Nuclear stopping from 0.09A to 1.93A GeV and its correlation to flow.
We present a complete systematics (excitation functions and system-size dependences) of global stopping and side flow for heavy ion reactions in the energy range between 0.09A and 1.93A GeV. For the heaviest system, Au+Au, we observe a plateau of maximal stopping extending from about 0.2A to 0.8A GeV with a fast drop on both sides. The degree of stopping, which is shown to remain significantly below the expectations of a full stopping scenario, is found to be highly correlated to the amount of side flow.
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Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany.
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Gobbi
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Hartmann
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Herrmann
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Hildenbrand
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Kim
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Kirejczyk
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Koczoń
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Kress
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Leifels
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Xiao
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Alard
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Dupieux
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Dzelalija
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Fodor
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Grishkin
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Hong
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Kecskemeti
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Korolija
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Kotte
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Lebedev
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Lopez
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Merschmeyer
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Mösner
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Neubert
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Pelte
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Petrovici
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Rami
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de Schauenburg
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Siwek-Wilczyńska
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Stockmeier
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Wagner
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Wohlfarth
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Yushmanov
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Zhilin
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