Reaction dynamics in Pb+Pb at the CERN/SPS: from partonic degrees of freedom to freeze-out

  • We analyze the reaction dynamics of central Pb+Pb collisions at 160 GeV/nucleon. First we estimate the energy density pile-up at mid-rapidity and calculate its excitation function: The energy density is decomposed into hadronic and partonic contributions. A detailed analysis of the collision dynamics in the framework of a microscopic transport model shows the importance of partonic degrees of freedom and rescattering of leading (di)quarks in the early phase of the reaction for E >= 30 GeV/nucleon. The energy density reaches up to 4 GeV/fm 3, 95% of which are contained in partonic degrees of freedom. It is shown that cells of hadronic matter, after the early reaction phase, can be viewed as nearly chemically equilibrated. This matter never exceeds energy densities of 0.4 GeV/fm 3, i.e. a density above which the notion of separated hadrons loses its meaning. The final reaction stage is analyzed in terms of hadron ratios, freeze-out distributions and a source analysis for final state pions.

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Author:Steffen A. BassORCiDGND, Henning WeberGND, Christoph Ernst, Marcus BleicherORCiDGND, Mohamed Belkacem, Larissa BravinaORCiDGND, Sven SoffORCiD, Horst StöckerORCiDGND, Walter GreinerGND, Christian Spieles
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-6916
URL:http://de.arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9810077
Parent Title (German):Proceedings of the Erice School on Nuclear Physics in Erice, Sicily, Italy, September 17 -25 1998
Document Type:Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Year of Completion:1998
Year of first Publication:1998
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2005/04/13
Note:
to be published in Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics Vol. 42
Source:http://de.arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9810077 , Proceedings of the Erice School on Nuclear Physics in Erice, Sicily, Italy, September 17 -25 1998; to be published in Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics Vol. 42
HeBIS-PPN:128782404
Institutes:Physik / Physik
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 53 Physik / 530 Physik
Licence (German):License LogoDeutsches Urheberrecht