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Energy dependence of stopping and the K/ ratio (BRAHMS data). Stopping net proton rapidity spectra pbar/p vs s Kaon production K/ vs pbar/p Kaon slopes vs pbar/p. Dieter Roehrich UiB. BRAHMS. NA49. AGS. From SPS to RHIC. Particle production increases ...
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Energy dependence of stopping and the K/ ratio (BRAHMS data) • Stopping • net proton rapidity spectra • pbar/p vs s • Kaon production • K/ vs pbar/p • Kaon slopes vs pbar/p Dieter Roehrich UiB
BRAHMS NA49 AGS From SPS to RHIC • Particle production increases ... • Projectile fragmentation region and central region • overlap at SPS • are well separated at RHIC • Antiproton/proton ratio at midrapidity resp. net-proton rapidity density change drastically with s
(Net)-proton rapidity distribution • AGS energies • centrality dependence • energy dependence B. Back et al., E917 Collaboration. Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 (2001) 1970
(Net)-proton rapidity distribution • SPS, 158 GeV/nucl., NA49- central collisions
Rapidity distributions of produced hadrons at SPS • Rapidity distributions of both produced hadrons and net-protons peak at (or near) midrapidity
Net-proton rapidity distribution dN dy • RHIC • central Au+Au • Npart=3578 BRAHMS, submitted to PRL, nucl-ex/0312023
Gaussians in pz: 2.03 0.16 2.00 0.10 Stopping (2) Net-baryon after feed-down & neutron corrections Gaussians in pz: 6 order polynomial Rapidity loss: (Npart= 357 10)
Rapidity distributions at RHIC Rapidity distributions of • produced hadrons peak at midrapidity • net-protons peak at forward midrapidity
SPS vs RHIC dn/dy net-protons pions RHIC: 35-40 80 forward rapidity (y4) at 200 GeV SPS: 41 100 midrapidity at 40 AGeV/c
How to compare SPS and RHIC data? • use the antiproton/proton ratio: ratios at midrapidity (SPS) and at different rapidities (RHIC)
Kaon production • K/ vs pbar/p • Kaon slopes vs pbar/p
Fit: exponential Kaon spectra at RHIC AuAu 200 GeV AuAu 63 GeV BRAHMS preliminary Top 5% central collisions
Kaon inverse slopes Top 5% central collisions
K-/K+ vs pbar/p 62.4 GeV
K/ vs rapidity at 200 GeV BRAHMS • Indication of divergence at large y
K/ vs rapidity at 62.4 GeV BRAHMSpreliminary • Clear splitting of the ratio for positive and negative particles
K/ vs s • The Horn
RHIC 62.4 GeV BRAHMS preliminary K- - SPS- NA49 RHIC 200 GeV BRAHMS K-/- vs pbar/p • SPS data and RHIC data agree at same pbar/p ratio
K+ + RHIC 62.4 GeV BRAHMS preliminary SPS- NA49 RHIC 200 GeV BRAHMS K+/+ vs pbar/p • SPS data and RHIC data agree at same pbar/p ratio
Kaon slopes vs s • The Step
Kaon slopes vs pbar/p SPS - NA49 RHIC 62.4 GeV BRAHMS preliminary T [MeV] RHIC 200 GeV BRAHMS 300 200 100
Summary • Projectile fragmentation region and central region overlap at SPS and are well separated at RHIC • Antiproton/proton ratio at midrapidity changes drastically with s • Antiproton/proton ratio changes with rapidity at RHIC energies • Local systems (y1), characterized by the same pbar/p ratio, show identical K-/K+ and K/ ratios and kaon inverse slopes • The right side of the ’horn’ seems to be reproduced by going to forward rapidities at RHIC
Pions: power law Kaons: exponential Protons: Gaussian Identified particle spectra Top 5% central collisions