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View SchemaModeling Cluster Production at the AGS
| Authors | D. E. Kahana, S. H. Kahana, Y. Pang, A. J. Baltz, C. B. Dover, E. Schnedermann, T. J. Schlagel |
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| ArXiv ID | nucl-th/9601019 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9601019 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevC.54.338 |
| Journal | Phys.Rev.C54:338-352,1996 |
Abstract
Deuteron coalescence, during relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions, is carried out in a model incorporating a minimal quantal treatment of the formation of the cluster from its individual nucleons by evaluating the overlap of intial cascading nucleon wave packets with the final deuteron wave function. In one approach the nucleon and deuteron center of mass wave packet sizes are estimated dynamically for each coalescing pair using its past light-cone history in the underlying cascade, a procedure which yields a parameter free determination of the cluster yield. A modified version employing a global estimate of the deuteron formation probability, is identical to a general implementation of the Wigner function formalism but can differ from the most frequent realisation of the latter. Comparison is made both with the extensive existing E802 data for Si+Au at 14.6 GeV/c and with the Wigner formalism. A globally consistent picture of the Si+Au measurements is achieved. In light of the deuteron's evident fragility, information obtained from this analysis may be useful in establishing freeze-out volumes and help in heralding the presence of high-density phenomena in a baryon-rich environment.
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"D. E. Kahana",
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