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A relativistic cascade for heavy ion collisions

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OSTI ID:10169807
Au on Au collisions at the BNL/AGS (11.6 GeV-A/c) are expected to produce a short-lived state of matter at high baryon density. If the baryons reach sufficiently high density, they may produce a quark-gluon plasma (QGP). The signals from a QGP phase may be difficult to distinguish from those of ordinary hadronic matter. The authors have constructed a relativistic cascade (ARC) for hadrons in an attempt to model the dynamics of ordinary hadronic matter in a heavy ion collision, in the hopes that deviations from the cascade results may indicate new physics. In this contribution the authors discuss the formation of high baryon density matter, and its effect on antiproton production.
Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States); State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH00016; FG02-93ER40768
OSTI ID:
10169807
Report Number(s):
BNL--60633; CONF-940514--5; ON: DE94015846
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English