Kaon Condensation and Dilepton Production from Strange Hadronic Matter

Abstract

We consider modification of kaons and the implications for dilepton production in the early stage of high-energy heavy-ion collisions. Constructing the equation of state of hadronic matter, including kaons as well as hyperons Λ with recourse to the relativistic mean-field theory, we study the production rate of dileptons. The possibility of K⁺ condensation is also revisited in this framework.