| Autor: |
M. L. Gilkes, Wei Zhang, R. Witt, D. Keane, P. Chung, J. Lauret, James Alexander, J. Whitfield, J. L. Chance, S. Y. Panitkin, D. Cebra, N. T. Porile, K. Crowe, R. L. McGrath, Pol Bernard Gossiaux, Pawel Danielewicz, J. C. Kintner, H. G. Ritter, M. Heffner, W. Caskey, L. S. Schroeder, J. L. Romero, G. Rai, A. C. Das, R. P. Scharenberg, H. Liu, M. A. Lisa, Roy A. Lacey, J. Klay, D. Best, N T B Stone, Brian Cole, D. L. Olson, G. Odyniec, C. Law, E. L. Hjort, L. Wood, F. P. Brady, S. Gushue, C. Pinkenburg, T. Case, J. E. Draper, David Krofcheck, M. Justice, Y. M. Liu, T. J. M. Symons, M. Anderson, B. K. Srivastava, L. Huo, Andrew S. Hirsch, N. N. Ajitanand, A. Elmaani, Z. Milosevich, T. Wienold, Morton Kaplan |
| Rok vydání: |
1999 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Physical Review Letters. 83:1295-1298 |
| ISSN: |
1079-7114
0031-9007 |
| DOI: |
10.1103/physrevlett.83.1295 |
| Popis: |
We have measured the proton elliptic flow excitation function for the Au + Au system spanning the beam energy range 2 -- 8 AGeV. The excitation function shows a transition from negative to positive elliptic flow at a beam energy, $E_{tr} \sim$ 4 AGeV. Detailed comparisons with calculations from a relativistic Boltzmann-equation are presented. The comparisons suggest a softening of the nuclear equation of state (EOS) from a stiff form (K \sim 380 MeV) at low beam energies (E_{Beam} \le 2 AGeV) to a softer form (K \sim 210 MeV) at higher energies (E_{Beam} \ge $ 4 AGeV) where the calculated baryon density $ \rho \sim 4 \rho_0$. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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