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pi-N correlations probe the nuclear equation of state in relativistic heavy ion-collisions (1995)

S. A. Bass C. Hartnack Horst Stöcker Walter Greiner

We investigate the sensivity of pionic bounce-off and squeeze-out on the density and momentum dependence of the real part of the nucleon optical potential. For the in-plane pion bounce-off we find a strong sensivity on both the density and momentum dependence whereas the out-of-plane pion squeeze-out shows a strong sensivity only towards the momentum dependence but little sensivity towards the density dependence.

High pT pions as probes of the dense phase of relativistic heavy ion collisions (1994)

S. A. Bass C. Hartnack Horst Stöcker Walter Greiner

The properties of pions from the hot and dense reaction stage of relativistic heavy ion collisions are investigated with the quantum molecular dynamics model. Pions originating from this reaction stage stem from resonance decay with enhanced mass. They carry high transverse momenta. The calculation shows a direct correlation between high pt pions, early freeze-out times and high freeze-out densities.

Neural networks for impact parameter determination (1996)

Steffen A. Bass A. Bischoff Joachim A. Maruhn Horst Stöcker Walter Greiner

Abstract: An accurate impact parameter determination in a heavy ion collision is crucial for almost all further analysis. The capabilities of an artificial neural network are investigated to that respect. A novel input generation for the network is proposed, namely the transverse and longitudinal momentum distribution of all outgoing (or actually detectable) particles. The neural network approach yields an improvement in performance of a factor of two as compared to classical techniques. To achieve this improvement simple network architectures and a 5 × 5 input grid in (pt, pz) space are suffcient.

Azimuthal correlations of pions in relativistic heavy ion collisions at 1 GeV/nucl. (1995)

Steffen A. Bass Christoph Hartnack Horst Stöcker Walter Greiner

Triple differential cross sections of pions in heavy ion collisions at 1 GeV/nucl. are studied with the IQMD model. After discussing general properties of resonance and pion production we focus on azimuthal correlations: At projectile- and target-rapidities we observe an anticorrelation in the in-plane transverse momentum between pions and protons. At c.m.-rapidity, however, we find that high pt pions are being preferentially emitted perpendicular to the event-plane. We investigate the causes of those correlations and their sensitivity on the density and momentum dependence of the real and imaginary part of the nucleon and pion optical potential.

Nucleus-nucleus collisions at highest energies (1996)

Marcus Bleicher N. Amelin Steffen A. Bass Mathias Brandstetter Adrian Dumitru Christoph Ernst Lars Gerland Jens Konopka Christian Spieles Henning Weber L. A. Winckelmann Horst Stöcker Walter Greiner

The microscopic phasespace approach URQMD is used to investigate the stopping power and particle production in heavy systems at SPS and RHIC energies. We find no gap in the baryon rapidity distribution even at RHIC. For CERN energies URQMD shows a pile up of baryons and a supression of multi-nucleon clusters at midrapidity.

Can momentum correlations proof kinetic equilibration in heavy ion collisions at 160/A-GeV? (1998)

Marcus Bleicher Mohamed Belkacem Christoph Ernst Henning Weber Lars Gerland Christian Spieles Steffen A. Bass Horst Stöcker Walter Greiner

We perform an event-by-event analysis of the transverse momentum distribution of final state particles in central Pb(160AGeV)+Pb collisions within a microscopic non-equilibrium transport model (UrQMD). Strong influence of rescattering is found. The extracted momentum distributions show less fluctuations in A+A collisions than in p+p reactions. This is in contrast to simplified p+p extrapolations and random walk models.

"Soft'' transverse expansion and flow in a multi-fluid model without phase transition (1997)

Jörg Brachmann Adrian Dumitru Marcus Bleicher Joachim A. Maruhn Horst Stöcker Walter Greiner

Abstract: We study transverse expansion and directed flow in Au(11AGeV)Au reactions within a multi-fluid dynamical model. Although we do not employ an equation of state (EoS) with a first order phase transition, we find a slow increase of the transverse velocities of the nucleons with time. A similar behaviour can be observed for the directed nucleon flow. This is due to non-equilibrium e ects which also lead to less and slower conversion of longitudinal into transverse momentum. We also show that the proton rapidity distribution at CERN energies, as calculated within this model, agrees well with the preliminary NA44-data.

Nonequilibrium fluid-dynamics in the early stage of ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions (1997)

Jörg Brachmann Adrian Dumitru Joachim A. Maruhn Horst Stöcker Walter Greiner Dirk-Hermann Rischke

To describe ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions we construct a three-fluid hydrodynamical model. In contrast to one-fluid hydrodynamics, it accounts for the finite stopping power of nuclear matter, i.e. for nonequilibrium e ects in the early stage of the reaction. Within this model, we study baryon dynamics in the BNL-AGS energy range. For the system Au+Au we find that kinetic equilibrium between projectile and target nucleons is established only after a time teq CM H 5 fm/c C 2RAu/³CM. Observables which are sensitive to the early stage of the collision (like e.g. nucleon flow) therefore di er considerably from those calculated in the one-fluid model.

"Pressure equilibration" in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions (1997)

Jörg Brachmann Adrian Dumitru Christian Spieles Joachim A. Maruhn Horst Stöcker Walter Greiner

We study the time scale for pressure equilibration in heavy ion collisions at AGS energies within the three-fluid hydrodynamical model and a microscopic cascade model (UrQMD). We find that kinetic equilibrium is reached in both models after a time of 5 fm/c (center-of-mass time). Thus, observables which are sensitive to the early stage of the reaction differ considerably from the expectations within the instant thermalization scenario (one-fluid hydrodynamical model).

Equilibrium and nonequilibrium effects in nucleus nucleus collisions (1999)

Larissa V. Bravina Mark I. Gorenstein Eugene E. Zabrodin Steffen A. Bass Mohamed Belkacem Marcus Bleicher Mathias Brandstetter Markus Hofmann Sven Soff Christian Spieles H. Weber Horst Stöcker Walter Greiner

Abstract: Local thermal and chemical equilibration is studied for central AqA collisions at 10.7 160 AGeV in the Ultrarelativis- . tic Quantum Molecular Dynamics model UrQMD . The UrQMD model exhibits strong deviations from local equilibrium at the high density hadron string phase formed during the early stage of the collision. Equilibration of the hadron resonance matter is established in the central cell of volume Vs125 fm3 at later stages, tG10 fmrc, of the resulting quasi-isentropic expansion. The thermodynamical functions in the cell and their time evolution are presented. Deviations of the UrQMD quasi-equilibrium state from the statistical mechanics equilibrium are found. They increase with energy per baryon and lead to a strong enhancement of the pion number density as compared to statistical mechanics estimates at SPS energies. PACS: 25.75.-q; 24.10.Lx; 24.10.Pa; 64.30.qt

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