Measurement of pion enhancement at low transverse momentum and of the Δ resonance abundance in Si-nucleus collisions at AGS energy

J. Barrette, R. Bellwied, P. Braun-Munzinger, W. E. Cleland, T. M. Cormier, G. David, J. Dee, G. E. Diebold, O. Dietzsch, J. V. Germani, S. Gilbert, S. V. Greene, J. R. Hall, T. K. Hemmick, N. Herrmann, Byungsik Hong, K. Jayananda, D. Kraus, B. S. Kumar, R. LacasseD. Lissauer, W. J. Llope, T. W. Ludlam, S. McCorkle, R. Majka, S. K. Mark, J. T. Mitchell, M. Muthuswamy, E. O'Brien, C. Pruneau, M. N. Rao, F. Rotondo, N. C. DaSilva, U. Sonnadara, J. Stachel, H. Takai, E. M. Takagui, T. G. Throwe, G. Wang, D. Wolfe, C. L. Woody, N. Xu, Y. Zhang, Z. Zhang, C. Zou

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We present measurements of pion transverse momentum (pt) spectra in central Si-nucleus collisions in the rapidity range 2.0 < < 5.0 for pt down to and including pt = 0. The data exhibit an enhanced pion yield at low pt compared to what is expected for a purely thermal spectral shape. This enhancement is used to determine the Δ resonance abundance at freeze-out. The results are consistent with a direct measurement of the Δ resonance yield by reconstruction of proton-pion pairs and imply a temperature of the system at freeze-out close to 140 MeV.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)93-98
Number of pages6
JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume351
Issue number1-3
Publication statusPublished - 1995 Dec 1
Externally publishedYes

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Measurement of pion enhancement at low transverse momentum and of the Δ resonance abundance in Si-nucleus collisions at AGS energy. / Barrette, J.; Bellwied, R.; Braun-Munzinger, P.; Cleland, W. E.; Cormier, T. M.; David, G.; Dee, J.; Diebold, G. E.; Dietzsch, O.; Germani, J. V.; Gilbert, S.; Greene, S. V.; Hall, J. R.; Hemmick, T. K.; Herrmann, N.; Hong, Byungsik; Jayananda, K.; Kraus, D.; Kumar, B. S.; Lacasse, R.; Lissauer, D.; Llope, W. J.; Ludlam, T. W.; McCorkle, S.; Majka, R.; Mark, S. K.; Mitchell, J. T.; Muthuswamy, M.; O'Brien, E.; Pruneau, C.; Rao, M. N.; Rotondo, F.; DaSilva, N. C.; Sonnadara, U.; Stachel, J.; Takai, H.; Takagui, E. M.; Throwe, T. G.; Wang, G.; Wolfe, D.; Woody, C. L.; Xu, N.; Zhang, Y.; Zhang, Z.; Zou, C.

In: Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, Vol. 351, No. 1-3, 01.12.1995, p. 93-98.

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Barrette, J, Bellwied, R, Braun-Munzinger, P, Cleland, WE, Cormier, TM, David, G, Dee, J, Diebold, GE, Dietzsch, O, Germani, JV, Gilbert, S, Greene, SV, Hall, JR, Hemmick, TK, Herrmann, N, Hong, B, Jayananda, K, Kraus, D, Kumar, BS, Lacasse, R, Lissauer, D, Llope, WJ, Ludlam, TW, McCorkle, S, Majka, R, Mark, SK, Mitchell, JT, Muthuswamy, M, O'Brien, E, Pruneau, C, Rao, MN, Rotondo, F, DaSilva, NC, Sonnadara, U, Stachel, J, Takai, H, Takagui, EM, Throwe, TG, Wang, G, Wolfe, D, Woody, CL, Xu, N, Zhang, Y, Zhang, Z & Zou, C 1995, 'Measurement of pion enhancement at low transverse momentum and of the Δ resonance abundance in Si-nucleus collisions at AGS energy', Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, vol. 351, no. 1-3, pp. 93-98.
Barrette J, Bellwied R, Braun-Munzinger P, Cleland WE, Cormier TM, David G et al. Measurement of pion enhancement at low transverse momentum and of the Δ resonance abundance in Si-nucleus collisions at AGS energy. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics. 1995 Dec 1;351(1-3):93-98.
Barrette, J. ; Bellwied, R. ; Braun-Munzinger, P. ; Cleland, W. E. ; Cormier, T. M. ; David, G. ; Dee, J. ; Diebold, G. E. ; Dietzsch, O. ; Germani, J. V. ; Gilbert, S. ; Greene, S. V. ; Hall, J. R. ; Hemmick, T. K. ; Herrmann, N. ; Hong, Byungsik ; Jayananda, K. ; Kraus, D. ; Kumar, B. S. ; Lacasse, R. ; Lissauer, D. ; Llope, W. J. ; Ludlam, T. W. ; McCorkle, S. ; Majka, R. ; Mark, S. K. ; Mitchell, J. T. ; Muthuswamy, M. ; O'Brien, E. ; Pruneau, C. ; Rao, M. N. ; Rotondo, F. ; DaSilva, N. C. ; Sonnadara, U. ; Stachel, J. ; Takai, H. ; Takagui, E. M. ; Throwe, T. G. ; Wang, G. ; Wolfe, D. ; Woody, C. L. ; Xu, N. ; Zhang, Y. ; Zhang, Z. ; Zou, C. / Measurement of pion enhancement at low transverse momentum and of the Δ resonance abundance in Si-nucleus collisions at AGS energy. In: Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics. 1995 ; Vol. 351, No. 1-3. pp. 93-98.
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