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Onset of nuclear matter expansion in Au+Au collisions

Authors :
Crochet, P.
Rami, F.
Gobbi, A.
Dona, R.
Coffin, J.P.
Fintz, P.
Guillaume, G.
Jundt, F.
Kuhn, C.
Roy, C.
Deschauenburg, B.
Tizniti, L.
Wagner, P.
Alard, J.P.
Amouroux, V.
Andronic, A.
Basrak, Zoran
Bastid, N.
Belyaev, I.
Best, D.
Biegansky, J.
Buta, A.
Čaplar, Roman
Cindro, Nikola
Dupieux, P.
Dželalija, Mile
Fan, Z.G.
Fodor, Z.
Fraysse, Freifelder, R.P.
Herrmann, N
Hildenbrand, K.D.
Hong, B.
Jeong, S.C.
Kecskemeti, J.
Kirejczyk, M.
Koncz, P.
Korolija, Milorad
Kotte, R.
Lebedev, A.
Leifels, Y.
Manko, V.
Moisa, D.
Mösner, J.
Neubert, W.
Pelte, D.
Petrovici, M.
Pikenburg, C.
Pras, P.
Ramillien, V.
Reisdorf, W.
Ritman, J.L.
Sadchikov, A.G.
Schüll, D.
Seres, Z.
Sikora, B.
Simion, V.
Siwek-Wilczynska, K.
Sodan, U.
Teh, K.M.
Trzaska, M.
Vasiliev, M.
Wang, J.P.
Wessels, J.P.
Wienold, T.
Wisniewski, K.
Wohlfarth, D.
Zhilin, A.
Publication Year :
1997

Abstract

Using the FOPI detector at GSI Darmstadt, excitation functions of collective flow components were measured for the Au+Au system, in the reaction plane and out of this plane, at seven incident energies ranging from 100AMeV to 800AMeV. The threshold energies, corresponding to the onset of sideward-flow (balance energy) and squeeze-out effect (transition energy), are extracted from extrapolations of these excitation functions toward lower beam energies for charged products with Z greater than or equal to 2. The transition energy is found to be larger than the balance energy. The impact parameter dependence of both balance and transition energies, when extrapolated to central collisions, suggests comparable although slightly higher values than the threshold energy for the radial flow. The relevant parameter seems to be the energy deposited into the system in order to overcome the attractive nuclear forces.

Subjects

Subjects :
Nuclear Experiment

Details

Language :
English
Database :
OpenAIRE
Accession number :
edsair.57a035e5b1ae..e15c78fe25d60a659d23e62645fa1a2d