Thermalization at lowest energies? A view from a transport model

Abstract

Using the Isospin Quantum Molecular Dynamics (IQMD) model we analyzed the production of pions and kaons in the energy range of 1-2 AGeV in order to study the question why thermal models could achieve a successful description. For this purpose we study the variation of pion and kaon yields using different elementary cross sections. We show that several ratios appear to be rather robust versus their variations.

proceedings to the Workshop on Dense Matter - DM 2010, Stellenbosch (South Africa), April 2010

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