1. Centrality and collision system dependence of antiproton production from p+A to Au+Au collisions at AGS Energies
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L. Ahle, Y. Akiba, K. Ashktorab, M.D. Baker, D. Beavis, H.C. Britt, J. Chang, C. Chasman, Z. Chen, Y.Y. Chu, V. Cianciolo, B.A. Cole, H.J. Crawford, J.B. Cumming, R. Debbe, J.C. Dunlop, W. Eldredge, J. Engelage, S.-Y. Fung, E. Garcia, S. Gushue, H. Hamagaki, L. Hansen, R.S. Hayano, G. Heintzelman, E. Judd, J. Kang, E.-J. Kim, A. Kumagai, K. Kurita, J.-H. Lee, J. Luke, Y. Miake, A. Mignerey, B. Moskowitz, M. Moulson, C. Muentz, S. Nagamiya, M.N. Namboodiri, C.A. Ogilvie, J. Olness, L.P. Remsberg, H. Sako, T.C. Sangster, R. Seto, J. Shea, K. Shigaki, R. Soltz, S.G. Steadman, G.S.F. Stephans, M.J. Tannenbaum, J.H. Thomas, S. Ueno-Havashi, F. Videb˦k, F. Wang, Y. Wu, H. Xiang, G.H. Xu, K. Yagi, H. Yao, W.A. Zajc, and F. Zhu
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Physics ,Nuclear reaction ,Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,Antiparticle ,Particle physics ,Annihilation ,Nuclear Theory ,Hadron ,Nuclear physics ,Baryon ,Antiproton ,Antimatter ,Physics::Accelerator Physics ,High Energy Physics::Experiment ,Physics::Atomic Physics ,Nuclear Experiment ,Nucleon - Abstract
Antiproton production in heavy ion collisions reflects subtle interplay between initial production and absorption by nucleons. Because the AGS energies (10--20 A(center-dot)GeV/c) are close to the antiproton production threshold, antiproton may be sensitive to cooperative processes such as QGP and hadronic multi-step processes. On the other hand, antiproton has been proposed as a probe of baryon density due to large N(anti N) annihilation cross sections. Cascade models predict the maximum baryon density reaches about 10 times the normal nucleus density in central Au+Au collisions, where the strong antiproton absorption is expected. In this paper, the authors show systematic studies of antiproton production from p+A to Au+Au collisions.
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- 1998