{
  "id": "nucl-th/0103036",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2001-03-15T11:53:38.000Z",
  "updated": "2001-03-15T11:53:38.000Z",
  "title": "The nuclear equation of state probed by $K^+$ production in heavy ion collisions",
  "authors": [
    "C. Fuchs",
    "Amand Faessler",
    "S. El-Basaouny",
    "E. Zabrodin"
  ],
  "comment": "14 pages Revtex, 6 figures, Proceedings to the XXXIX Interantional Winter Meeting on Nuclear Physics, Bormio, Italy, 2001",
  "journal": "J.Phys.G28:1615-1622,2002",
  "doi": "10.1088/0954-3899/28/7/313",
  "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. Phase space effects are discussed with respect to the $K^+$ excitation function.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2001-03-15T11:53:38.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "heavy ion collisions",
      "nuclear equation",
      "production",
      "excitation function"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "RevTeX",
      "pages": 14,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 554204
    }
  }
}