Journal article

Publication year: 1997

Pages: 593-604

Journal: Nuclear Physics A: Nuclear and Hadronic Physics

Volume number: 622

Issue number: 4

ISSN: 0375-9474

Open access status: Green

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0375-9474(97)80701-4

Publisher: Elsevier

Abstract: 
We analyse the production and propagation of pions and kaons in heavy-ion reactions from 0.8-1.8 AGeV within a coupled channel transport approach including the kaon production channels BB --> K+YN, pi B --> K+Y, BB --> NNK (K) over bar, pi B --> NK (K) over bar, K+B --> K+B, and pi pi --> K (K) over bar. Assuming the hyperon self-energy to be 2/3 of the nucleon self-energy we find that all inclusive experimental K+ spectra at SIS energies can be reproduced reasonably well without any self-energies for the kaons although a slightly repulsive kaon potential cannot be excluded by the present data on kaon spectra and flow. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.

Harvard Citation style: Bratkovskaya, E., Cassing, W. and Mosel, U. (1997) Analysis of kaon production at SIS energies, Nuclear Physics A: Nuclear and Hadronic Physics, 622(4), pp. 593-604. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0375-9474(97)80701-4

APA Citation style: Bratkovskaya, E., Cassing, W., & Mosel, U. (1997). Analysis of kaon production at SIS energies. Nuclear Physics A: Nuclear and Hadronic Physics. 622(4), 593-604. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0375-9474(97)80701-4