# The QGP-Stall or Not ?

## 1 The Framework And The QGP Stall at CERN/SPS Beam Energies

Let us consider two quite different equations of state (EOS) of nuclear matter within a true relativistic hydrodynamic framework (i.e., HYLANDER-C) . The first one, EOS-I, has a phase-transition to a QGP at $`T_C`$ = 200 $`MeV`$ ($`ϵ_C`$ = 1.35 $`GeV/fm^3`$) . The second EOS, EOS-II, is a purely hadronic EOS, which has been extracted from the transport code RQMD (cf., Ref. ) under the assumption of fully acchieved thermalization. If one assumes for each EOS different initial conditions before the hydrodynamical expansions, one can fit simultaneously hadronic single inclusive momentum spectra and BEC, which have been measured recently by the CERN/NA44 and CERN/NA49 Collaborations (cf., ), respectively. In particular, for the acceptance of the NA44 experiment a ratio $`R_{out}/R_{side}`$ 1.15 was found  while using both EOS, EOS-I and EOS-II. Little difference was seen in the BEC of identical pion pairs while considering the two different EOS.

## 2 The QGP Stall At BNL/RHIC Beam Energies And Conclusions

In the following, we shall assume for central Au+Au collisions at BNL/RHIC beam energies a set of fireball initial conditions, IC-I, which are similar to those as described in Ref. . From these fireball initial conditions, IC-I, single inclusive momentum spectra have been calculated while using EOS-I and EOS-II in the hydrodynamic expansions. We note, that the rapidity spectra of both calculations differ in width and nomalization significantly . Fig. 1. shows, that the isothermes of the transversely expanding fluids at longitudinal coordinate $`z=0`$ also differ significantly. Since there will be only one set of measured data, we shall fit the calculation using EOS-II to the single inclusive momentum spectra of the calculation using EOS-I. In doing so, we find new initial conditions, IC-II . But now the space-time picture of the evolving fireball at freeze-out is again very similar to the one using EOS-I with IC-I.

If one calculates BEC of identical pion pairs or identical kaon pairs, resepectively, one finds  while comparing the calculations using EOS-I with IC-I and EOS-II with IC-II, respectively, no significant differences in the extracted ratios $`R_{out}/R_{side}`$ regardless of the pair kinematics under consideration. In particular, the assumption of the PHENIX detector acceptance  leads to a ratio $`R_{out}/R_{side}`$ 1.65 for both choices of EOS.

In summary, the larger ratio $`R_{out}/R_{side}`$ at RHIC beam energies appears to be rather a consequence of the expected higher energy deposit in the fireball during the heavy-ion collision, but it appears not to be an indicator of the present or absent phase-transition to a QGP. Of course, more theoretical analysis is neccessary, but there is strong evidence, that BEC do not provide a good QGP signature, since we do not understand the initial state of a heavy-ion collision well enough yet.