{
  "id": "nucl-th/0011102",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2000-11-30T16:50:38.000Z",
  "updated": "2001-01-17T16:43:03.000Z",
  "title": "Probing the nuclear equation of state by $K^+$ production in heavy ion collisions",
  "authors": [
    "C. Fuchs",
    "Amand Faessler",
    "E. Zabrodin",
    "Yu-Ming Zheng"
  ],
  "comment": "4 pages Revtex, 4 PS figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. Lett",
  "journal": "Phys.Rev.Lett. 86 (2001) 1974-1977",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.1974",
  "categories": [
    "nucl-th"
  ],
  "abstract": "The dependence of $K^+$ production on the nuclear equation of state is investigated in heavy ion collisions. An increase of the excitation function of $K^+$ multiplicities obtained in heavy ($Au+Au$) over light ($C+C$) systems when going far below threshold which has been observed by the KaoS Collaboration strongly favours a soft equation of state. This observation holds despite of the influence of an in-medium kaon potential predicted by effective chiral models which is necessary to reproduce the experimental $K^+$ yields.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2001-01-17T16:43:03.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "heavy ion collisions",
      "nuclear equation",
      "production",
      "kaos collaboration strongly favours",
      "observation holds despite"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Phys. Rev. Lett."
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "RevTeX",
      "pages": 4,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 537713
    }
  }
}