We present results from an experimental study of reabsorption effects in subthreshold π0 production in the reaction Xe129+197Au at 44 MeV/nucleon. Within the picture of pion generation in nucleon-nucleon scattering we deduce, from our data and from a comparison with the systematics of production cross sections available for lighter reaction systems, information on the π0 absorption length in nuclear matter. For the π0 kinetic-energy range ≃5–100 MeV the energy-averaged λabs and its momentum dependence are obtained, and compared with optical-model calculations.
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The production ofπ0 andη mesons has been studied in the reactions20Ne +Al at 350 MeV/u and40Ar + Ca at 1.0 GeV/u. Rapidity distributions and transverse momentum spectra have been measured and are compared to thermal distributions.
THE SPECTRUM (1/PT)*D(SIG)/D(PT) HAS BEEN FITTED BY A THERMAL DISTRIBUTION SQRT(MT)*EXP(-SLOPE*MT).
THE SPECTRUM (1/PT)*D(SIG)/D(PT) HAS BEEN FITTED BY A THERMAL DISTRIBUTION SQRT(MT)*EXP(-SLOPE*MT).