Universal pion freeze-out in heavy-ion collisions -: art. no. 022301

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Adamová, D
Agakichiev, G
Appelshäuser, H
Belaga, V
Braun-Munzinger, P
Castillo, A
Cherlin, A
Damjanovic, S
Dietel, T
Dietrich, L
Drees, A
Esumi, SI
Filimonov, K
Fomenko, K
Fraenkel, Z
Garabatos, C
Glässel, P
Hering, G
Holeczek, J
Kushpil, V
Lenkeit, B
Ludolphs, W
Maas, A
Marín, A
Milosevic, J
Milov, A
Miskowiec, D
Panebrattsev, Y
Petchenova, O
Petrácek, V
Pfeiffer, A
Rak, J
Ravinovich, I
Rehak, P
Sako, H
Schmitz, W
Schukraft, J
Sedykh, S
Shimansky, S
Slívová, J
Specht, HJ
Stachel, J
Sumbera, M
Tilsner, H
Tserruya, I
Wessels, JP
Wienold, T
Windelband, B
Wurm, JP
Xie, W
机构
[1] Nucl Phys Inst ASCR, Rez 25068, Czech Republic
[2] Gesell Schwerionenforsch mbH, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
[3] Heidelberg Univ, Inst Phys, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
[4] Joint Inst Nucl Res, Dubna 141980, Russia
[5] Weizmann Inst Sci, IL-76100 Rehovot, Israel
[6] SUNY Stony Brook, Dept Phys & Astron, Stony Brook, NY 11794 USA
[7] CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
[8] Brookhaven Natl Lab, Upton, NY 11973 USA
[9] Max Planck Inst Kernphys, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.022301
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
Based on an evaluation of data on pion interferometry and on particle yields at midrapidity, we propose a universal condition for thermal freeze-out of pions in heavy-ion collisions. We show that freeze-out occurs when the mean free path of pions lambda(f) reaches a value of about 1 fm, which is much smaller than the spatial extent of the system at freeze-out. This critical mean free path is independent of the centrality of the collision and beam energy from the Alternating Gradient Synchrotron to the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider.
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