Kaon flow as a probe of the kaon potential in nuclear medium

Journal Article · Mon Jan 09 00:00:00 EST 1995 · Physical Review Letters; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.235· OSTI ID:6638023

Li, G Q; Ko, C M; Li, B ^[1]

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1. Cyclotron Institute and Physics Department, Texas A M University, College Station, Texas 77843 (United States)

The flow of kaons, i.e., the average kaon transverse momentum as a function of rapidity, and the associated flow parameter in heavy-ion collisions at energies of the heavy-ion synchrotron SIS at GSI (around 1 GeV) is investigated in the relativistic transport model. It is found that the pattern of kaon flow at the final stage is sensitive to the kaon potential used in the model and is thus a useful probe of the kaon potential in a nuclear medium.

• OSTI ID: 6638023
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters; (United States), Vol. 74:2; ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
NUCLEAR MATTER
KAONS
HEAVY ION REACTIONS
PARTICLE RAPIDITY
POTENTIALS
TRANSPORT
TRANSVERSE MOMENTUM
BOSONS
CHARGED-PARTICLE REACTIONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
HADRONS
LINEAR MOMENTUM
MATTER
MESONS
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
PARTICLE PROPERTIES
PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS
STRANGE MESONS
STRANGE PARTICLES
663450* - Heavy-Ion-Induced Reactions & Scattering- (1992-)
663110 - General & Average Properties of Nuclei & Nuclear Energy Levels- (1992-)