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We present a dynamical study ofK + production in proton-nucleus collisions from 1.2 to 2.5 GeV bombarding energy. The evolution of the proton-nucleus collision is described by a transport equation of the Boltzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck type. We incorporate all known sources forK + production and study their momentum and angular distributions, and the excitation function. We show that at lower energies (E b<1.5 GeV) theNΔ andNN* channels dominate the kaon yield for light systems. At higher bombarding energies the directNN channel accounts for almost the whole cross section.
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Wolf, G. K + production in proton-nucleus collision. APH N.S., Heavy Ion Physics 4, 309–316 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03155626
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