Coulomb Interaction Effects on Pion Production in Au+Au Collisions at Relativistic Energies

Coulomb effects on charged pion transverse momentum spectra measured in Au+Au collisions at RHIC-BES energies are investigated. From these spectra the π-/π+ ratios as a function of transverse momentum are obtained and used to extract the “Coulomb kick”, pc (a momentum change due to the Coulomb inter...

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Main Authors: Catalin Ristea, Oana Ristea, Alexandru Jipa
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-01-01
Series:Advances in High Energy Physics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3865856
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description Coulomb effects on charged pion transverse momentum spectra measured in Au+Au collisions at RHIC-BES energies are investigated. From these spectra the π-/π+ ratios as a function of transverse momentum are obtained and used to extract the “Coulomb kick”, pc (a momentum change due to the Coulomb interaction), and initial pion ratio for three different collision energies and various centrality classes. The Coulomb kick shows a decrease with the increase of beam energy and a clear centrality dependence, with larger values for the most central collisions. The results are connected with the kinetic freeze-out dynamics.
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spelling doaj-art-b1101dba724c45e4b83b0aafa814822a2025-02-03T01:25:51ZengWileyAdvances in High Energy Physics1687-73571687-73652018-01-01201810.1155/2018/38658563865856Coulomb Interaction Effects on Pion Production in Au+Au Collisions at Relativistic EnergiesCatalin Ristea0Oana Ristea1Alexandru Jipa2Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest, Magurele, Bucharest, RomaniaFaculty of Physics, University of Bucharest, Magurele, Bucharest, RomaniaFaculty of Physics, University of Bucharest, Magurele, Bucharest, RomaniaCoulomb effects on charged pion transverse momentum spectra measured in Au+Au collisions at RHIC-BES energies are investigated. From these spectra the π-/π+ ratios as a function of transverse momentum are obtained and used to extract the “Coulomb kick”, pc (a momentum change due to the Coulomb interaction), and initial pion ratio for three different collision energies and various centrality classes. The Coulomb kick shows a decrease with the increase of beam energy and a clear centrality dependence, with larger values for the most central collisions. The results are connected with the kinetic freeze-out dynamics.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3865856
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Coulomb Interaction Effects on Pion Production in Au+Au Collisions at Relativistic Energies
Advances in High Energy Physics
title Coulomb Interaction Effects on Pion Production in Au+Au Collisions at Relativistic Energies
title_full Coulomb Interaction Effects on Pion Production in Au+Au Collisions at Relativistic Energies
title_fullStr Coulomb Interaction Effects on Pion Production in Au+Au Collisions at Relativistic Energies
title_full_unstemmed Coulomb Interaction Effects on Pion Production in Au+Au Collisions at Relativistic Energies
title_short Coulomb Interaction Effects on Pion Production in Au+Au Collisions at Relativistic Energies
title_sort coulomb interaction effects on pion production in au au collisions at relativistic energies
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3865856
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