Published November 1998 | Version v1
Journal article

Time evolution of pion emission in heavy ion collisions at SIS energies

  • 1. Institut fuer Kernphysik, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Darmstadt (Germany)

Description

Using a magnetic spectrometer pions, kaons and protons were detected in mass-symmetric heavy ion reactions from C+C to Au+Au and at incident energies between 0.6 and 2.0 A · GeV. The center-of-mass pion spectra deviate from a Boltzmann distribution for all collision systems. Results are presented indicating that high-energy pions are emitted at an early stage of the collision. This is based on (i) a comparison of π+ and π- spectra and (ii) the shielding of pions by spectator matter in peripheral collisions. (author)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Acta Physica Polonica. Series B
Journal Volume
29
Journal Issue
11
Journal Page Range
p. 3269-3275
ISSN
0587-4254

Conference

Title
MESON'98 Structure of Mesons, Baryons and Nuclei
Dates
26 May - 2 Jun 1998
Place
Cracow (Poland)

Optional Information

Notes
13 refs, 4 figs
Collaborations
KaoS Collaboration