Strangeness production as a function of multiplicity in pp collisions with PYTHIA
Summary
The description of the Quark Gluon Plasma can bring extra insight into the early uni-
verse and can increase understanding of the strong force in the standard model. This
thesis analyzes data from PYTHIA-generated proton-proton collisions with and with-
out Color Reconnection in order to ascertain whether Color Reconnection could explain
some of the ?ndings attributed to the formation of a QGP in High-Energy particle col-
lisions.
The thesis ?nds that Color Reconnection can qualitatively achieve similar results as
are found in high-energy proton collisions. This implies that there might be a different
explanation than a de-con?ned state of matter for the particle behavior that is found
experimentally. The mechanism behind this could be Color Reconnection.