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Δ33 -medium mass modification and pion spectra

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We study the π± spectra obtained in 2, 4, 6 and 8A GeV Au - Au collisions within the thermal model. We find that the main features of the data can be well described after we include the pions from the decay of the Δ -resonance with medium mass modification.

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  1. Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, 200433, Shanghai, China

    B. Pin-zhen

  2. Department of Physics, University of Arizona, 85721, Tucson, AZ, USA

    J. Rafelski

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Pin-zhen, B., Rafelski, J. Δ33 -medium mass modification and pion spectra. Eur. Phys. J. A 32, 267–272 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2007-10386-5

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