Published November 13, 1995 | Version v1
Journal article

Centrality dependence of antiproton production in Au+Au collisions

  • 1. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland (United States)
  • 2. Nevis Laboratory, Columbia University, Irvington, New York (United States)
  • 3. Universities Space Sciences Research Association/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland (United States)
  • 4. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley California (United States)
  • 5. University of Tokyo, Tokyo (Japan)
  • 6. Waseda University, Tokyo (Japan)
  • 7. University of California Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley California (United States)
  • 8. National Laboratory for High Energy Physics (KEK), Tsukuba (Japan)
  • 9. University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles California (United States)
  • 10. A.W. Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)
  • 11. Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York (United States)

Description

We have measured the yields of antiprotons in Au+Au interactions in the rapidity range 1.2<y<2.8 as a function of centrality using a beam line spectrometer. The shapes of the invariant multiplicity distributions at pt=0 are used to explore the dynamics of antiproton production and annihilation. copyright 1995 The American Physical Society

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Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
75
Journal Issue
20
Journal Page Range
p. 3633-3636.
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

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(E878 Collaboration).