Nuclear dynamics induced by antiprotons

Abstract

Reaction dynamics in collisions of antiprotons on nuclei is investigated within the Lanzhou quantum molecular dynamics model. The reaction channels of elastic scattering, annihilation, charge exchange and inelastic collisions of antiprotons on nucleons have been included in the model. Dynamics on particle production, in particular pions, kaons, antikaons and hyperons, is investigated in collisions of $\overline{p}$ on ${}^{12}$C, ${}^{20}$Ne, ${}^{40}$Ca and ${}^{181}$Ta from a low to high incident momenta. It is found that the annihilations of $\overline{p}$ on nucleons are of importance on the dynamics of particle production in phase space. Hyperons are mainly produced via meson induced reactions on nucleons and strangeness exchange collisions, which lead to the delayed emission in antiproton-nucleus collisions.

Comments: 8 pages, 4 figures. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1405.1997