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Dynamical and thermal aspects of relativistic heavy-ion collisions

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Zeitschrift für Physik A Hadrons and Nuclei

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Within a covariant BUU-approach we simulate heavyion collisions at various bombarding energies from 400 MeV/u to 1 GeV/u. We evaluate locally the energymomentum tensorT μv (x), and extract pressures, energydensities and temperatures. The connection of these thermodynamical quantities to experimental observables and their sensitivity to the equation of state is discussed. Furthermore, we investigate the question of local equilibration and evaluate the entropy produced in these reactions.

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  1. B. Blättel

    Present address: Dept. of Physics, Loomis Lab. of Physics, University of Illinois, 1110 West Green Street, 61801, Urbana, IL, USA

  2. V. Koch

    Present address: SUNY at Stony Brook, Institute for Nuclear Theory, Dept. of Physics, 11794-3800, Stony Brook, NY, USA

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    A. Lang, B. Blättel, W. Cassing, V. Koch, U. Mosel & K. Weber

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Dedicated to Prof. Dr. P. Kienle on the occasion of his 60th birthday. Work supported by BMFT and GSI Darmstadt

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Lang, A., Blättel, B., Cassing, W. et al. Dynamical and thermal aspects of relativistic heavy-ion collisions. Z. Physik A - Hadrons and Nuclei 340, 287–295 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01294677

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