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Experimental Study on Quark-Gluon-Plasma at BNL

Research Project

Project/Area Number 03044034
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for international Scientific Research

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
SectionJoint Research
Research InstitutionInstitute for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

HOMMA Saburo  Professor Institute for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, 原子核研究所, 教授 (10004326)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) O. HANSEN  米国ブルックヘブン国立研究所, 主任研究員
KIMURA Kikuo  Research Associate Department of Physics, Kyushu University, 理学部, 助手 (60108636)
SUGITATE Tohru  Research Associate Department of Physics, Hiroshima University, 理学部, 助手 (80144806)
AKIBA Yasuyuki  Research Associate Institute for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, 原子核研究所, 助手 (80192459)
NAGAE Tomofumi  Research Associate Institute for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, 原子核研究所, 助手 (50198298)
HAMAGAKI Hideki  Research Associate Institute for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, 原子核研究所, 助手 (90114610)
NISHIKAWA Koichiro  Associate Professor Institute for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, 原子核研究所, 助教授 (60198439)
HASHIMOTO Osamu  Associate Professor Institute for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, 原子核研究所, 助教授 (50092292)
HANSEN Ole  Chief Scientist Brookhaven National Laboratory
Project Period (FY) 1991 – 1992
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1992)
Budget Amount *help
¥9,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥9,000,000)
Fiscal Year 1992: ¥4,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,500,000)
Fiscal Year 1991: ¥4,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,500,000)
KeywordsHigh Energy and High Density Nuclear Matter / High Energy Heavy-Ion Collision / Two-Particle Correlation / Quark-Gluon-Plasma / QGP / 高エネルギ-重イオン反応 / クォ-ク・グル-オン・プラズマ / 相変化 / 高密度原子核物質 / 高エネルギ-原子核反応
Research Abstract

The experiment with high-intensity 14.5 AGeV Si-beams and the first-round experiment with 11 AGeV Au-beams have been carried out by the Japan-US international collaboration in high energy heavy ion collisions at the AGS, Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA.
Primary goals of the experiment are (1) to study the two-particle correlations for pions and Kaons, and (2) to measure the rarely-produced hadrons (i.e. K-and anti-proton) with good statistics using the experimental system with a magnetic spectrometer as a central device.
Space-time evolution of nucleus-nucleus collisions could be investigated through two-particle correlation measurement. Trial of measuring K-and anti-proton were made before, but low statistics prevented us to deduce any conclusions for their productions.
In order to achieve the goals, we built a special trigger system by which particle identification in the trigger-level was made possible. Stringent event selection capability made it possible to run with high-intensity beams.
Data analyses of two particle correlations are in progress, and preliminary result shows that source size measuremed by pions is significantly smaller than that measured by Kaons.
Anti-proton yield was consisten with the model calculation with no anti-protons absorption in nuclear matter, which strongly contradicts to the naive expectation.
With the completion of AGS-Booster, experiments with heavy ions up to Au became possible. We can expect a better condition to study unclear matter at extreme conditions with heavy ions. The first Au beam was available in May, 1992, and we had a prelminary short run. Purity of Au beam was better than 99%. Measurements of transverse and forward energy flow were made. Measurement of particle spectra at backward angle with spectrometer were also tried.
Data analysis going on, and the construction of a new spectrometer which covers the forward angular region is in progress.

Report

(2 results)
  • 1992 Final Research Report Summary
  • 1991 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (11 results)

All Other

All Publications (11 results)

  • [Publications] 日米共同実験グループ: "Global transverse energy distributions in relativistic nuclear collisions at 14.6A GeV/c" Physical Review. C45. 2933-2951 (1992)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1992 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 日米共同実験グループ: "Measurement of particle production in proton-induced reactions at 14.6 GeV/c" Physical Review. D45. 3906-3920 (1992)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1992 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 日米共同実験グループ: "Bose-Einstein Correlations in Si+Al and Si+Au Collisions at 14.6 A GeV/c" Physical Review Letters. 69. 1030-1033 (1992)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1992 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 日米共同実験グループ: "Centrality dependence of K^+ and π^+ multiplicities from Si+A colllisions at 14.6 AGeV/c" Physics Letters. B291. 341-346 (1992)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1992 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 日米共同実験グループ: "Recent Results from E802 and E859" Quark Matter 1991,Gatlingurg,Tennessee,USA. (1992)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1992 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 日米共同実験グループ: "Target Rapidity Peoton Distributions for Si+A Collisions at the AGS" Quark Matter 1991,Gatlingurg,Tennessee,USA. (1992)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1992 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 本間 三郎: "高エネルギ-重イオン衝突によるクォ-ク・グル-オン・プラズマの研究" 学術月報. 44. 373-379 (1991)

    • Related Report
      1991 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 秋葉 康之,林 茂宏: "高エネルギ-原子核ー原子核衝突でのストレンジネス生成" 日本物理学会誌. 46. 857-860 (1991)

    • Related Report
      1991 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 日米共同研究グル-プ: "Forward and transverse energies in relativistic heavy ion collisions at 14.6 GeV/C per nucleon" Phys.Rev.C.(アメリカ物理学会). 44. 1611-1619 (1991)

    • Related Report
      1991 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 日米共同研究グル-プ: "Comparison of P+A and Si+Au collisions at 14.6 Gev/c" Phys.Rev.Letters(アメリカ物理学会). 66. 1567-1570 (1991)

    • Related Report
      1991 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 日米共同研究グル-プ: "Antiproton production in 14.6 A Gev/c Si+Au collisions" Phys.Letters.B.(ノ-スホ-ランド出版社). 271. 447-452 (1991)

    • Related Report
      1991 Annual Research Report

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Published: 1991-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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