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Meson production in relativistic heavy-ion collisions at AGS energies

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OSTI ID:10170405
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  1. Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge, MA (US). Lab. for Nuclear Science
Single particle inclusive spectra are presented for pion and kaon production in Si+Au reactions at an incident momentum of 14.6 A {center_dot} GeV/c and Au+Au reactions at an incident momentum of 11.6 A {center_dot} GeV/c. A simple geometric scaling of the pion production for central collisions as A{sub proj}{sup 1/3} and A{sub targ}{sup 2/3} results from the observed production of about one pion per participant. Kaon yields are shown to be proportional to the number of excited participants and consistent with RQMD and ARC calculations.
Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH00016
OSTI ID:
10170405
Report Number(s):
BNL--49091; CONF-930197--5; ON: DE93016871
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English