Eur. Phys. J. A (2006) 30: 31-46
https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2006-10101-2

Dynamics and Thermodynamics with Nuclear Degrees of Freedom

Systematics of stopping and flow in Au+ Au collisions

¹ GSI, D-64291, Darmstadt, Germany
² IFJ-PAN, Pl-31342, Kraków, Poland

Received: 27 April 2006
Accepted: 26 July 2006
Published online: 6 October 2006

Abstract

Excitation functions of flow and stopping observables for the Au+ Au system at energies from 40 to 1500MeV per nucleon are presented. The systematics were obtained by merging the results of the INDRA and FOPI experiments, both performed at the GSI facility. The connection to the nuclear equation of state is discussed.