Relativistic Vlasov equation for heavy-ion collisions
Abstract
In the local-density and semiclassical approximation, a relativistic Vlasov equation is constructed from the Walecka model. Applying it to heavy-ion collisions at intermediate energies, we obtain results that are similar to those from the more complicated time-dependent Dirac equation. Compared with the results from the nonrelativistic Skyrme interaction, the relativistic effect is evident in the enhanced transverse-momentum distribution during the collision.
- Publication:
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Physical Review Letters
- Pub Date:
- September 1987
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.59.1084
- Bibcode:
- 1987PhRvL..59.1084K
- Keywords:
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- Ionic Collisions;
- Relativistic Effects;
- Vlasov Equations;
- Nuclear and High-Energy Physics;
- 25.70.Np;
- 24.10.-i;
- Nuclear reaction models and methods