{
  "id": "nucl-th/9701065",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "1997-01-30T18:16:47.000Z",
  "updated": "1997-06-26T12:55:00.000Z",
  "title": "Origin of subthreshold K^+ production in heavy ion collisions",
  "authors": [
    "C. Fuchs",
    "Z. Wang",
    "L. Sehn",
    "Amand Faessler",
    "V. S. Uma Maheswari",
    "D. S. Kosov"
  ],
  "comment": "6 pages Latex using RevTex, revised version accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. C",
  "journal": "Phys.Rev.C56:606-609,1997",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevC.56.R606",
  "categories": [
    "nucl-th"
  ],
  "abstract": "We investigate the origin of subthreshold $K^+$ production in heavy ion collisions at intermediate energies. In particular we study the influence of the pion induced $K^+$ creation processes. We find that this channel shows a strong dependence on the size of the system, i.e., the number of participating nucleons as well as on the incident energy of the reaction. In an energy region between 1--2 GeV/nucleon the pion induced processes essentially contribute to the total yield and can even become dominant in reactions with a large number of participating nucleons. Thus we are able to reproduce recent measurements of the KaoS Collaboration for 1 GeV/nucleon Au on Au reactions adopting a realistic momentum dependent nuclear mean field.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "1997-06-26T12:55:00.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "heavy ion collisions",
      "induced processes essentially contribute",
      "momentum dependent nuclear mean field",
      "production",
      "realistic momentum dependent nuclear mean"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "RevTeX",
      "pages": 6,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 439965
    }
  }
}