Excitation function of K+ and π+ production in Au plus Au reactions at 2-10 AGeV

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作者
Ahle, L
Akiba, Y
Ashktorab, K
Baker, MC
Beavis, D
Budick, B
Chang, J
Chasman, C
Chen, Z
Chu, YY
Chujo, T
Cumming, J
Debbe, R
Dunlop, JC
Eldredge, W
Fleming, K
Fung, SY
Garcia, E
Gushue, S
Hamagaki, H
Hayano, R
Heintzelman, GH
Kang, JH
Kim, EJ
Kumagai, A
Kurita, K
Lee, JH
Lee, YK
Miake, Y
Mignerey, AC
Moulson, M
Muentz, C
Nagano, K
Ogilvie, CA
Olness, J
Oyama, K
Remsberg, L
Sako, H
Seto, R
Shea, J
Shigaki, K
Steadman, SG
Stephans, GSF
Tamagawa, T
Tannenbaum, MJ
Ueno-Hayashi, S
Videbaek, F
Xiang, H
Wang, F
Yagi, K
机构
[1] Brookhaven Natl Lab, Upton, NY 11973 USA
[2] Univ Calif Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521 USA
[3] Columbia Univ, Nevis Labs, Irvington, NY 10533 USA
[4] KEK, High Energy Accelerator Res Org, Tanashi Branch, Tanashi, Tokyo 188, Japan
[5] KEK, High Energy Accelerator Res Org, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan
[6] Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, MD USA
[7] Univ Maryland, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
[8] MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
[9] NYU, New York, NY USA
[10] Univ Tokyo, Dept Phys, Tokyo 113, Japan
[11] Univ Tokyo, Sch Sci, Ctr Nucl Study, Tanashi, Tokyo 188, Japan
[12] Univ Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan
[13] Yonsei Univ, Seoul 120749, South Korea
[14] Argonne Natl Lab, Argonne, IL 60439 USA
[15] Brookhaven Natl Lab, Upton, NY 11973 USA
[16] Univ Calif Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521 USA
[17] Columbia Univ, Nevis Labs, Irvington, NY 10533 USA
[18] Univ Illinois, Chicago, IL 60607 USA
[19] Univ Maryland, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
[20] MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
[21] Univ Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627 USA
[22] Yonsei Univ, Seoul 120749, South Korea
基金
美国国家航空航天局; 美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1016/S0370-2693(00)00037-X
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P1 [天文学];
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摘要
Positive pion and kaon production from Au + An reactions have been measured as a function of beam energy over the range 2.0-10.7 AGeV. Both the kaon and the pion production cross-sections at mid-rapidity are observed to increase steadily with beam kinetic energy. The ratio of K+ to pi(+) mid-rapidity yields increases from 0.0271 +/- 0.0015 +/- 0.0014 at 2.0 AGeV to 0.202 +/- 0.005 +/- 0.010 at 10.7 AGeV and is larger than the K+/pi(+) ratio From p + p reactions over the same beam energy region. There is no indication of a strong onset of any neu production mechanism in heavy-ion reactions in this energy range beyond rescattering of hadrons. (C) 2000 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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