RESCATTERING EFFECTS ON KAON ENERGY-SPECTRA IN HEAVY-ION COLLISIONS

被引:33
作者
FANG, XS
KO, CM
ZHENG, YM
机构
[1] TEXAS A&M UNIV SYST,INST CYCLOTRON,COLL STN,TX 77843
[2] INST ATOM ENERGY,BEIJING 102413,PEOPLES R CHINA
[3] TEXAS A&M UNIV SYST,DEPT PHYS,COLL STN,TX 77843
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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D O I
10.1016/0375-9474(93)90374-7
中图分类号
O57 [原子核物理学、高能物理学];
学科分类号
070202 ;
摘要
Kaon production from heavy-ion collisions at energies that are below the threshold for its production in free space is studied in the relativistic Vlasov-Uehling-Uhlenbeck model. Because of the small production probability, kaon production in baryon-baryon reactions is treated perturbatively. The rescattering of the kaon by nucleons is, however, included in the calculation. It is found that kaons undergo substantial rescatterings as they are mostly produced in the high-density region. This leads to significant effects on the kaon final kinetic-energy spectra.
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