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Title: Empirical observations on the unpredictable behavior of nuclear matter (in English;French)

Abstract

While many aspects of matter are unpredictable from basic principles, there are some that are susceptible to empirical descriptions which can be quite accurate and beautiful. One such example from the field of ``Nuclear Matter Under Extreme Conditions`` is the distribution of the number of particles produced, or alternatively, of the energy carried by these particles, in energetic collisions of atomic nuclei. The present work consists of a series of published scientific papers on measurements of the distribution of particles produced, or the energy carried by these particles, in collisions of various nuclei, spanning more than a decade of research. Due to the unpredictability of the theory, the work includes empirical studies of the regularity of the measured distributions from which significant knowledge is gained. The aesthetics of this subject derives from the physical beauty of the measured curves, the characteristic changes of shape with different species of nuclei, and the deep understanding obtained by the use of a simple and elegant mathematical function to describe the data.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
10132174
Report Number(s):
BNL-60040
ON: DE94007976; TRN: 94:005677
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-76CH00016
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 19 Jan 1994
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English;French
Subject:
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; HEAVY ION REACTIONS; PROTON REACTIONS; MULTIPLICITY; DATA; ALPHA REACTIONS; NUCLEAR REACTION YIELD; 663400; SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTIONS AND SCATTERING

Citation Formats

Tannenbaum, M J. Empirical observations on the unpredictable behavior of nuclear matter. United States: N. p., 1994. Web. doi:10.2172/10132174.
Tannenbaum, M J. Empirical observations on the unpredictable behavior of nuclear matter. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10132174
Tannenbaum, M J. 1994. "Empirical observations on the unpredictable behavior of nuclear matter". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10132174. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10132174.
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abstractNote = {While many aspects of matter are unpredictable from basic principles, there are some that are susceptible to empirical descriptions which can be quite accurate and beautiful. One such example from the field of ``Nuclear Matter Under Extreme Conditions`` is the distribution of the number of particles produced, or alternatively, of the energy carried by these particles, in energetic collisions of atomic nuclei. The present work consists of a series of published scientific papers on measurements of the distribution of particles produced, or the energy carried by these particles, in collisions of various nuclei, spanning more than a decade of research. Due to the unpredictability of the theory, the work includes empirical studies of the regularity of the measured distributions from which significant knowledge is gained. The aesthetics of this subject derives from the physical beauty of the measured curves, the characteristic changes of shape with different species of nuclei, and the deep understanding obtained by the use of a simple and elegant mathematical function to describe the data.},
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year = {Wed Jan 19 00:00:00 EST 1994},
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