Article
Kaon production and multi-body collisions in dense nuclear matter
Physics Letters B
(1998)
Abstract
The spectra and yields of K+ and K- production in Au + Au reactions at 11.6 A GeV are compared to the predictions of a hadronic transport model, RQMD. This not only provides a quantitative test for the model but also explores the possibility of multi-body hadronic collisions within dense matter. At nuclear densities three to four times normal matter density the estimated mean-free path is smaller than the size of a typical hadron. Each hadron is likely to suffer multiple collisions within the duration of any one collision. The effects of these multi-body collisions in heavy-ion reactions are discussed, in particular the possibility that multi-body collisions may increase the absorption of particles, e.g. K-.
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Publication Date
September 24, 1998
DOI
10.1016/S0370-2693(98)00912-5
Publisher Statement
This article is published as Ogilvie, C. A. "Kaon production and multi-body collisions in dense nuclear matter." Physics Letters B 436, no. 3 (1998): 238-242. DOI:10.1016/S0370-2693(98)00912-5. Copyright Elsevier Science B.V. 1998. Posted with permission.
Citation Information
Craig Ogilvie. "Kaon production and multi-body collisions in dense nuclear matter" Physics Letters B Vol. 436 Iss. 3-4 (1998) p. 238 - 242 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/craig-ogilvie/68/
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