2003/07/07 by Steffen A. Bass, Berndt Müller, Berndt M ller +2
Physics and Astronomy · #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #nucl-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0954-3899/29/10/101
published as J.Phys. G29 (2003) L51-L58 · 8 pages, uses IOP style
arxiv created 2003/07/07 · openalex publication_date 2003/09/01 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
We calculate the transverse momentum distribution of net quarks (quarks minus antiquarks) in Au+Au collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider in the framework of the parton cascade model at two different rapidities. Parton re-scattering and fragmentation are seen to lead to a substantial difference in the slopes of these distributions between mid- and forward-rapidities, in qualitative agreement with the corresponding data for the net baryon distribution.