Statistical Model Description of $K^+$ and $K^-$ Production between 1 - 10 AGeV

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2000-04-11

arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0004025v1

Phys.Lett. B485 (2000) 27-31

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Nuclear Physics

Nuclear Theory

3 Postscript figures, uses elsart.sty

Scientific paper

10.1016/S0370-2693(00)00674-2

The excitation functions of $K^+$ and $K^-$ mesons in heavy ion collisions are studied within a statistical model assuming chemical and thermal equilibrium with exact strangeness conservation. At low incident energies the associate production of kaons, i.e. the production of a K+ together with a hyperon and the production of a K- together with a K+, implies specific features: different threshold energies and different dependences of K+ and K- yields on baryon number density. It is shown that the experimentally observed equality of the $K^+$ and $K^-$ rates at energies $\sqrt{s} - \sqrt{s_{th}} \leq 0$ is due to a crossing of the two excitation functions. Furthermore, the independence of the $K^+$ to $K^-$ ratio on the number of participating nucleons observed at 1 and 10 $A\cdot$GeV is consistent with this model.

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