44 research outputs found
Lambda Hyperons in 2 A*GeV Ni + Cu Collisions
A sample of Lambda's produced in 2 A*GeV Ni + Cu collisions has been obtained
with the EOS Time Projection Chamber at the Bevalac. Low background in the
invariant mass distribution allows for the unambiguous demonstration of Lambda
directed flow. The transverse mass spectrum at mid-rapidity has the
characteristic shoulder-arm shape of particles undergoing radial transverse
expansion. A linear dependence of Lambda multiplicity on impact parameter is
observed, from which a total Lambda + Sigma^0 production cross section of $112
+/- 24 mb is deduced. Detailed comparisons with the ARC and RVUU models are
made.Comment: Revised version accepted for publication in Phys. Lett.
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Nuclear disintegration in relativistic heavy-ion collisions
The breakdown of the participant spectator model for central relativistic nuclear collisions is discussed and a different picture of a hot spot followed by a target explosion is suggested to be more consistent with the data
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Target nucleus in relativistic nuclear collisions
Both the fireball model and hydrodynamical model predict, in a central collision, a fast energy dissipation in the early diving stage of the projectile into the target nucleus. In the final state both models show total incident energy largely dispersed over the whole target nucleus. In a quantitative comparison with the data for the Intranuclear Cascade Calculations, however, the 90/sup 0/ double differential cross section seems to be flatter than the calculated one. If the slope is reflecting the temperature in the system then the data are having apparently a higher temperature than the cascade would predict. This report suggests and discusses a picture of the reaction mechanism where the light projectile (e.g. Ne) gets stopped very early in the large target nucleus (e.g. Au or U) forming a small fireball at approximately half the beam rapidity, which decays inside the target nucleus, heating it up and causing thee whole system to expand. The expansion cools the system and big clusters can condense out if the total energy and thus entropy in the system is not too high to prevent it. Such a qualitative picture of a reaction mechanism emerges when we consider the information obtained about relativistic nuclear collisions from measurements of the remnants of a large target nucleus struck by a smaller projectile (Ne + Au) and relate it to the complementary information from earlier measurements of fast light reaction products. (WHK
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