d Macro and (3)He macro production in square root of s(NN) = 130 GeV Au+Au collisions

Phys Rev Lett. 2001 Dec 24;87(26):262301. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.262301. Epub 2001 Dec 7.

Abstract

The first measurements of light antinucleus production in Au+Au collisions at the Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider are reported. The observed production rates for d macro and (3)He macro are much larger than in lower energy nucleus-nucleus collisions. A coalescence model analysis of the yields indicates that there is little or no increase in the antinucleon freeze-out volume compared to collisions at CERN SPS energy. These analyses also indicate that the (3)He macro freeze-out volume is smaller than the d macro freeze-out volume.