Disappearance of transverse flow in Au plus Au collisions

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作者
Magestro, DJ [1 ]
Bauer, W
Bjarki, O
Crispin, JD
Miller, ML
Tonjes, MB
Vander Molen, AM
Westfall, GD
Pak, R
Norbeck, E
机构
[1] Michigan State Univ, Natl Superconducting Cyclotron Lab, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA
[2] Michigan State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA
[3] Univ Rochester, Nucl Struct Res Lab, Rochester, NY 14627 USA
[4] Univ Iowa, Dept Phys, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA
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PHYSICAL REVIEW C | 2000年 / 61卷 / 02期
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10.1103/PhysRevC.61.021602
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O57 [原子核物理学、高能物理学];
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070202 ;
摘要
The balance energy at which repulsive nucleon-nucleon scattering balances the attractive force due to the nuclear mean field is measured for the first time for the Au+Au reaction. The observed balance energy of 42+/-3(stat)+/-1(sys) MeV/nucleon agrees with the previously established power law dependence of E-bal bn system mass, providing evidence that the Coulomb interaction does not suppress the attractive mean field near the balance energy, in contrast to recent theoretical predictions.
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页码:216021 / 216024
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