Measurements of light nuclei production in 11.5A GeV/c Au plus Pb heavy-ion collisions - art. no. 064908

Authors
Armstrong, TA Barish, KN Batsouli, S Bennett, SJ Bertaina, M Chikanian, A Coe, SD Cormier, TM Davies, R Dover, CB Fachini, P Fadem, B Finch, LE George, NK Greene, SV Haridas, P Hill, JC Hirsch, AS Hoversten, R Huang, HZ Jaradat, H Kumar, BS Lainis, T Lajoie, JG Lewis, RA Li, Q Libby, B Majka, RD Miller, TE Munhoz, MG Nagle, JL Pless, IA Pope, JK Porile, NT Pruneau, CA Rabin, MSZ Reid, JD Rimai, A Rose, A Rotondo, FS Sandweiss, J Scharenberg, RP Slaughter, AJ Smith, GA Tincknell, ML Toothacker, WS Van Buren, G Wohn, FK Xu, Z
Citation
Ta. Armstrong et al., Measurements of light nuclei production in 11.5A GeV/c Au plus Pb heavy-ion collisions - art. no. 064908, PHYS REV C, 6106(6), 2000, pp. 4908
Citations number
36
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW C-NUCLEAR PHYSICS
ISSN journal
05562813 → ACNP
Volume
6106
Issue
6
Year of publication
2000
Database
ISI
SICI code
0556-2813(200006)6106:6<4908:MOLNPI>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
We report on measurements by the E864 experiment at the BNL-AGS of the yiel ds of light nuclei in collisions of Au-197 with beam momentum of 11.5A GeV/ c on targets of Pb-208 and Pt-197. The yields are reported for nuclei with baryon number A = 1 up to A = 7, and typically cover a rapidity range From y(c.m.) to y(c.m.)+1 and a transverse momentum range of approximately 0.1 l ess than or equal to p(T)/A less than or equal to 0.5 GeV/c. We calculate c oalescence scale factors B-A from which we extract model-dependent source d imensions and collective flow velocities. We also examine the dependences o f the yields on baryon number, spin, and isospin of the produced nuclei.