Published November 13, 1989 | Version v1
Journal article

Subthreshold antiproton, K-, K+, and energetic-pion production in relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions

  • 1. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803
  • 2. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218
  • 3. University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024
  • 4. Texas A ampersand M University, College Station, Texas 77843
  • 5. Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
  • 6. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720 (USA)

Description

We present a measurement of subthreshold antiproton, kaon, and energetic pion production at 0 degree for the reactions 28Si+28Si at 2.0 GeV/nucleon (Eavailable/A=0.82 GeV) and 1.65 GeV/nucleon (Eavailable/A=0.70 GeV), and for 20Ne+NaF at 2.0 GeV/nucleon. For a given reaction, the particle yields, plotted as a function of the required excitation energy, exhibit a scaling behavior independent of particle species. Implications for collectivity and a common production mechanism are discussed

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
63
Journal Issue
20
Series
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Page Range
2192-2195
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTA