We study the hadronic phase of Quantum Chromodynamics within a formalism that uses strongly interacting resonances in the Regge theory approach. Our aim is to investigate the properties of the medium created in a relativistic nucleus-nucleus collision, using the electromagnetic decays of vector mesons as probe. To do so, we first layout the foundations of Regge theory, which is then used to calculate the in-medium properties of vector mesons. This methodology will be used to calculate for the first time the properties of the &phis; meson in a hadronic medium. The properties are contained within the imaginary part of the propagator (IMPP). Since it is related to electromagnetic decay via vector meson dominance, the IMPP is a probe of strongly interacting hadron gas created in the collision.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.111618 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Creators | Vujanovic, Gojko. |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science (Department of Physics.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 003135216, proquestno: AAIMR66721, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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