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Azimuthal correlation functions and the energy of vanishing flow in nucleus-nucleus collisions

  • A. Buta
  • , J. C. Angélique
  • , G. Auger
  • , G. Bizard
  • , R. Brou
  • , C. Cabot
  • , Y. Cassagnou
  • , E. Crema
  • , D. Cussol
  • , Y. El Masri
  • , Ph Eudes
  • , M. Gonin
  • , K. Hagel
  • , Z. Y. He
  • , A. Kerambrun
  • , C. Lebrun
  • , R. Legrain
  • , J. P. Patry
  • , A. Péghaire
  • , J. Péter
  • R. Popescu, R. Regimbart, E. Rosato, F. Saint-Laurent, J. C. Steckmeyer, B. Tamain, E. Vient, R. Wada
  • Normandy University
  • Institutul de Fizicà si Inginerie Nuclearà
  • GANIL Grand Accelerateur National d'Ions Lourds
  • Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, CNRS and CEA
  • University of São Paulo
  • University of Louvain
  • Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire
  • Cyclotron Institute
  • Lanzhou University
  • Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche

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Abstract

A method is proposed for estimating the energy of vanishing flow (also called balance energy, Ebal) without reconstructing the reaction plane. This method is based on the shapes of experimental particle-particle azimuthal correlation functions. It is used for determining Ebal for three systems: Ar + Al, Zn + Ti, Zn + Ni. The results are compared with estimations using flow-parameter analysis and with theoretical expectations.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)397-412
Number of pages16
JournalNuclear Physics A
Volume584
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Feb 1995
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Ni, Ti (Zn, X), E = 35-79 MeV/nucleon
  • Nuclear reactions Al (Ar, X), E = 55-95 MeV/nucleon
  • analyzed (particle) (particle) azimuthal correlation data
  • deduced systems balance energy

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