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Directed flow of neutral strange particles at AGS

Nuclear Theory 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

Directed flow of neutral strange particles in heavy ion collisions at AGS is studied in the ART transport model. Using a lambda mean-field potential which is 2/3 of that for a nucleon as predicted by the constituent quark model, lambdas are found to flow with protons but with a smaller flow parameter as observed in experiments. For kaons, their repulsive potential, which is calculated from the impulse approximation using the measured kaon-nucleon scattering length, leads to a smaller anti-flow than that shown in the preliminary E895 data. Implications of this discrepancy are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/9906067,
  title  = {Directed flow of neutral strange particles at AGS},
  author = {Bin Zhang and C. M. Ko and Bao-An Li and Andrew T. Sustich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/9906067},
  year   = {2008}
}

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6 pages, 2 figures