123564276
Production of K∗(892) in K+N interactions at 3 GeV/c
We have studied the reactions K+d→K+π−pp,K+d→Koπopp,K+d→Koπ+pp, obtained from an exposure of the Saclay 81-cm bubble chamber filled with deuterium and exposed at CERN to a separated 3 GeV/c K+ beam. 
 
In reactions (1) and (2) there is abundant production of K∗0(892) and some production of K∗(1420). From the density matrix elements, it is found that K∗0(892) is produced mainly by pion exchange. The K∗(892) four-momentum-transfer distribution in reaction (1) agrees with the predictions of the OPE model, as modified by Durr and Pilkuhn. A marked asymmetry of the decay distribution of the K+π− system is observed and discussed in the framework of a unitarized Veneziano model. In reaction (3), on the other hand, the production of K∗+(892) and N∗+(1236) is found to proceed mainly by vector exchange.
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The reaction k+ d ---> k0 p p at 4.6 gev/c
122292810
A total energy trigger at large angles used in a calorimetric study of 150 GeV and 300 GeV pion and proton interactions on hydrogen
Abstract Hard hadronic scattering was studied by selecting 150 GeV and 300 GeV π − p and pp events with large energy in a 240 cell calorimeter covering 45† to 135† in the c.m.s. polar angle and the full 2 π azimuth. A downstream calorimeter measured the remaining energy flow at smaller angles. For large energy deposited in the segmented calorimeter the proton induced cross section drops below the pion induced cross section, as expected in a constituent scattering picture. However, neither a simple energy scaling of the cross section nor a dominant jet structure of the events is observed. No evidence was found for recently proposed higher-twist mechanisms leading to events
124595639
Hard photons and neutral pions as probes of hot and dense nuclear matter
Abstract The dynamics of heavy-ion collisions is studied in an energy domain in the vicinity of the Fermi energy. The early history of the collision is analyzed from the theoretical and experimental point of view in which the message conveyed by bremsstrahlung photons and neutral pions is exploited. The Boltzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck model and the Dubna Cascade Model, both based on similar principles but each adopting different computation technics, are briefly described and their respective predictions are discussed. In particular the emission pattern of bremsstrahlung photons is discussed. The photon production has been measured in the systems 86 Kr+ 58 Ni at 60 A MeV, 181 Ta+ 197 Au at 40 A MeV and 208 Pb+ 197 Au at 30 A MeV and energy spectra, angular distributions and two-photon correlations have been analyzed. We find that bremsstrahlung photons are emitted from two distinct sources that can be correlated with nuclear-matter density oscillations. The properties of photon emission are discussed in terms of collective properties of nuclear matter. The high energy tail of the photon spectrum is interpreted by π 0 and Δ decay but predominantly by radiative capture of pions. The π 0 absorption in the nuclear medium is further analyzed by examining their emission pattern.
119240638
Dilepton production in pion-nucleon collisions in an effective field theory approach
We present a model of electron-positron pair production in pion-nucleon collisions in the exclusive reaction \pi N -> Ne^+e^-. The model is based on an effective field theory approach, incorporating 16 baryon resonances below 2 GeV. Parameters of the model are fitted to pion photoproduction data. We present the resulting dilepton invariant mass spectra for \pi^- p collisions up to sqrt(s)=1.9 GeV center-of-mass collision energy. These results are meant to give predictions for the planned experiments at the HADES spectrometer in GSI, Darmstadt.
1128128
Transport theories for heavy-ion collisions in the 1 A GeV regime
We compare multiplicities as well as rapidity and transverse momentum distributions of protons, pions and kaons calculated within presently available transport approaches for heavy-ion collisions around 1 A GeV. For this purpose, three reactions have been selected: Au+Au at 1 and 1.48 A GeV and Ni+Ni at 1.93 A GeV.
120076285
Vector mesons in nuclear matter
We present a relativistic and unitary approach to pion- and photonnucleon scattering taking into account the πN, ρN, щN, хN, πΔ, KΛ and KΣ channels. Our scheme dynamically generates the s- and d-wave baryon resonances N (1535), N (1650), N (1520) and N (1700) and as well as Δ (1620) and Δ (1700) in terms of quasi-local two-body interaction terms. We obtain a fair description of the experimental data relevant for the properties of slow vector mesons in nuclear matter. The resulting s-wave ρ- and ω-meson nucleon scattering amplitudes, which define the leading density modification of the ρ-and ω-meson spectral functions in nuclear matter, are presented.
118091415
Chiral symmetry, di-electrons and charm
We survey some prospects of identifying further in-medium modifications of hadrons in a strongly interacting medium with respect to ongoing experiment series of the HADES Collaboration and planned experiments of the CBM Collaboration at FAIR. Di-electrons, strange and charm mesons are considered and their potential for signaling imprints of chiral restoration is highlighted.