Hadron Production in Heavy Ion Collisions

2009/08/12 by Helmut Oeschler, Hans Georg Ritter, Nu Xu
Physics and Astronomy · #Hadron #Heavy ion #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Ion #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Pion #Production (economics) #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #nucl-ex

paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/978-3-642-01539-7_5

31 pages, 26 figures, accepted for publication in Landolt-Boernstein Volume 1-23A

arxiv created 2009/08/12 · openalex publication_date 2010/01/01 · arxiv updated 2015/05/13 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

We review hadron production in heavy ion collisions with emphasis on pion and kaon production at energies below 2 AGeV and on partonic collectivity at RHIC energies.

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