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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