Investigating the cluster production mechanism with isospin triggering: Thermal models versus coalescence models

Abstract

Isospin triggering allows to distinguish coalescence from thermal production of light clusters in heavy ion collisions. Triggering on $Y({\pi }^{-})-Y({\pi }^{+})$ allows to select very neutron or proton rich final states. The deuteron (cluster) production with coalescence ($d\propto n\cdot p$) leads then to an inverse parabolic dependence of the deuteron yield on $\Delta Y_{\pi }$. In contrast, in a thermal model, cluster production is independent on $\Delta Y_{\pi }$. The observation of a maximum deuteron (cluster) yield as function of $\Delta Y_{\pi }$ provides confirmation of the coalescence mechanism.

6 pages, 5 figures, version accepted and published by Physical Review C

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