Systematics of midrapidity transverse energy distributions in limited apertures from p + Be to Au+Au collisions at relativistic energies

Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 646021-6460225

  Abbott, T ^d   Ahle, L ^k   Akiba, Y ^f,m   Alburger, D ^b   Beavis, D ^b   Birstein, L ^b   Bloomer, M A ^k   Bond, P D ^b   Britt, H C ^j   Budick, B ^l   Chasman, C ^b   Chen, Z ^b   Chi, C Y ^e   Chu, Y Y ^b   Cianciolo, V ^k   Cole, B A ^e,k   Costales, J B ^j,k   Crawford, H J ^c   Cumming, J B ^b   Debbe, R ^b   Duek, E ^b   Engelage, J ^c   Fung, S Y ^d   Gonin, M ^b   Grodzins, L ^k   Gushue, S ^b   Hamagaki, H ^m   Hansen, O ^b   Hayano, R S ^m   Hayashi, S ^b,m   Homma, S ^m   Huang, H Z ^k   Ikeda, Y ⁱ   Juricic, I ^e   Kaneko, H ^h   Kang, J ^d,o   Katcoff, S ^b   Kaufman, S ^a   Kehoe, W L ^k   Kimura, K ⁱ   Kitamura, K ^g   Kurita, K ⁿ   Ledoux, R J ^k   LeVine, M J ^b   Miake, Y ⁿ   Morrison, D P ^b,k   Morse, R J ^k   Moskowitz, B ^b   Nagamiya, S ^e,f   Namboodiri, M N ^j   Nayak, T K ^e   Olness, J ^b   Parsons, C G ^k   Remsberg, L P ^b   Rothschild, P ^k   Sakurai, H ^m   Sangster, T C ^j   Sarabura, M ^k   Seto, R ^d   Shigaki, K ^f,m   Shor, A ^b   Soltz, R ^j,k   Stankus, P ^e   Steadman, S G ^k   Stephans, G S F ^k   Sugitate, T ^g   Sung, T ^k   Tanaka, M ^b   Tannenbaum, M J ^b   Thomas, J ^j   Tonse, S ^j   Torikoshi, M ^m   Ueno Hayashi, S ⁿ   Van Dijk, J H ^b   Videbaek F ^b   Vient, M ^d   Vincent, P ^b   Vossnack, O ^e   Vulgaris, E ^k   Vutsadakis, V ^k   Wang, F Q ^e   Wang, Y ^e   Watson III, W A ^b   Wegner, H E ^b   Woodruff, D S ^k   Wu, Y D ^e   Yagi, K ⁿ   Yang, X ^e   Zachary, D ^k   Zajc, W A ^e   more..

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^f HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

^g HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^k MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^l NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^o Yonsei University   (South Korea)

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EID: 14344283366     PISSN: 05562813     EISSN: 1089490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.63.064602     Document Type: Article

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