The Transverse Structure of the Baryon Source in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions
Nuclear Theory
2009-10-31 v2
Abstract
A direct method to reconstruct the transverse structure of the baryon source formed in a relativistic heavy ion collision is presented. The procedure makes use of experimentally measured proton and deuteron spectra and assumes that deuterons are formed via two-nucleon coalescence. The transverse density shape and flow profile are reconstructed for Pb+Pb collisions at the CERN-SPS. The ambiguity with respect to the source temperature is demonstrated and possible ways to resolve it are discussed.
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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/9904012,
title = {The Transverse Structure of the Baryon Source in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions},
author = {A. Polleri and R. Mattiello and I. N. Mishustin and J. P. Bondorf},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/9904012},
year = {2009}
}
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15 pages LaTeX, 4 postscript figures, uses psfig.sty - Revised version, few minor changes