Proton emission in Au+Au collisions at 6, 8, and 10.8 GeV/nucleon

B. B. Back; R. R. Betts; J. Chang; W. C. Chang; C. Y. Chi; Y. Y. Chu; J. B. Cumming; J. C. Dunlop; W. Eldredge; S. Y. Fung; R. Ganz; E. Garcia; A. Gillitzer; G. Heintzelman; W. F. Henning; D. J. Hofman; B. Holzman; J. H. Kang; E. J. Kim; S. Y. Kim; Y. Kwon; D. McLeod; A. C. Mignerey; M. Moulson; V. Nanal; C. A. Ogilvie; R. Pak; A. Ruangma; D. E. Russ; R. K. Seto; P. J. Stanskas; G. S.F. Stephans; H. Q. Wang; F. L.H. Wolfs; A. H. Wuosmaa; H. Xiang; G. H. Xu; H. B. Yao; C. M. Zou

doi:10.1103/physrevc.66.054901

Proton emission in Au+Au collisions at 6, 8, and 10.8 GeV/nucleon

B. B. Back^*
, R. R. Betts
, J. Chang
, W. C. Chang
, C. Y. Chi
, Y. Y. Chu
, J. B. Cumming
, J. C. Dunlop
, W. Eldredge
, S. Y. Fung
, R. Ganz
, E. Garcia
, A. Gillitzer
, G. Heintzelman
, W. F. Henning
, D. J. Hofman
, B. Holzman
, J. H. Kang
, E. J. Kim
, S. Y. Kim

Y. Kwon, D. McLeod, A. C. Mignerey, M. Moulson, V. Nanal, C. A. Ogilvie, R. Pak, A. Ruangma, D. E. Russ, R. K. Seto, P. J. Stanskas, G. S.F. Stephans, H. Q. Wang, F. L.H. Wolfs, A. H. Wuosmaa, H. Xiang, G. H. Xu, H. B. Yao, C. M. Zou

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Transverse mass spectra of protons emitted in Au + Au collisions at beam energies of 6, 8, and 10.8 GeV/ nucleon have been measured as a function of collision centrality over a rapidity range 0.5<y_lab<1.5. The spectra are well reproduced by Boltzmann distributions over the measured transverse mass region, which allows for extrapolation of the data to derive the rapidity density and apparent temperature of the emitting source. The shapes of the rapidity distributions suggest significant transparency or substantial longitudinal expansion in even the most central collisions at all three beam energies. The data are analyzed within a simple thermal source plus longitudinal expansion model.

Original language	English
Article number	054901
Pages (from-to)	549011-5490110
Number of pages	4941100
Journal	Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics
Volume	66
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.66.054901
State	Published - 2002.11.1

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Back, B. B., Betts, R. R., Chang, J., Chang, W. C., Chi, C. Y., Chu, Y. Y., Cumming, J. B., Dunlop, J. C., Eldredge, W., Fung, S. Y., Ganz, R., Garcia, E., Gillitzer, A., Heintzelman, G., Henning, W. F., Hofman, D. J., Holzman, B., Kang, J. H., Kim, E. J., ... Zou, C. M. (2002). Proton emission in Au+Au collisions at 6, 8, and 10.8 GeV/nucleon. Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics, 66(5), 549011-5490110. Article 054901. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.66.054901

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AU - Seto, R. K.

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AU - Wang, H. Q.

AU - Wolfs, F. L.H.

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Proton emission in Au+Au collisions at 6, 8, and 10.8 GeV/nucleon

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