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The transverse momentum spectra for pions observed by WA80 and NA35 collaborations are analysed within a fireball model with collective isentropic expansion and a realistic freeze-out criterion. By varing the initial state of the fireball, an excellent fit to the data is achieved for the whole measured range ofP T . Slight differences in the data for the spectral slopes from central and pheripheral collisions originate in our model from the difference in the size of the fireball and in the number of participating nucleons in central and peripheral collisions. Using additional information from two-pion correlations, we can extrapolate our model back from the freeze-out point (determined from the spectra) to the initial state; we find that an initial energy density of 1.5–2GGeV/fm3 is sufficient to explain the data from central O+Au collisions at 200A GeV.
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Work supported in part by Bundesministerium für Forschung and Technologie, grant MEP 0234 REA
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Lee, K.S., Heinz, U. Collective flow model for the pion transverse momentum spectra from relativistic nuclear collisions at CERN. Z. Phys. C - Particles and Fields 43, 425–429 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01506538
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