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Antiproton production in Ni+Ni collisions at 1. 85 GeV/nucleon

Journal Article · · Physical Review, C (Nuclear Physics); (United States)
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  1. Cyclotron Institute and Physics Department, Texas A M University, College Station, Texas 77843 (United States)

Antiproton production in Ni+Ni collisions at 1.85 GeV/nucleon is studied in the relativistic Vlasov-Uehling-Uhlenbeck model. The self-energies of the antiproton are determined from the nucleon self-energies by the [ital G]-parity transformation. Also, the final-state interactions of the antiproton including both rescattering and annihilation are explicitly treated. With a soft nuclear equation of state, the calculated antiproton momentum spectrum is in good agreement with recent experimental data from the heavy-ion synchrotron at Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung Darmstadt. The effect due to the reduced nucleon and antinucleon masses in a medium is found to be more appreciable than in earlier Bevalac experiments with lighter systems and at higher energies.

OSTI ID:
7032896
Journal Information:
Physical Review, C (Nuclear Physics); (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review, C (Nuclear Physics); (United States) Vol. 50:3; ISSN 0556-2813; ISSN PRVCAN
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English