Elsevier

Physics Reports

Volume 135, Issue 5, April 1986, Pages 259-315
Physics Reports

Particle production in high energy nucleus-nucleus collisions

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Abstract

Recent data on the production of pions and strange particles at the Bevalac and Synchrophasotron accelerators are reviewed, covering pion spectra and multiplicity distributions, λ, K+ and K yields and spectra, and Λ polarization. Emphasis is placed on recent progress in determining the equation of state of compressed fireball nuclear matter from the observed pion yield in central collisions. Further, the information derived from apparent spectral temperatures is critically examined, along with a discussion of thermal and chemical equilibrium attainment in the reactions, as revealed by particle spectra and yields.

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