K+ production in relativistic heavy-ion collisions Academic Article

abstract

• Recent experimental data on K+ production at 2.1 GeV/nucleon are not explained by either the cascade model or the fireball model. Here we introduce a hybrid model in which the total kaon yield is given by individual nucleon-nucleon collisions but its momentum distribution is determined by the temperature of the pion. The model is able to explain the data. The possibility of studying K+ yield as a signature for the pionic instability in heavy-ion collisions is indicated. NUCLEAR REACTIONS K+ production, K+- interaction. 1981 The American Physical Society.

authors

• Ko, Che-Ming

published proceedings

• Physical Review C

author list (cited authors)

• Ko, C. M.

citation count

• 23

complete list of authors

• Ko, Che Ming

publication date

• June 1981

publisher

• American Physical Society (APS)  Publisher

published in

• PHYSICAL REVIEW C  Journal

keywords

• Physics

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1103/physrevc.23.2760

URI

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.23.2760

start page

• 2760

end page

• 2762

volume

• 23

issue

• 6

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1103%2Fphysrevc.23.2760