This paper presents recent results from the BRAHMS experiment at RHIC; including results on particle production in rapidity space extending from y=0 to y ∼ 3 and on the transverse momentum distribution of fully identified charged particles. These results were obtained from the 5% most central Au-Au collisions recorded during RHIC Run-2 at √ sNN = 200 GeV.

As follows from the energies of single-particle states in 40Ca, 90Zr and 208Pb nuclei the contribution of many-particle NN forces to the nuclear single-particle potential is at least the sum of repulsive and attractive parts resulting from three-particle and four-particle forces respectively. In addition the specified nucleon density distributions in the above nuclei are determined from both th...

Background: Polymer composites when reinforced with heavy metals in the form of micro/nano particles are efficient gamma- and X-ray shielding materials providing such advantageous features as cost-effectiveness, light-weight factor, flexibility, non-toxicity, conformability over conventional shields. Materials and Methods: In this paper the influence of weight percentages and particle sizes of ...

Binding energies of H, He, and O are calculated, using low-momentum nucleonnucleon interactions (Vlow−k) for a wide range of the cutoff momentum Λ. In addition, single-particle energies in nuclei around O are computed. The dependence of the binding energies and the single-particle energies in these nuclei on the cutoff momentum Λ of the Vlow−k is examined. Furthermore, the availability of the V...