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(Anti)Proton and Pion Source Sizes and Phase Space Densities in Heavy Ion Collisions

NA44 has measured mid-rapidity deuteron spectra from AA collisions at sqrt{s}=18GeV/A at the CERN SPS. Combining these spectra with published proton, antiproton and antideuteron data allows us to calculate, within a coalescence framework, proton and antiproton source sizes and phase space densities....

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Autor principal: Murray, M
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2001
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.63.054901
http://cds.cern.ch/record/450863
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description NA44 has measured mid-rapidity deuteron spectra from AA collisions at sqrt{s}=18GeV/A at the CERN SPS. Combining these spectra with published proton, antiproton and antideuteron data allows us to calculate, within a coalescence framework, proton and antiproton source sizes and phase space densities. These results are compared to pion source sizes and densities, pA results and to lower energy (AGS) data. The antiproton source is larger than the proton source at sqrt{s}=18GeV/A. The phase space densities of pions and protons are not constant but grow with system size. Both pi+ and proton radii decrease with transverse mass and increase with sqrt{s}. Pions and protons do not freeze-out independently. The nature of their interaction changes as sqrt{s}, and the pion/proton ratio increases.
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spelling cern-4508632019-09-30T06:29:59Zdoi:10.1103/PhysRevC.63.054901http://cds.cern.ch/record/450863engMurray, M(Anti)Proton and Pion Source Sizes and Phase Space Densities in Heavy Ion CollisionsNuclear Physics - ExperimentNA44 has measured mid-rapidity deuteron spectra from AA collisions at sqrt{s}=18GeV/A at the CERN SPS. Combining these spectra with published proton, antiproton and antideuteron data allows us to calculate, within a coalescence framework, proton and antiproton source sizes and phase space densities. These results are compared to pion source sizes and densities, pA results and to lower energy (AGS) data. The antiproton source is larger than the proton source at sqrt{s}=18GeV/A. The phase space densities of pions and protons are not constant but grow with system size. Both pi+ and proton radii decrease with transverse mass and increase with sqrt{s}. Pions and protons do not freeze-out independently. The nature of their interaction changes as sqrt{s}, and the pion/proton ratio increases.nucl-ex/0008006oai:cds.cern.ch:4508632001
spellingShingle Nuclear Physics - Experiment
Murray, M
(Anti)Proton and Pion Source Sizes and Phase Space Densities in Heavy Ion Collisions
title (Anti)Proton and Pion Source Sizes and Phase Space Densities in Heavy Ion Collisions
title_full (Anti)Proton and Pion Source Sizes and Phase Space Densities in Heavy Ion Collisions
title_fullStr (Anti)Proton and Pion Source Sizes and Phase Space Densities in Heavy Ion Collisions
title_full_unstemmed (Anti)Proton and Pion Source Sizes and Phase Space Densities in Heavy Ion Collisions
title_short (Anti)Proton and Pion Source Sizes and Phase Space Densities in Heavy Ion Collisions
title_sort (anti)proton and pion source sizes and phase space densities in heavy ion collisions
topic Nuclear Physics - Experiment
url https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.63.054901
http://cds.cern.ch/record/450863
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