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Kaon and pion production in central Au + Au collisions at sq root(s{sub NN})=62.4 GeV

Abstract

Invariant p{sub T} spectra and rapidity densities covering a large rapidity range (-0.1<y<3.5) are presented for pi{sup +}- and K{sup +}- mesons from central Au + Au collisions at sq root(s{sub NN})=62.4 GeV. The mid-rapidity yields of meson particles relative to their anti-particles are found to be close to unity (pi{sup -}/pi{sup +}approx1, K{sup -}/K{sup +}approx0.85) while the anti-proton to proton ratio is p-bar/papprox0.49. The rapidity dependence of the pi{sup -}/pi{sup +} ratio is consistent with a small increase towards forward rapidities while the K{sup -}/K{sup +} and p-bar/p ratios show a steep decrease to approx0.3 for kaons and 0.022 for protons at yapprox3. It is observed that the kaon production relative to its own anti-particle as well as to pion production in wide rapidity and energy ranges shows an apparent universal behavior consistent with the baryo-chemical potential, as deduced from the p-bar/p ratio, being the driving parameter.
Authors:
Arsene, I.C., E-mail: i.c.arsene@fys.uio.n; [1]  Bearden, I G; [2]  Beavis, D; [3]  Bekele, S; [4]  Besliu, C; [5]  Budick, B; [6]  Boggild, H; [2]  Chasman, C; [3]  Christensen, C H; Christiansen, P; Dalsgaard, H H; [2]  Debbe, R; [3]  Gaardhoje, J J; [2]  Hagel, K; [7]  Ito, H; [3]  Jipa, A; [5]  Johnson, E B; [4]  Jorgensen, C E; [2]  Karabowicz, R; Katrynska, N [8] 
  1. University of Oslo, Department of Physics, Oslo (Norway)
  2. Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen (Denmark)
  3. Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY (United States)
  4. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (United States)
  5. University of Bucharest (Romania)
  6. New York University, New York, NY (United States)
  7. Texas A and M University, College Station, TX (United States)
  8. M. Smoluchowski Inst. of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Krakow (Poland)
Publication Date:
Apr 05, 2010
Product Type:
Journal Article
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Physics Letters. Section B; Journal Volume: 687; Journal Issue: 1; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2010.02.078; PII: S0370-2693(10)00290-X; Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.
Subject:
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; ANTIPARTICLES; ATOM COLLISIONS; GEV RANGE; GOLD; KAONS MINUS; KAONS PLUS; P INVARIANCE; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; PARTICLE RAPIDITY; PIONS MINUS; PIONS PLUS; POTENTIALS; PROTONS; ANTIMATTER; BARYONS; BOSONS; COLLISIONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ELEMENTS; ENERGY RANGE; FERMIONS; HADRONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; KAONS; MATTER; MESONS; METALS; NUCLEONS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; PIONS; PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS; STRANGE MESONS; STRANGE PARTICLES; TRANSITION ELEMENTS
OSTI ID:
21357181
Country of Origin:
Netherlands
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: ISSN 0370-2693; PYLBAJ; TRN: NL10R9214091918
Availability:
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2010.02.078
Submitting Site:
NLN
Size:
page(s) 36-41
Announcement Date:
Nov 22, 2010

Citation Formats

Arsene, I.C., E-mail: i.c.arsene@fys.uio.n, Bearden, I G, Beavis, D, Bekele, S, Besliu, C, Budick, B, Boggild, H, Chasman, C, Christensen, C H, Christiansen, P, Dalsgaard, H H, Debbe, R, Gaardhoje, J J, Hagel, K, Ito, H, Jipa, A, Johnson, E B, Jorgensen, C E, Karabowicz, R, and Katrynska, N. Kaon and pion production in central Au + Au collisions at sq root(s{sub NN})=62.4 GeV. Netherlands: N. p., 2010. Web. doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2010.02.078.
Arsene, I.C., E-mail: i.c.arsene@fys.uio.n, Bearden, I G, Beavis, D, Bekele, S, Besliu, C, Budick, B, Boggild, H, Chasman, C, Christensen, C H, Christiansen, P, Dalsgaard, H H, Debbe, R, Gaardhoje, J J, Hagel, K, Ito, H, Jipa, A, Johnson, E B, Jorgensen, C E, Karabowicz, R, &amp; Katrynska, N. Kaon and pion production in central Au + Au collisions at sq root(s{sub NN})=62.4 GeV. Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2010.02.078
Arsene, I.C., E-mail: i.c.arsene@fys.uio.n, Bearden, I G, Beavis, D, Bekele, S, Besliu, C, Budick, B, Boggild, H, Chasman, C, Christensen, C H, Christiansen, P, Dalsgaard, H H, Debbe, R, Gaardhoje, J J, Hagel, K, Ito, H, Jipa, A, Johnson, E B, Jorgensen, C E, Karabowicz, R, and Katrynska, N. 2010. "Kaon and pion production in central Au + Au collisions at sq root(s{sub NN})=62.4 GeV." Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2010.02.078.
@misc{etde_21357181,
title = {Kaon and pion production in central Au + Au collisions at sq root(s{sub NN})=62.4 GeV}
author = {Arsene, I.C., E-mail: i.c.arsene@fys.uio.n, Bearden, I G, Beavis, D, Bekele, S, Besliu, C, Budick, B, Boggild, H, Chasman, C, Christensen, C H, Christiansen, P, Dalsgaard, H H, Debbe, R, Gaardhoje, J J, Hagel, K, Ito, H, Jipa, A, Johnson, E B, Jorgensen, C E, Karabowicz, R, and Katrynska, N}
abstractNote = {Invariant p{sub T} spectra and rapidity densities covering a large rapidity range (-0.1<y<3.5) are presented for pi{sup +}- and K{sup +}- mesons from central Au + Au collisions at sq root(s{sub NN})=62.4 GeV. The mid-rapidity yields of meson particles relative to their anti-particles are found to be close to unity (pi{sup -}/pi{sup +}approx1, K{sup -}/K{sup +}approx0.85) while the anti-proton to proton ratio is p-bar/papprox0.49. The rapidity dependence of the pi{sup -}/pi{sup +} ratio is consistent with a small increase towards forward rapidities while the K{sup -}/K{sup +} and p-bar/p ratios show a steep decrease to approx0.3 for kaons and 0.022 for protons at yapprox3. It is observed that the kaon production relative to its own anti-particle as well as to pion production in wide rapidity and energy ranges shows an apparent universal behavior consistent with the baryo-chemical potential, as deduced from the p-bar/p ratio, being the driving parameter.}
doi = {10.1016/j.physletb.2010.02.078}
journal = []
issue = {1}
volume = {687}
place = {Netherlands}
year = {2010}
month = {Apr}
}