Prog. Theor. Phys. Vol. 63 No. 6 (1980) pp. 2005-2015

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An Application of the Glauber Approximation to High Energy Heavy-Ion Collisions. I

— Theoretical Formulation —

Masaharu Iwasaki, Seiya Nishiyama and Kyoichi Wakimaru

Department of Physics, Kochi University, Kochi 780

(Received December 28, 1979)

Abstract:

A two-fireball model in high energy heavy-ion collisions is investigated from the viewpoint of the microscopic theory. Applying the Glauber approximation to the relative motion, it is found that our fireball is described by a phonon coherent state. The microscopic wave function found is used to obtain the optical potential and the momentum distribution function for the emitted nucleons. They show the strong energy dependence. It is not the purpose of this paper to go into detailed quantitative discussion, but rather to develop the basic idea.

URL : http://ptp.ipap.jp/link?PTP/63/2005/
DOI : 10.1143/PTP.63.2005

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Citing Article(s) :

Progress of Theoretical Physics Vol. 69 No. 1 (1983) pp. 142-157 :
A Modified Glauber Approximation and the Formation of Shock Waves in High-Energy Heavy Ion Collisions

Masaharu Iwasaki and Shuji Takagi