Pion production in central high energy nuclear collisions

Abstract A model for pion production is studied in the context of a cascade calculation. The pions are produced through Δ-resonances which are allowed to decay. The emitted pions are assumed to interact with the other nucleons by forming new Δ -resonances. The time evolution of the pion and Δ-population is studied; it is found that Δs are always more numerous than pions during the sequence of baryon-baryon collisions. The spectrum of the pions is in considerably better agreement with experiment than the one obtained with frozen Δ-isobars. The presence of Δ-resonances appears to be important for the cooling of the pion system. The pion multiplicity is found to deviate from a Poisson distribution. The pion yield is overestimated by at least 25%; this result is discussed within the framework of conventional dynamics.

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