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Is there flow at the AGS?

Conference ·
OSTI ID:68121

We have employed the nearly 4{pi}-calorimetric coverage of the E877 apparatus in order to determine flow in different regions of pseudo-rapidity from the measured transverse energy in Au+Au collisions at 11.4 A{center_dot}GeV/c. Signatures for the side-splash in the reaction plane at forward and backward rapidities have been established. Indications of a non-zero eccentricity of particles in the reaction plane at mid-rapidity are also found. These observations complement analyses deriving collective longitudinal motion from dN/dy-spectra of protons, kaons, and pions as well as collective transverse motion of the same particles from m{sub t}-spectra at midrapidity.

Research Organization:
State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook, NY (United States). Dept. of Physics
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); National Science Foundation, Washington, DC (United States); Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, ON (Canada)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH00016
OSTI ID:
68121
Report Number(s):
BNL--61525; CONF-940169--12; ON: DE95008866
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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