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Kaon production in intermediate-energy nuclear collisions
Abstract Production of positive kaons in nuclear collisions at intermediate energies (∼1–2 GeV/nucleon) is studied within the 3-dimensional fluid dynamics combined with the hadrochemical kinetics for strangeness production. Sensitivity of the kaon probe to a form of the nuclear equation of state is analyzed. The model reproduces total and differential cross sections of Ne + NaF → K + + X and Ne + Pb → K + + X reactions at E lab = 2.1 GeV/nucleon, provided a soft equation of state is used. The pion-production data are also well described employing the same equation of state. Predictions are made for the current experiment on kaon production at the SIS accelerator. The obtained results are compared with the predictions of other models.
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Quantum simulations of strongly coupled quark-gluon plasma
A strongly coupled quark-gluon plasma (QGP) of heavy constituent quasi-particles is studied by a path-integral Monte-Carlo method. This approach is a quantum generalization of the classical molecular dynamics by Gelman, Shuryak, and Zahed. It is shown that this method is able to reproduce the QCD lattice equation of state. The results indicate that the QGP reveals liquid-like rather than gaslike properties. Quantum effects turned out to be of prime importance in these simulations.
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Equation of State of Strongly Coupled Quark–Gluon Plasma – Path Integral Monte Carlo Results
A strongly coupled plasma of quark and gluon quasiparticles at temperatures from 1.1Tc to 3Tc is studied by path integral Monte Carlo simulations. This method extends previous classical nonrelativistic simulations based on a color Coulomb interaction to the quantum regime. We present the equation of state and find good agreement with lattice results. Further, pair distribution functions and color correlation functions are computed indicating strong correlations and liquid-like behavior (© 2009 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)
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Lattice QCD constraints on hybrid and quark stars
A QCD-motivated dynamical-quasiparticle model with parameters adjusted to reproduce the lattice-QCD equation of state is extrapolated from the region of high temperatures and moderate baryonic densities to the domain of high baryonic densities and zero temperature. The resulting equation of state matched with realistic hadronic equations of state predicts a phase transition into the quark phase at higher densities than those reachable in neutron star interiors. This excludes the possibility of the existence of hybrid (hadron-quark) stars. Pure quark stars are possible and have low masses, small radii, and very high central densities. Similar results are obtained for a simple bag model with massive quarks, fitted to reproduce the same lattice results. Self-bound quark matter is also excluded within these models. Uncertainties in the present extrapolation are discussed. Comparison with standard bag models is made.
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Partial-transparency effects in high-energy collisions of heavy ions
A model is proposed for heavy-ion collisions at E/sub lab/approx.1 GeV/nucleon for the case of an incomplete statistical equilibrium in the highly excited nuclear matter. This approach can reproduce the characteristic double-humped structure of the experimental rapidity distributions of secondary particles.
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On the relationship between Boltzmann-Langevin and Boltzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck models
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PHOTON PROPAGATOR ASYMPTOTICS AT Q**2 ---> infinity IN THE SOURCE THEORY
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Vector meson production in ultra-peripheral collisions at LHC
Vector meson production in ultra-peripheral collisions of heavy ions at LHC is calculated in VDM and color dipole approaches.
118014393
QCD analysis of deep inelastic lepton-scattering data
We have carried out a QCD analysis of data on deep inelastic lepton-scattering (using data of the collaborations BCDMS, EMC, and CDHS) in the leading and next-to-leading orders in the coupling constant ..cap alpha../sub s/. We have considered the effect of the sea quarks and gluons. We discuss the dependence of our results for ..lambda.. on effects of twist corrections, nuclear target effects, and heavy-quark production thresholds.
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Spectra Particles From $\Lambda_c^+$ and $\Sigma_c^{++}$ Charmed Baryon Decays Produced in Neutrino $N$ Interactions
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Pion Observables in the Extended NJL Model with Vector and Axial-Vector Mesons☆
Abstract The momentum-space bosonization method of a Nambu and Jona-Lasinio type model with vector and axial-vector mesons is applied to ππ scattering. Unlike the case in earlier published papers, we obtain the ππ scattering amplitude using the linear and nonlinear realizations of chiral symmetry and fully taking into account the momentum dependence of meson vertices. We show the full physical equivalence between these two approaches. The chiral expansion procedure in this model is discussed in detail. Chiral expansions of the quark mass, pion mass and constant f π are obtained. The low-energy ππ phase shifts are compared to the available data. We also study the scalar form factor of the pion.