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Flow at Brookhaven AGS Energy (11.6 GeV/nucleon): A barometer for high density effects?

  • Stony Brook University
  • Brookhaven National Laboratory
  • Columbia University

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Abstract

Preliminary data on transverse energy “flow” and event asymmetries reported by the E877(814) Collaborations are compared to ARC (a relativistic cascade) model calculations for Au+Au at full AGS Brookhaven (Alternating Gradient Synchroton) beam energy. ARC triple differential cross sections for protons and pions are presented. Proton flow is produced in ARC, with the maximum [Formula Presented] MeV/[Formula Presented]. For central events [Formula Presented] for the pions is near zero, consistent with experiment. The comparison with data provides a constraint on the size of flow at the highest energy available, to be put beside that at Bevalac energy. This sets the stage for examining flow at intermediate energies, now being measured by E895, for signs of baryon rich plasma.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)481-485
Number of pages5
JournalPhysical Review C - Nuclear Physics
Volume56
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1997

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