Measurement of transverse energy production with Si and Au beams at relativistic energy: Towards hot and dense hadronic matter

J. Barrette, R. Bellwied, S. Bennett, P. Braun-Munzinger, W. E. Cleland, T. M. Cormier, G. David, J. Dee, G. E. Diebold, O. Dietzsch, D. Fox, J. V. Germani, S. Gilbert, S. V. Greene, J. R. Hall, T. K. Hemmick, N. Herrmann, B. Hong, K. Jayananda, D. KrausB. Shiva Kumar, R. Lacasse, Q. Li, D. Lissauer, W. J. Llope, T. W. Ludlam, S. McCorkle, R. Majka, S. K. Mark, R. Matheus, J. T. Mitchell, M. Muthuswamy, E. O'Brien, S. Panitkin, C. Pruneau, M. N. Rao, M. Rosati, F. Rotondo, N. C. Dasilva, J. Simon-Gillo, U. Sonnadara, J. Stachel, J. Sullivan, H. Takai, E. M. Takagui, T. G. Throwe, C. Winter, G. Wang, K. L. Wolf, D. Wolfe, C. L. Woody, N. Xu, Y. Zhang, Z. Zhang, C. Zou

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Abstract

We present a systematic study of transverse energy (ET) production in collisions of 11.4A GeV/c Au and 14.6A GeV/c Si ions with targets of Al, Au, and Pb. Comparison of data for Au+Au and Si+Al indicates that, for the heavier system, there is an increase in the amount of stopping which is accompanied by a decrease in the width of the dET/dη distribution. The ratio of the maximum ET observed for the two systems is significantly greater than the ratio of the total energy available in the center of mass frame.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2996-2999
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume70
Issue number20
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1993
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physics and Astronomy(all)

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