Strange cluster formation in relativistic heavy ion collisions

Technical Report · Wed Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1993

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10189452· OSTI ID:10189452

Baltz, A. J. ^[1]; Dover, C. B. ^[1]; Kahana, S. H. ^[1]; Pang, Y. ^[1]; Schlagel, T. J. ^[2]; Schnedermann, E. ^[2]

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1. Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)
2. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); State Univ. of New York (SUNY), NY (United States)

Using the cascade code ARC to simulate relativistic heavy ion collisions at Brookhaven AGS energies (11.7--14.6 GeV/c), the authors have estimated the production rate of strange clusters ranging from a hypothetical doubly strange (S={minus}2) bound ({Lambda}{Lambda}){sub b} dibaryon to the hypernuclei {sub {Lambda}{Lambda}}{sup 6}He and {sub {Xi}{sup 0}{Lambda}{Lambda}}{sup 7}He. For the formation of multi-strange bound systems, high energy heavy ion collisions offer the only feasible method, since one can take advantage of the hyperons which are copiously produced in such collisions (typically 20 {Lambda}`s in a Au + Au central collision at the AGS) to form the composite object by coalescence.

• 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: 10189452
• Report Number(s): BNL--49499; CONF-930637--6; ON: DE94001490; BR: KB0300000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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