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Phys. Rev. Lett. 70, 2996 - 2999 (1993)

Measurement of transverse energy production with Si and Au beams at relativistic energy: Towards hot and dense hadronic matter
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J. Barrette et al.
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Received 28 December 1992

We present a systematic study of transverse energy (ET) production in collisions of 11.4A GeV/c Au and 14.6A GeV/c Si ions with targets of Al, Au, and Pb. Comparison of data for Au+Au and Si+Al indicates that, for the heavier system, there is an increase in the amount of stopping which is accompanied by a decrease in the width of the dET/dη distribution. The ratio of the maximum ET observed for the two systems is significantly greater than the ratio of the total energy available in the center of mass frame.


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URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v70/p2996
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.2996
PACS: 25.75.+r

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