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Inclusive π0 production in ultrarelativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions

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For several ion species we compare thermal to nonthermal contributions for inclusive π0 production after having used a hydrodynamical model to estimate the energy density and temperature of the quark-gluon plasma produced by each. For the high (low)-p T region quantum chromodynamics (the Fermi model) is used to estimate the nonthermal rates. The production of lowp T, lowx F π0’s, which clearly stand out from the background, is energetically favored by the quark-gluon plasma.

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  1. Department of Physics, Lincoln University, 19352, Lincoln, PA, USA

    L. E. Roberts

  2. High Energy Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 60439, Argonne, IL, USA

    L. E. Roberts

  3. The Institute for Scientific Studies, 60187, Wheaton, IL, USA

    L. E. Roberts

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Work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Division of High Energy Physics, Contract W-31-109-ENG-38.

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Roberts, L.E. Inclusive π0 production in ultrarelativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions. Nuov Cim A 105, 423–433 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02730645

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