Published September 2013 | Version v1
Journal article

On nuclear temperature in heavy-ion collisions

  • 1. The Key Laboratory of Beam Technology and Material Modification of Ministry of Education, College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing (China)
  • 2. Center of Theoretical Nuclear Physics, National Laboratory of Heavy Ion Accelerator of Lanzhou, Lanzhou (China)
  • 3. Beijing Radiation Center, Beijing (China)

Description

Nuclear thermometers based on different approaches are reviewed. Due to the different basic assumptions of these methods, the nuclear temperatures extracted by different thermometer approaches are not consistent. Moreover, several problems which make the extraction of the nuclear temperatures even more difficult are discussed. The nuclear thermometers based on different kinetic approaches are compared. The nuclear temperatures extracted by methods based on quantum (Fermi-Dirac) kinetic approaches are compared to the double ratio temperatures THe, Li. Perspectives for future investigations of the thermal temperature are given. (authors)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics Review
Journal Volume
30
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 352-358
ISSN
1007-4627

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Notes
3 figs., 1 tab., 45 refs.