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Deep-subthreshold eta and pi0 production probing pion dynamics in the reaction Ar + Ca at 180-A-MeV.

Martinez, G. ; Charbonnier, Y. ; Aphecetche, L. ; et al.

Phys.Rev.Lett. 83 (1999) 1538-1541, 1999.

Inspire Record 508818 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.19447

We report on a measurement of subthreshold η and π0 mesons in the reaction Ar+Ca at 180A MeV. We find that the ratio of the η to π0 meson-production cross section is more than a factor of 20 smaller than the one expected from threshold-energy scaling of meson production. In addition, the multiplicity of high mt π0 increases faster with the centrality of the reaction than the multiplicity of the bulk of π0 mesons. This behavior is explained by the rescattering of π mesons in nuclear matter at the origin of most energetic particles.

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Multistep production of eta and hard pi0 mesons in subthreshold Au Au collisions.

Wolf, A.R. ; Appenheimer, M. ; Averbeck, R. ; et al.

Phys.Rev.Lett. 80 (1998) 5281-5284, 1998.

Inspire Record 471975 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.41989

The neutral π0 and η mesons are studied in 197Au−197Au collisions at an incident energy of 800AMeV, substantially below the threshold for η production in N−N collisions. While the gross π0 multiplicity increases almost linearly with the number of participant nucleons, the multiplicities of η and hard π0 mesons show a stronger than linear dependence. The nonlinearity is governed by the average transverse-mass excess 〈mt〉−(s−2mN) of the mesons and is insensitive to their final-state interaction in the nuclear medium.

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Mass dependence of pi0 production in heavy ion collisions at 1-A/GeV

Schwalb, O. ; Pfeiffer, M. ; Berg, F.-D. ; et al.

Phys.Lett.B 321 (1994) 20-25, 1994.

Inspire Record 376130 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.28781

The production of neutral pions has been studied in the reactions 40 Ar + nat Ca , 86 Kr + nat Zr and 197 Au + 197 Au at 1 A GeV. For high energy pions emitted from the heavier systems a steeper than linear rise of the pion multiplicity with the centrality of the reaction is observed, indicating a pion production process other than binary nucleon-nucleon collisions. At low transverse momenta an enhancement of the π 0 -multiplicity increasing with the mass of the collision system is found. Systematic discrepancies between the experimental results and recent BUU, QMD and Cascade calculations are discussed.

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RESULTS OF AN EXTRAPOLATION TO THE FULL SOLID ANGLE TAKING THE EXPERIMENTALTEMPERATURES INTO ACCOUNT.

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