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Kaon production at subthreshold and threshold energies

Nuclear Theory 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

We summarize what we have learnt about the kaon production in nucleus-nucleus collisions in the last decade. We will address three questions: a) Is the K+K^+ production sensitive to the nuclear equation of state? b) How can it happen that at the same excess energy the same number of K+K^+ and KK^- are produced in heavy ion collisions although the elementary cross section in pp collisions differs by orders of magnitudes? and c) Why kaons don't flow?

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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0011050,
  title  = {Kaon production at subthreshold and threshold energies},
  author = {Jörg Aichelin and Christoph Hartnack},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0011050},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

5 pages, 4 figures, contribution to Strange Quark Matter 2000