Bremsstrahlung from a microscopic model of relativistic heavy ion collisions

S. M. H. Wong, M. Belkacem, J. I. Kapusta, S. A. Bass, M. Bleicher, and H. Stöcker
Phys. Rev. C 63, 014903 – Published 21 December 2000
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Abstract

We compute bremsstrahlung arising from the acceleration of individual charged baryons and mesons during the time evolution of high-energy Au+Au collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider using a microscopic transport model. We elucidate the connection between bremsstrahlung and charge stopping by colliding artificial pure proton on pure neutron nuclei. From the intensity of low energy bremsstrahlung, the time scale and the degree of stopping could be accurately extracted without measuring any hadronic observables.

  • Received 11 August 2000

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.63.014903

©2000 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

S. M. H. Wong1, M. Belkacem1, J. I. Kapusta1, S. A. Bass2, M. Bleicher3, and H. Stöcker4

  • 1School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
  • 2National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
  • 3Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
  • 4Institut für Theoretische Physik, Robert-Mayer-Strasse 10, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität, D-60054 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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Vol. 63, Iss. 1 — January 2001

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