TY  - JOUR
A1  - Scheid, Werner
A1  - Müller, Hans
A1  - Greiner, Walter
T1  - Nuclear shock waves in heavy-ion collisions
T2  - Physical review letters
N2  - It is shown that nuclear matter is compressed during the encounter of heavy ions. If the relative velocity of the nuclei is larger than the velocity of first sound in nuclear matter (compression sound for isospin T=0), nuclear shock waves occur. They lead to densities which are 3-5 times higher than the nuclear equilibrium density ρ0, depending on the energy of the nuclei. The implications of this phenomenon are discussed.
Y1  - 2006
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/2514
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-28866
UR  - http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v32/p741
VL  - 32
IS  - 13
SP  - 741
EP  - 745
ER  -