in the presence of spinodal instabilities (2007)
Sasaki, C., Friman, B., Redlich, K.
Density fluctuations resulting from spinodal decomposition in a non-equilibrium first-order chiral phase transition are explored. We show that such instabilities generate divergent fluctuations of...
Susceptibilities and the Phase Structure of an Effective Chiral Model with Polyakov Loops (2007)
Sasaki, C., Friman, B., Redlich, K.
In the Nambu--Jona-Lasinio model with Polyakov loops, we explore the relation between the deconfinement and chiral phase transitions within the mean-field approximation. We focus on the phase...
Fluctuations and the Phase Transition in a Chiral Model with Polyakov Loops (2007)
Sasaki, C., Friman, B., Redlich, K.
We explore the NJL model with Polyakov loops for a system of three colors and two flavors within the mean-field approximation, where both chiral symmetry and confinement are taken into account. We...
Andronic, A., Braun-Munzinger, P., Redlich, K., Stachel, J.
We investigate the transition from suppression to enhancement of J/psi mesons produced in ultra-relativistic nuclear collisions in the framework of the statistical hadronization model. The...
Transition from Baryon- to Meson-Dominated Freeze Out -- Early Decoupling around 30 A GeV? (2007)
Oeschler, H., Cleymans, J., Redlich, K., Wheaton, S.
The recently discovered sharp peak in the excitation function of the K+/pi+ ratio around 30 A GeV in relativistic heavy-ion collisions is discussed in the framework of the Statistical Model. In this...
Group projection method in statistical systems (2006)
Redlich, K., Karsch, F., Tounsi, A.
We discuss an application of group theoretical methods to the formulation of the thermodynamics of systems constrained by the conservation laws described by a semi--simple compact Lie group. A...
Quark Number Fluctuations in a Chiral Model at Finite Baryon Chemical Potential (2006)
Sasaki, C., Friman, B., Redlich, K.
We discuss the net quark and isovector fluctuations as well as off-diagonal quark flavor susceptibilities along the chiral phase transition line in the Nambu--Jona-Lasinio (NJL) model. The model is...
Susceptibilities and the Phase Structure of a Chiral Model with Polyakov Loops (2006)
Sasaki, C., Friman, B., Redlich, K.
In an extension of the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model where the quarks interact with the temporal gluon field, represented by the Polyakov loop, we explore the relation between the deconfinement and chiral...
Statistical hadronization of heavy quarks in ultra-relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions (2006)
Andronic, A., Braun-Munzinger, P., Redlich, K., Stachel, J.
We present new results on the statistical hadronization of heavy quarks at SPS, RHIC and LHC energies. Several new aspects are considered, among them a separation of the collision geometry into a...
Charge Fluctuations along the QCD phase boundary (2006)
Redlich, K., Friman, B., Sasaki, C.
We discuss the properties of the net--quark and isovector fluctuations along the chiral phase transition line in the plane spanned by temperature and baryon chemical potential. Our results are...
Statistical Model Predictions for Pb-Pb Collisions at LHC (2006)
Kraus, I., Cleymans, J., Oeschler, H., Redlich, K., Wheaton, S.
The systematics of Statistical Model parameters extracted from heavy-ion collisions at lower energies are exploited to extrapolate in the LHC regime. Predictions of various particle ratios are...
Status of Chemical Freeze-Out (2006)
Cleymans, J, Oeschler, H, Redlich, K, Wheaton, S
The status of the energy dependence of the chemical freeze-out temperature and chemical potential obtained in heavy ion collisions is presented. Recent proposals for chemical freeze-out conditions...
Status of Chemical Freeze-Out (2006)
Cleymans, J., Oeschler, H., Redlich, K., Wheaton, S.
The status of the energy dependence of the chemical freeze-out temperature and chemical potential obtained in heavy ion collisions is presented. Recent proposals for chemical freeze-out conditions...
Lattice QCD Constraints on the Nuclear Equation of State (2006)
Khvorostukhin, A. S., Skokov, V. V., Toneev, V. D., Redlich, K.
Based on the quasi-particle description of the QCD medium at finite temperature and density we formulate the phenomenological model for the equation of state that exhibits crossover or the first...
Statistical Model Predictions for Particle Ratios at sqrt(s_NN) = 5.5 TeV (2006)
Cleymans, J, Kraus, I, Oeschler, H, Redlich, K, Wheaton, S
Particle production in central Pb-Pb collisions at LHC is discussed in the context of the Statistical Model. Predictions of various particle ratios are presented with the corresponding choice of...
Statistical Model Predictions for Particle Ratios at sqrt(s_NN) = 5.5 TeV (2006)
Cleymans, J., Kraus, I., Oeschler, H., Redlich, K., Wheaton, S.
Particle production in central Pb-Pb collisions at LHC is discussed in the context of the Statistical Model. Predictions of various particle ratios are presented with the corresponding choice of...
Comparison of Chemical Freeze-Out Criteria in Heavy-Ion Collisions (2005)
Cleymans, J, Wheaton, S, Redlich, K, Oeschler, H
One of the most remarkable results to emerge from heavy-ion collisions over the past two decades is the striking regularity shown by particle yields at all energies. This has led to several very...
Comparison of Chemical Freeze-Out Criteria in Heavy-Ion Collisions (2005)
Cleymans, J, Oeschler, H, Redlich, K, Wheaton, S
One of the most remarkable results to emerge from heavy-ion collisions over the past two decades is the striking regularity shown by particle yields at all energies. This has led to several very...
Comparison of Chemical Freeze-Out Criteria in Heavy-Ion Collisions (2005)
Cleymans, J., Oeschler, H., Redlich, K., Wheaton, S.
One of the most remarkable results to emerge from heavy-ion collisions over the past two decades is the striking regularity shown by particle yields at all energies. This has led to several very...
The Thermal Model and the Transition from Baryonic to Mesonic Freeze-Out (2005)
Cleymans, J., Oeschler, H., Redlich, K., Wheaton, S.
The present status of the thermal model is reviewed and the recently discovered sharp peak in the $K^+/\pi^+$ ratio is discussed in this framework. It is shown that the rapid change is related to a...
Hadronic fluctuations in the QGP (2005)
Karsch, Frithjof, Ejiri, S, Redlich, K
We analyze fluctuations of quark number and electric charge, in 2-flavour QCD at finite temperature and vanishing net baryon number density. In the hadronic phase we find that an enhancement of...
Hadronic fluctuations in the QGP (2005)
Karsch, F., Ejiri, S., Redlich, K.
We analyze fluctuations of quark number and electric charge, in 2-flavour QCD at finite temperature and vanishing net baryon number density. In the hadronic phase we find that an enhancement of...
The QCD equation of state for two flavours at non-zero chemical potential (2005)
Ejiri, S, Allton, C R, Döring, M, Hands, S J, Kaczmarek, O, Karsch, Frithjof, ...
We present results of a simulation of 2 flavour QCD on a $16^3\times4$ lattice using p4-improved staggered fermions with bare quark mass $m/T=0.4$. Derivatives of the thermodynamic grand canonical...
The QCD equation of state for two flavours at non-zero chemical potential (2005)
Ejiri, S., Allton, C. R., Döring, M., Hands, S. J., Kaczmarek, O., Karsch, F., ...
We present results of a simulation of 2 flavour QCD on a $16^3\times4$ lattice using p4-improved staggered fermions with bare quark mass $m/T=0.4$. Derivatives of the thermodynamic grand canonical...
Hadronic fluctuations at the QCD phase transition (2005)
Ejiri, S, Karsch, Frithjof, Redlich, K
We discuss the properties of hadronic fluctuations, i.e. fluctuations of net quark and isospin numbers as well as electric charge, in the vicinity of the QCD transition in isospin-symmetric matter at...
Hadronic fluctuations at the QCD phase transition (2005)
Ejiri, S., Karsch, F., Redlich, K.
We discuss the properties of hadronic fluctuations, i.e. fluctuations of net quark and isospin numbers as well as electric charge, in the vicinity of the QCD transition in isospin-symmetric matter at...
Statistical production of antikaon nuclear bound states in heavy ion collisions (2005)
Andronic, A., Braun-Munzinger, P., Redlich, K.
Recently it was conjectured that the strongly attractive antikaon--nucleon potential can result in the formation of antikaon nuclear bound states. We discuss the formation of such states as possible...
Photon Physics in Heavy Ion Collisions at the LHC (2005)
Arleo, F., Aurenche, P., Bopp, F., Dadic, I., David, G., Delagrange, H., ...
Various pion and photon production mechanisms in high-energy nuclear collisions at RHIC and LHC are discussed. Comparison with RHIC data is done whenever possible. The prospect of using...
The Horn and the Thermal Model (2005)
Cleymans, J., Oeschler, H., Redlich, K., Wheaton, S.
The recently discovered sharp peak in the K+/pi+ ratio in relativistic heavy-ion collisions is discussed in the framework of the thermal model. In this model a rapid change is expected as the...
Thermodynamic limit and semi--intensive quantities (2005)
Cleymans, J., Redlich, K., Turko, L.
The properties of statistical ensembles with abelian charges close to the thermodynamic limit are discussed. The finite volume corrections to the probability distributions and particle density...
Heme oxygenase 1 regulates osteoclastogenesis (2005)
Zwerina, J, Hayer, S, Redlich, K, Radda, I, Hoffmann, O, Smolen, JS, ...
No abstract available.
Direct analysis of bone turnover in experimental arthritis (2005)
Polzer, K, Tuerk, B, Redlich, K, Hayer, S, Smolen, J, Schett, G
No abstract available.
Thermodynamics of Two Flavor QCD to Sixth Order in Quark Chemical Potential (2005)
Allton, C. R., Doering, M., Ejiri, S., Hands, S. J., Kaczmarek, O., Karsch, F., ...
We present results of a simulation of 2-flavor QCD on a 4x16^3 lattice using p4-improved staggered fermions with bare quark mass m/T=0.4. Derivatives of the thermodynamic grand canonical partition...
ALICE Technical Design Report on Forward Detectors : FMD, T0 and V0 (2005)
Cortese, P., Dellacasa, G., Ramello, L., Sitta, M., Ahmad, N., Ahmad, S., ...
ALICE Technical Design Report of the Computing (2005)
Cortese, P., Dellacasa, G., Ramello, L., Sitta, M., Ahmad, N., Ahmad, S., ...
A high resolution electromagnetic calorimeter based on lead-tungstate crystals (2005)
Aleksandrov, D.V., Burachas, S.F., Ippolitov, M.S., Lebedev, V.A., Manko, V.I., Nikulin, S.A., ...
A large-scale prototype of the PHOS electromagnetic spectrometer, which is part of the ALICE detector, has been built and tested. This prototype has 256 detector channels and is operated at −25...
ALICE Technical Design Report on Forward Detectors : FMD, T0 and V0 (2005)
Cortese, P., Dellacasa, G., Ramello, L., Sitta, M., Ahmad, N., Ahmad, S., ...
ALICE Technical Design Report of the Computing (2005)
Cortese, P., Dellacasa, G., Ramello, L., Sitta, M., Ahmad, N., Ahmad, S., ...
Probability distributions in statistical ensembles with conserved charges (2004)
Cleymans, J., Redlich, K., Turko, L.
The probability distributions for charged particle numbers and their densities are derived in statistical ensembles with conservation laws. It is shown that if this limit is properly taken then the...
Transition from Baryonic to Mesonic Freeze-Out (2004)
Cleymans, J., Oeschler, H., Redlich, K., Wheaton, S.
The recently discovered sharp peak in the K+/pi+ ratio is discussed in the framework of the statistical model. In this model a rapid change is expected as the hadronic gas undergoes a transition from...
Arthritis induces lymphocytic bone marrow inflammation and endosteal bone formation (2004)
Görtz, B, Hayer, S, Zwerina, J, Tohidast-Akrad, M, Redlich, K, Steiner, G, ...
No abstract available.
Fluctuations in the vicinity of the phase transition line for two flavor QCD (2004)
Ejiri, S., Allton, C. R., Doering, M., Hands, S. J., Kaczmarek, O., Karsch, F., ...
We study the susceptibilities of quark number, isospin number and electric charge in numerical simulations of lattice QCD at high temperature and density. We discuss the equation of state for 2...
Numerical study of the equation of state for two flavor QCD at non-zero baryon density (2004)
Ejiri, S., Allton, C. R., Doering, M., Hands, S. J., Kaczmarek, O., Karsch, F., ...
We discuss the equation of state (EoS) for two flavor QCD at non-zero temperature and density. Derivatives of $\ln Z$ with respect to quark chemical potential $\mu_q$ are calculated up to sixth...
On the chemical equilibration of strangeness-exchange reaction in heavy-ion collisions (2004)
Cleymans, J., Foerster, A., Oeschler, H., Redlich, K., Uhlig, F.
The strangeness-exchange reaction pi + Y -> K- + N is shown to be the dynamical origin of chemical equilibration for K- production in heavy-ion collisions up to beam energies of 10 A GeV. The...
Heavy ion collisions and lattice QCD at finite baryon density (2004)
Redlich, K., Karsch, F., Tawfik, A.
We discuss a relation between the QCD thermodynamics obtained from a statistical analysis of particle production in heavy ion collisions at SPS and RHIC energies and recent LGT results at finite...
Overexpression of TNF causes bilateral sacroiliitis (2004)
Redlich, K, Görtz, B, Hayer, S, Zwerina, J, Kollias, G, Steiner, G, ...
No abstract available.
CD44 regulates bone erosion and osteoclastogenesis in arthritis (2004)
Hayer, S, Goertz, B, Zwerina, J, Redlich, K, Hoffmann, O, Amling, M, ...
No abstract available.
Redlich, K, Görtz, B, Hayer, S, Zwerina, J, Doerr, N, Kostenuik, P, ...
No abstract available.
Zoledronic acid protects from local and systemic bone loss in TNF-mediated arthritis (2004)
Zwerina, J, Herrak, P, Goertz, B, Hayer, S, Redlich, K, Reiter, E, ...
No abstract available.