Nuclear Stopping from0.09Ato1.93A GeVand Its Correlation to Flow

We present a complete systematics (excitation functions and system-size dependences) of global stopping and side flow for heavy ion reactions in the energy range between $0.09A$ and $1.93A\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{GeV}$. For the heaviest system, $\mathrm{Au}+\mathrm{Au}$, we observe a plateau of maximal stopping extending from about $0.2A$ to $0.8A\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{GeV}$ with a fast drop on both sides. The degree of stopping, which is shown to remain significantly below the expectations of a full stopping scenario, is found to be highly correlated to the amount of side flow.