2000/05/24 by E895 Collaboration, H. Liu, N. N. Ajitanand +60 · 3 citations
Engineering · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Nuclear Materials and Properties #Nuclear reactor physics and engineering #nucl-ex
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.84.5488
published as Phys.Rev.Lett.84:5488-5492,2000 · Accepted for publication by PRL. Both revisions fix the byline only
arxiv created 2000/05/24 · openalex publication_date 2000/06/12 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Using the large acceptance Time Projection Chamber of experiment E895 at Brookhaven, measurements of collective sideward flow in Au+Au collisions at beam energies of 2A, 4A, 6A, and 8A GeV are presented in the form of in-plane transverse momentum <p(x)> and the first Fourier coefficient of azimuthal anisotropy v(1). These measurements indicate a smooth variation of sideward flow as a function of beam energy. The data are compared with four nuclear transport models which have an orientation towards this energy range. All four exhibit some qualitative trends similar to those found in the data, although none show a consistent pattern of agreement within experimental uncertainties.