Publications of Steffen A Bass     :chronological  combined listing:

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@article{fds152135,
   Author = {S.A. Bass and C. Gale and A. Majumder and C. Nonaka and G.Y. Qin and T.
             Renk and J. Ruppert},
   Title = {Systematic Comparison of Jet Energy-Loss Schemes in a 3D
             hydrodynamic medium},
   Journal = {Journal of Physics G},
   Volume = {35},
   Pages = {104064},
   Year = {2008},
   Month = {Fall},
   url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0954-3899/35/10/104064},
   Key = {fds152135}
}

@article{fds152134,
   Author = {M. Asakawa and S.A. Bass and B. Mueller and C.
             Nonaka},
   Title = {Transverse Rapidity Dependence of the Proton-Antiproton
             Ratio as a Signature of the QCD Critical
             Endpoint},
   Journal = {Physical Review Letters},
   Volume = {101},
   Pages = {122302},
   Year = {2008},
   Month = {Summer},
   url = {http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v101/e122302},
   Key = {fds152134}
}

@article{fds139497,
   Author = {C. Nonaka and S.A. Bass},
   Title = {Space-time evolution of bulk QCD matter},
   Journal = {Physical Review C},
   Volume = {75},
   Pages = {014902},
   Year = {2007},
   Month = {Winter},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0607018},
   Key = {fds139497}
}

@article{fds139499,
   Author = {T. Renk and J. Ruppert and C. Nonaka and S.A. Bass},
   Title = {Jet-quenching in a 3D hydrodynamic medium},
   Journal = {Physical Review C},
   Volume = {75},
   Pages = {031902},
   Year = {2007},
   Month = {Winter},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0611027},
   Key = {fds139499}
}

@article{fds152133,
   Author = {G.Y. Qin and J. Ruppert and S. Turbide and C. Gale and C. Nonaka and S.A. Bass},
   Title = {Radiative jet energy loss in a three-dimensional
             hydrodynamical medium and high $p_T$ azimuthal asymmetry of
             pi-zero suppression at mid and forward rapidity at
             RHIC},
   Journal = {Physical Review C},
   Volume = {76},
   Pages = {064907},
   Year = {2007},
   Month = {Winter},
   url = {http://arXiv.org/abs/0705.2575},
   Key = {fds152133}
}

@article{fds139507,
   Author = {M. Asakawa and S.A. Bass and B. Mueller},
   Title = {Anomalous Viscosity of an Expanding Quark-Gluon-Plasma},
   Journal = {Journal of Physics G},
   Volume = {34},
   Pages = {S839},
   Year = {2007},
   Month = {Fall},
   url = {http://arXiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0702007},
   Key = {fds139507}
}

@article{fds139504,
   Author = {A. Majumder and C. Nonaka and S.A. Bass},
   Title = {Jet modification in three dimensional fluid dynamics at
             next-to-leading twist},
   Journal = {Physical Review C},
   Volume = {76},
   Pages = {041902},
   Year = {2007},
   Month = {Summer},
   url = {http://arXiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0703019},
   Key = {fds139504}
}

@article{fds139510,
   Author = {S.A. Bass},
   Title = {Photon Production in the Parton Casade Model},
   Journal = {Nuclear Physics A},
   Volume = {783},
   Pages = {367},
   Year = {2007},
   Month = {Summer},
   Key = {fds139510}
}

@article{fds139501,
   Author = {A. Majumder and B. Mueller and S.A. Bass},
   Title = {Longitudinal Broadening of Quenched Jets in Turbulent Color
             Fields},
   Journal = {Physical Review Letters},
   Volume = {99},
   Pages = {042301},
   Year = {2007},
   Month = {Spring},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0611135},
   Key = {fds139501}
}

@article{fds139509,
   Author = {S.A. Bass and T. Renk and J. Ruppert and C. Nonaka},
   Title = {Hard and Soft Probe-Medium Interactions in a 3D Hydro+Micro
             Approach at RHIC},
   Journal = {Journal of Physics G},
   Volume = {34},
   Pages = {S979},
   Year = {2007},
   url = {http://arXiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0702079},
   Key = {fds139509}
}

@article{fds50774,
   Author = {S.A. Bass},
   Title = {SQM 2006: Theory Summary and Perspectives},
   Journal = {Journal of Physics G},
   Volume = {32},
   Pages = {S15-S27},
   Year = {2006},
   Month = {Fall},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0607056},
   Key = {fds50774}
}

@article{fds50775,
   Author = {M. Asakawa and S.A. Bass and B. Mueller},
   Title = {Anomalous Transport Processes in Anisotropically Expanding
             Quark-Gluon Plasmas},
   Journal = {Prog. Theor. Phys.},
   Volume = {116},
   Pages = {725-755},
   Year = {2006},
   Month = {Fall},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0608270},
   Key = {fds50775}
}

@article{fds50773,
   Author = {M. Asakawa and S.A. Bass and B. Mueller},
   Title = {Anomalous Viscosity of an Expanding Quark-Gluon
             Plasma},
   Journal = {Physical Review Letters},
   Volume = {96},
   Pages = {252301},
   Year = {2006},
   Month = {Summer},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0603092},
   Key = {fds50773}
}

@article{fds50770,
   Author = {S.A. Bass and R.J. Fries and B. Mueller},
   Title = {Correlations in the parton recombination
             model},
   Journal = {Nucl. Phys. A},
   Volume = {774},
   Pages = {635-638},
   Year = {2006},
   Month = {Spring},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0510084},
   Key = {fds50770}
}

@article{fds50771,
   Author = {C. Nonaka and S.A. Bass},
   Title = {3D Hydro+Cascade Model at RHIC},
   Journal = {Nucl. Phys. A},
   Volume = {774},
   Pages = {873-876},
   Year = {2006},
   Month = {Spring},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0510038},
   Key = {fds50771}
}

@article{fds50772,
   Author = {T. Renk and S.A. Bass and D.K. Srivastava},
   Title = {Dynamics of the Landau-Pomeranchuk-Migdal Effect in Au+Au
             Collisions at 200 AGeV},
   Journal = {Physics Letters B},
   Volume = {632},
   Pages = {632-637},
   Year = {2006},
   Month = {Spring},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0505059},
   Key = {fds50772}
}

@article{fds42898,
   Author = {S.A. Bass},
   Title = {What do we learn from strangeness at RHIC?},
   Journal = {Journal of Physics G},
   Volume = {31},
   Pages = {S733-S740},
   Year = {2005},
   Month = {Summer},
   Key = {fds42898}
}

@article{fds42899,
   Author = {C. Nonaka and B. Mueller and S.A. Bass and R.J. Fries and M.
             Asakawa},
   Title = {Recombination + fragmentation at RHIC: elliptic
             flow},
   Journal = {Journal of Physics G},
   Volume = {31},
   Pages = {S429-S435},
   Year = {2005},
   Month = {Summer},
   Key = {fds42899}
}

@article{fds41299,
   Author = {B. Mueller and R.J. Fries and S.A. Bass},
   Title = {Thermal Recombination: Beyond the Valence Quark
             Approximation},
   Journal = {Physics Letters B},
   Volume = {618},
   Pages = {77},
   Year = {2005},
   Month = {Summer},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0503003},
   Key = {fds41299}
}

@article{fds41297,
   Author = {R.J. Fries and S.A. Bass and B. Mueller},
   Title = {Correlated Emission of Hadrons from Recombination of
             Correlated Partons},
   Journal = {Physical Review Letters},
   Volume = {94},
   Pages = {122301},
   Year = {2005},
   Month = {Spring},
   Abstract = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0407102},
   Key = {fds41297}
}

@article{fds41298,
   Author = {C. Nonaka and B. Mueller and S.A. Bass and M. Asakawa},
   Title = {Possible Resolution of the D-Paradox},
   Journal = {Physical Review C, Rapid Communication},
   Volume = {71},
   Pages = {051901},
   Year = {2005},
   Month = {Spring},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0501028},
   Key = {fds41298}
}

@article{fds41302,
   Author = {D.Y. Chang and S.A. Bass and D.K. Srivastava},
   Title = {Perturbative dynamics of strangeness production at
             RHIC},
   Journal = {Journal of Physics G},
   Volume = {31},
   Pages = {S1005},
   Year = {2005},
   Month = {Spring},
   Key = {fds41302}
}

@article{fds28285,
   Author = {S.A. Bass and B. Mueller and D.K. Srivastava},
   Title = {Photon Interferometry of Au + Au Collisions at the BNL
             Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider},
   Journal = {Phys. Rev. Lett.},
   Volume = {93},
   Pages = {162301},
   Year = {2004},
   Month = {Fall},
   Abstract = {We calculate the two-body correlation function of direct
             photons produced in central Au + Au collisions at the
             Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider. Our calculation includes
             contributions from the early preequilibrium phase in which
             photons are produced via hard parton scatterings as well as
             radiation of photons from a thermalized quark-gluon plasma
             and the subsequent expanding hadron gas. We find that high
             energy photon interferometry provides a faithful probe of
             the details of the space-time evolution and of the early
             reaction stages of the system. ©2004 The American Physical
             Society},
   Key = {fds28285}
}

@article{fds28275,
   Author = {E. L. Bratkovskaya and M. Bleicher and M. Reiter and S. Soff and H.
             Stoecker, M. van Leeuwen and S.A. Bass and W. Cassing},
   Title = {Strangeness dynamics and transverse pressure in relativistic
             nucleus-nucleus collisions},
   Journal = {Phys. Rev. C},
   Volume = {69},
   Pages = {054907},
   Year = {2004},
   Month = {Summer},
   Abstract = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0402026},
   Key = {fds28275}
}

@article{fds28278,
   Author = {S.A. Bass and D.K. Srivastava and B. Mueller},
   Title = {RHIC Physics with the Parton Cascade Model},
   Journal = {J. Phys. G.},
   Volume = {30},
   Pages = {S1283-S1286},
   Year = {2004},
   Month = {Summer},
   Abstract = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0403033},
   Key = {fds28278}
}

@article{fds28282,
   Author = {Daphne Y. Chang and S.A. Bass and D.K. Srivastava},
   Title = {Strangeness Production at RHIC in the Perturbative
             Regime},
   Journal = {J. Phys. G},
   Volume = {30},
   Pages = {L7-L15},
   Year = {2004},
   Month = {Summer},
   Abstract = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0403034},
   Key = {fds28282}
}

@article{fds28298,
   Author = {C. Nonaka and S.A. Bass and M. Asakawa},
   Title = {Charge Fluctuation Observables at RHIC},
   Journal = {J. Phys. G},
   Volume = {30},
   Pages = {S243-S249},
   Year = {2004},
   Month = {Summer},
   Key = {fds28298}
}

@article{fds28269,
   Author = {R. J. Fries and B. Muller and C. Nonaka and S. A.
             Bass},
   Title = {Hadronization in heavy ion collisions: recombination or
             fragmentation?},
   Journal = {J. Phys.G},
   Volume = {30},
   Pages = {S223-S228},
   Year = {2004},
   Month = {Summer},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0305079},
   Abstract = {We show that hadron production in relativistic heavy ion
             collisions at transverse momenta larger than 2 GeV/c can be
             explained by the competition of two different hadronization
             mechanisms. Above 5 GeV/c hadron production can be described
             by fragmentation of partons that are created perturbatively.
             Below 5 GeV/c recombination of partons from the dense and
             hot fireball dominates. This can explain some of the
             surprising features of RHIC data like the constant
             baryon-to-meson ratio of about one and the small nuclear
             suppression for baryons between 2 to 4 GeV/c.},
   Key = {fds28269}
}

@article{fds28272,
   Author = {C. Nonaka and B. Mueller and M. Asakawa and S.A. Bass and R.J.
             Fries},
   Title = {Elliptic flow of resonances at RHIC: Probing final state
             interactions and the structure of resonances},
   Journal = {Phys. Rev. C},
   Volume = {69},
   Pages = {031902},
   Year = {2004},
   Month = {Spring},
   Abstract = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0312081},
   Key = {fds28272}
}

@article{fds28268,
   Author = {C. Nonaka and R.J. Fries and S.A. Bass},
   Title = {Elliptic flow of multi-strange particles: fragmentation,
             recombination and hydrodynamics},
   Journal = {Phys. Lett. B},
   Volume = {583},
   Pages = {73-78},
   Year = {2004},
   Month = {February},
   url = {http:////arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0308051},
   Abstract = {We study the elliptic flow $v_2$ of multi-strange hadrons
             such as the $\phi$, $\Xi$ and $\Omega$ as a function of the
             transverse momentum in the recombination and fragmentation
             model and compare to a standard hydrodynamic calculation. We
             find that the measurement of $v_2$ for the $\phi$ and
             $\Omega$ will allow for the unambiguous distinction between
             parton recombination and conventional hydrodynamics as the
             source of the elliptic flow.},
   Key = {fds28268}
}

@article{fds14076,
   Author = {Steffen A. Bass and Berndt Müller and Dinesh K.
             Srivastava},
   Title = {Transverse momentum distribution of net baryon number at
             RHIC},
   Journal = {J. Phys. G},
   Volume = {29},
   Pages = {L51-L58},
   Year = {2003},
   Month = {August},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0307027},
   Abstract = {We calculate the transverse momentum distribution of net
             quarks (quarks minus antiquarks) in Au+Au collisions at the
             Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider in the framework of the
             parton cascade model at two different rapidities. Parton
             re-scattering and fragmentation is seen to lead to a
             substantial difference in the slopes of these distributions
             between mid- and forward-rapidities, in qualitative
             agreement with the corresponding data for the net baryon
             distribution.},
   Key = {fds14076}
}

@article{fds14075,
   Author = {R.J. Fries and B. Muller and C. Nonaka and S.A. Bass},
   Title = {Hadron production in heavy ion collisions: Fragmentation and
             recombination from a dense parton phase},
   Journal = {Phys. Rev. C},
   Volume = {68},
   Pages = {044902},
   Year = {2003},
   Month = {July},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0306027},
   Abstract = {We discuss hadron production in heavy ion collisions at
             RHIC. We argue that hadrons at transverse momenta P_T < 5
             GeV are formed by recombination of partons from the dense
             parton phase created in central collisions at RHIC. We
             provide a theoretical description of the recombination
             process for P_T > 2 GeV. Below P_T = 2 GeV our results
             smoothly match a purely statistical description. At high
             transverse momentum hadron production is well described in
             the language of perturbative QCD by the fragmentation of
             partons. We give numerical results for a variety of hadron
             spectra, ratios and nuclear suppression factors. We also
             discuss the anisotropic flow v_2 and give results based on a
             flow in the parton phase. Our results are consistent with
             the existence of a parton phase at RHIC hadronizing at a
             temperature of 175 MeV and a radial flow velocity of
             0.55c.},
   Key = {fds14075}
}

@article{fds8518,
   Author = {S.A. Bass and B. Müller and D.K. Srivastava},
   Title = {Net baryon density in Au+Au collisions at the Relativistic
             Heavy Ion Collider},
   Journal = {Phys. Rev. Lett.},
   Volume = {91},
   Pages = {052302},
   Year = {2003},
   Month = {June},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0212103},
   Abstract = {We calculate the net baryon rapidity distribution in Au+Au
             collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) in
             the framework of the Parton Cascade Model (PCM). Parton
             rescattering and fragmentation leads to a substantial
             increase in the net baryon density at mid-rapidity over the
             density produced by initial primary parton-parton
             scatterings. The PCM is able to describe the measured net
             baryon density at RHIC.},
   Key = {fds8518}
}

@article{fds4330,
   Author = {S.A. Bass and B. Müller and D. K. Srivastava},
   Title = {Parton rescattering and screening in Au+Au collisions at
             RHIC},
   Journal = {Phys. Lett. B},
   Volume = {551},
   Pages = {277-283},
   Year = {2003},
   Month = {April},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0207042},
   Abstract = {We study the microscopic dynamics of quarks and gluons in
             relativistic heavy ion collisions in the framework of the
             Parton Cascade Model. We use lowest order perturbative QCD
             cross sections with fixed lower momentum cutoff p_0. We
             calculate the time-evolution of the Debye-screening mass for
             Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s)=200 GeV per nucleon pair. The
             screening mass is used to determine a lower limit for the
             allowed range of p_0. We also determine the energy density
             reached through hard and semi-hard processes at RHIC, obtain
             a lower bound for the rapidity density of charged hadrons
             produced by semihard interactions, and analyze the extent of
             perturbative rescattering among partons.},
   Key = {fds4330}
}

@article{fds8509,
   Author = {S. Soff and S.A. Bass and D.H. Hardtke and S.Y. Panitkin},
   Title = {Particle Correlations at RHIC - Scrutiny of a
             Puzzle},
   Journal = {Nucl. Phys. A},
   Volume = {715},
   Pages = {801},
   Year = {2003},
   Month = {April},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0209055},
   Abstract = {We present calculations of two-pion and two-kaon correlation
             functions in relativistic heavy ion collisions from a
             relativistic transport model that includes explicitly a
             first-order phase transition from a thermalized quark-gluon
             plasma to a hadron gas. We compare the obtained correlation
             radii with recent data from RHIC. The predicted R_side radii
             agree with data while the R_out and R_long radii are
             overestimated. We also address the impact of in-medium
             modifications, for example, a broadening of the rho-meson,
             on the correlation radii. In particular, the longitudinal
             correlation radius R_long is reduced, improving the
             comparison to data.},
   Key = {fds8509}
}

@article{fds8516,
   Author = {R.J. Fries and S.A. Bass and B. Müller and C.
             Nonaka},
   Title = {Hadronization in heavy ion collisions: recombination and
             fragmentation of partons},
   Journal = {Physical Review Letters},
   Volume = {90},
   Pages = {202303},
   Year = {2003},
   Month = {April},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0301087},
   Abstract = {We argue that the emission of hadrons with transverse
             momentum up to about 5 GeV/c in central relativistic heavy
             ion collisions is dominated by recombination, rather than
             fragmentation of partons. This mechanism provides a natural
             explanation for the observed constant baryon-to-meson ratio
             of about one and the apparent lack of a nuclear suppression
             of the baryon yield in this momentum range. Fragmentation
             becomes dominant at higher transverse momentum, but the
             transition point is delayed by the energy loss of fast
             partons in dense matter.},
   Key = {fds8516}
}

@article{fds5759,
   Author = {S.A. Bass and B. Müller and D.K. Srivastava},
   Title = {Light from cascading partons in relativistic heavy ion
             collisions},
   Journal = {Physical Review Letters},
   Volume = {90},
   Pages = {082301},
   Year = {2003},
   Month = {February},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0209030},
   Abstract = {We calculate the production of high energy photons from
             Compton and annihilation processes as well as fragmentation
             off quarks in the parton cascade model. The multiple
             scattering of partons is seen to lead to a substantial
             production of high energy photons, which rises further when
             parton multiplication due to final state radiation is
             included. The photon yield is found to be proportional to
             the number of collisions among the cascading
             partons.},
   Key = {fds5759}
}

@article{fds4331,
   Author = {S.A. Bass and B. Müller and D.K. Srivastava},
   Title = {Semihard scattering of partons at SPS and RHIC: A Study in
             contrast.},
   Journal = {Phys. Rev. C, Rapid Communication},
   Volume = {66},
   Pages = {061902(R)},
   Year = {2002},
   Month = {December},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0210042},
   Abstract = {We analyze the contribution of pQCD based semi-hard parton
             (re)scattering to the reaction dynamics of relativistic
             heavy-ion collisions at SPS and RHIC. While such processes
             are able to account for the measured yield of high momentum
             direct photons at SPS energies, the conditions necessary for
             jet-quenching are not fulfilled. The situation changes
             dramatically at RHIC energies.},
   Key = {fds4331}
}

@article{fds3136,
   Author = {S. Soff and S.A. Bass and D.H. Hardtke and S.Y. Panitkin},
   Title = {(Strange) Meson Interferometry at RHIC},
   Journal = {J. Phys. G},
   Volume = {28},
   Pages = {1885-1894},
   Year = {2002},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0202019},
   Abstract = {We make predictions for the kaon interferometry measurements
             in Au+Au collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
             (RHIC). A first order phase transition from a thermalized
             Quark-Gluon-Plasma (QGP) to a gas of hadrons is assumed for
             the transport calculations. The fraction of kaons that are
             directly emitted from the phase boundary is considerably
             enhanced at large transverse momenta K_T ~ 1 GeV/c. In this
             kinematic region, the sensitivity of the R_out/R_side ratio
             to the QGP-properties is enlarged. Here, the results of the
             1-dimensional correlation analysis are presented. The
             extracted interferometry radii, depending on $K_T$, are not
             unusually large and are strongly affected by momentum
             resolution effects.},
   Key = {fds3136}
}

@article{fds3137,
   Author = {M.J. Bleicher and S.A. Bass},
   Title = {Anti-Omega dominance in p p interactions at intermediate
             energies},
   Journal = {J. Phys. G},
   Volume = {28},
   Pages = {1965-1969},
   Year = {2002},
   Key = {fds3137}
}

@article{fds3138,
   Author = {S.A. Bass},
   Title = {Strangeness Production in Microscopic Transport
             Models},
   Journal = {J. Phys.G},
   Volume = {28},
   Pages = {1543-1552},
   Year = {2002},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0112046},
   Abstract = {Strangeness production in microscopic transport models for
             relativistic heavy-ion collisions from SIS to RHIC is
             reviewed: after a brief introduction into elementary
             strangeness production processes, the main emphasis is put
             on strangeness as indicator of the nuclear equation of
             state, the excitation function of the $K^+/\pi^+$ ratio and
             strangeness as a deconfinement indicator.},
   Key = {fds3138}
}

@article{fds3139,
   Author = {M. Bleicher and F.M. Liu and A. Keranen and J. Aichelin and S.A. Bass and F. Becattini and K. Redlich and K. Werner},
   Title = {Overpopulation of $\bar \Omega$ in pp collisions: a way to
             distinguish statistical hadronization from string
             dynamics},
   Journal = {Phys. Rev. Lett.},
   Volume = {88},
   Pages = {202501},
   Year = {2002},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0111187},
   Abstract = {The $\bar{\Omega}/\Omega$ ratio originating from string
             decays is predicted to be larger than unity in proton proton
             interactions at SPS energies ($E_{\rm lab}$=160 GeV). The
             anti-omega dominance increases with decreasing beam energy.
             This surprising behavior is caused by the combinatorics of
             quark-antiquark production in small and low-mass strings.
             Since this behavior is not found in a statistical
             description of hadron production in proton proton
             collisions, it may serve as a key observable to probe the
             hadronization mechanism in such collisions.},
   Key = {fds3139}
}

@article{fds3142,
   Author = {S. Soff and S.A. Bass and D.H. Hardtke and S.Y. Panitkin},
   Title = {Kaon Interferometry: A Sensitive Probe of the QCD Equation
             of State?},
   Journal = {Phys. Rev. Lett.},
   Volume = {88},
   Pages = {072301},
   Year = {2002},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0109055},
   Abstract = {We calculate the kaon HBT radius parameters for high energy
             heavy ion collisions, assuming a first order phase
             transition from a thermalized Quark-Gluon-Plasma to a gas of
             hadrons. At high transverse momenta K_T ~ 1 GeV/c direct
             emission from the phase boundary becomes important, the
             emission duration signal, i.e., the R_out/R_side ratio, and
             its sensitivity to T_c (and thus to the latent heat of the
             phase transition) are enlarged. Moreover, the QGP+hadronic
             rescattering transport model calculations do not yield
             unusual large radii (R_i<9fm). Finite momentum resolution
             effects have a strong impact on the extracted HBT parameters
             (R_i and lambda) as well as on the ratio
             R_out/R_side.},
   Key = {fds3142}
}

@article{fds3143,
   Author = {L.V. Bravina and E.E. Zabrodin and S.A. Bass and A. Faessler and C.
             Fuchs, M.I. Gorenstein and W. Greiner and S. Soff and H. Stoecker and H.
             Weber},
   Title = {Chemical freeze-out parameters at RHIC from microscopic
             model calculations},
   Journal = {Nucl. Phys. A},
   Volume = {698},
   Pages = {383-386},
   Year = {2002},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0104023},
   Abstract = {The relaxation of hot nuclear matter to an equilibrated
             state in the central zone of heavy-ion collisions at
             energies from AGS to RHIC is studied within the microscopic
             UrQMD model. It is found that the system reaches the
             (quasi)equilibrium stage for the period of 10-15 fm/$c$.
             Within this time the matter in the cell expands nearly
             isentropically with the entropy to baryon ratio $S/A = 150 -
             170$. Thermodynamic characteristics of the system at AGS and
             at SPS energies at the endpoints of this stage are very
             close to the parameters of chemical and thermal freeze-out
             extracted from the thermal fit to experimental data.
             Predictions are made for the full RHIC energy $\sqrt{s} =
             200$ AGeV. The formation of a resonance-rich state at RHIC
             energies is discussed.},
   Key = {fds3143}
}

@article{fds3144,
   Author = {S.A. Bass},
   Title = {Microscopic Reaction Dynamics at SPS and
             RHIC},
   Journal = {Nucl. Phys. A},
   Volume = {698},
   Pages = {164-170},
   Year = {2002},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0104040},
   Abstract = {The current status of transport theoretical models
             applicable to the physics of the Relativistic Heavy-Ion
             Collider is reviewed. The time evolution of microscopic
             reaction dynamics - from early, hard, partonic rescattering
             up to soft hadronic interactions close to freeze-out is
             analyzed and key observables linked to the different
             reaction stages are discussed.},
   Key = {fds3144}
}

@article{fds3145,
   Author = {S.A. Bass and P. Danielewicz and S. Pratt},
   Title = {Probing Hadronization with Strangeness},
   Journal = {J. Phys. G},
   Volume = {27},
   Pages = {635-644},
   Year = {2001},
   Key = {fds3145}
}

@article{fds3148,
   Author = {S.Soff, S.A. Bass and A. Dumitru},
   Title = {Pion Interferometry at RHIC: Probing a thermalized
             Quark-Gluon-Plasma?},
   Journal = {Phys. Rev. Lett.},
   Volume = {86},
   Pages = {3981-3984},
   Year = {2001},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0012085},
   Abstract = {We calculate the Gaussian radius parameters of the
             pion-emitting source in high energy heavy ion collisions,
             assuming a first order phase transition from a thermalized
             Quark-Gluon-Plasma (QGP) to a gas of hadrons. Such a model
             leads to a very long-lived dissipative hadronic rescattering
             phase which dominates the properties of the two-pion
             correlation functions. The radii are found to depend only
             weakly on the thermalization time tau_i, the critical
             temperature T_c (and thus the latent heat), and the specific
             entropy of the QGP. The dissipative hadronic stage enforces
             large variations of the pion emission times around the mean.
             Therefore, the model calculations suggest a rapid increase
             of R_out/R_side as a function of K_T if a thermalized QGP
             were formed.},
   Key = {fds3148}
}

@article{fds3150,
   Author = {L.V.Bravina, E.E.Zabrodin and S.A.Bass, M.Bleicher and M.Brandstetter, A. Faessler and C.Fuchs, W.Greiner and S.Soff, H.Stoecker},
   Title = {Equation of state of resonance-rich matter in the central
             cell in heavy-ion collisions at $\sqrt{s}$=200
             AGeV},
   Journal = {Phys. Rev. C},
   Volume = {63},
   Pages = {064902},
   Year = {2001},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0010172},
   Abstract = {The equilibration of hot and dense nuclear matter produced
             in the central cell of central Au+Au collisions at RHIC
             ($\sqrt{s}=200$ AGeV) energies is studied within a
             microscopic transport model. The pressure in the cell
             becomes isotropic at $t\approx 5$ fm/$c$ after beginning of
             the collision. Within the next 15 fm/$c$ the expansion of
             matter in the cell proceeds almost isentropically with the
             entropy per baryon ratio $S/A \approx 150$, and the equation
             of state in the $(P,\epsilon)$ plane has a very simple form,
             $P=0.15\epsilon$. Comparison with the statistical model of
             an ideal hadron gas indicates that the time $t \approx 20$
             fm/c may be too short to reach the fully equilibrated state.
             Particularly, the creation of long-lived resonance-rich
             matter in the cell decelerates the relaxation to chemical
             equilibrium. This resonance-abundant state can be detected
             experimentally after the thermal freeze-out of
             particles.},
   Key = {fds3150}
}

@article{fds3151,
   Author = {S.M.H. Wong and M. Belkacem and J.I. Kapusta and S.A. Bass and M.
             Bleicher, H. Stöcker},
   Title = {Bremsstrahlung from a Microscopic Model of Relativistic
             Heavy Ion Collisions},
   Journal = {Phys. Rev. C},
   Volume = {63},
   Pages = {014903},
   Year = {2001},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0008119},
   Abstract = {We compute bremsstrahlung arising from the acceleration of
             individual charged baryons and mesons during the time
             evolution of high-energy Au+Au collisions at the
             Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider using a microscopic
             transport model. We elucidate the connection between
             bremsstrahlung and charge stopping by colliding artificial
             pure proton on pure neutron nuclei. From the intensity of
             low energy bremsstrahlung, the time scale and the degree of
             stopping could be accurately extracted without measuring any
             hadronic observables.},
   Key = {fds3151}
}

@article{fds3152,
   Author = {L.V.Bravina, E.E.Zabrodin and M.Bleicher, S.A.Bass and M.Brandstetter, A.Faessler and C.Fuchs, W.Greiner and M.I.Gorenstein, S.Soff and H.Stoecker},
   Title = {Transition to resonance-rich matter in heavy ion collisions
             at RHIC energies},
   Journal = {Journal of Physics G},
   Volume = {27},
   Pages = {421-426},
   Year = {2001},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0010088},
   Abstract = {The equilibration of hot and dense nuclear matter produced
             in the central region in central Au+Au collisions at
             $\sqrt{s}=200$ AGeV is studied within the microscopic
             transport model UrQMD. The pressure here becomes isotropic
             at $t \approx 5$ fm/c. Within the next 15 fm/c the expansion
             of the matter proceeds almost isentropically with the
             entropy per baryon ratio $S/A \approx 150$. During this
             period the equation of state in the $(P,\epsilon)$-plane has
             a very simple form, $P=0.15 \epsilon$. Comparison with the
             statistical model (SM) of an ideal hadron gas reveals that
             the time of $\approx 20$ fm/$c$ may be too short to attain
             the fully equilibrated state. Particularly, the fractions of
             resonances are overpopulated in contrast to the SM values.
             The creation of such a long-lived resonance-rich state slows
             down the relaxation to chemical equilibrium and can be
             detected experimentally.},
   Key = {fds3152}
}

@article{fds3153,
   Author = {Sven Soff and D. Zschiesche and M. Bleicher and C. Hartnack and M.
             Belkacem, L. Bravina and E. Zabrodin and S.A. Bass and H. Stöcker and W. Greiner},
   Title = {Enhanced strange particle yields - signal of a phase of
             massless particles?},
   Journal = {J. Phys. G},
   Volume = {27},
   Pages = {449-457},
   Year = {2001},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0010103},
   Abstract = {The yields of strange particles are calculated with the
             UrQMD model for p,Pb(158 AGeV)Pb collisions and compared to
             experimental data. The yields are enhanced in central
             collisions if compared to proton induced or peripheral Pb+Pb
             collisions. The enhancement is due to secondary
             interactions. Nevertheless, only a reduction of the quark
             masses or equivalently an increase of the string tension
             provides an adequate description of the large observed
             enhancement factors (WA97 and NA49). Furthermore, the yields
             of unstable strange resonances as the Lambda_star(1520)
             resonance or the phi meson are considerably affected by
             hadronic rescattering of the decay products.},
   Key = {fds3153}
}

@article{fds3149,
   Author = {L.V. Bravina and E.E. Zabrodin and S.A. Bass and M. Bleicher and M.
             Brandstetter, S. Soff and H. Stöcker and W. Greiner},
   Title = {Local equilibrium in heavy-ion collisions: Microscopic
             analysis of a central cell versus infinite
             matter},
   Journal = {Phys. Rev. C},
   Volume = {62},
   Pages = {064906},
   Year = {2000},
   Abstract = {We study the local equilibrium in the central V = 125 fm3
             cell in heavy-ion collisions at energies from 10.7A GeV
             (AGS) to 160A GeV (SPS) calculated in the microscopic
             transport model. In the present paper the hadron yields and
             energy spectra in the cell are compared with those of
             infinite nuclear matter, as calculated within the same
             model. The agreement between the spectra in the two systems
             is established for times t [>=] 10 fm/c in the central cell.
             The cell results do not deviate noticeably from the infinite
             matter calculations with rising incident energy, in contrast
             to the apparent discrepancy with predictions of the
             statistical model (SM) of an ideal hadron gas. The entropy
             of this state is found to be very close to the maximum
             entropy, while hadron abundances and energy spectra differ
             significantly from those of the SM.},
   Key = {fds3149}
}

@article{fds3154,
   Author = {S.A. Bass and P. Danielewicz and S. Pratt},
   Title = {Clocking Hadronization in Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions
             with Balance Functions},
   Journal = {Physical Review Letters},
   Volume = {85},
   Pages = {2689-2692},
   Year = {2000},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0005044},
   Abstract = {A novel state of matter has been hypothesized to exist
             during the early stage of relativistic heavy ion collisions,
             with normal hadrons not appearing until several fm/c after
             the start of the reaction. To test this hypothesis,
             correlations between charges and their associated
             anticharges are evaluated with the use of balance functions.
             It is shown that late-stage hadronization is characterized
             by tightly correlated charge/anticharge pairs when measured
             as a function of relative rapidity.},
   Key = {fds3154}
}

@article{fds3155,
   Author = {M. Bleicher and M. Belkacem and S.A. Bass and S. Soff and H.
             Stöcker},
   Title = {Enhanced antiproton production in Pb(160 AGeV)+Pb reactions:
             evidence for quark gluon matter?},
   Journal = {Phys. Lett. B},
   Volume = {485},
   Pages = {133-138},
   Year = {2000},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0004045},
   Abstract = {The centrality dependence of the antiproton per participant
             ratio is studied in Pb(160 AGeV)+Pb reactions. Antiproton
             production in collisions of heavy nuclei at the CERN/SPS
             seems considerably enhanced as compared to conventional
             hadronic physics, given by the antiproton production rates
             in $pp$ and antiproton annihilation in $\bar{p}p$ reactions.
             This enhancement is consistent with the observation of
             strong in-medium effects in other hadronic observables and
             may be an indication of partial restoration of chiral
             symmetry.},
   Key = {fds3155}
}

@article{fds3156,
   Author = {S.A. Bass and A. Dumitru},
   Title = {Dynamics of Hot Bulk QCD Matter: from the Quark-Gluon Plasma
             to Hadronic Freeze-Out},
   Journal = {Physical Review C},
   Volume = {61},
   Pages = {064909},
   Year = {2000},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0001033},
   Abstract = {We introduce a combined macroscopic/microscopic transport
             approach employing relativistic hydrodynamics for the early,
             dense, deconfined stage of the reaction and a microscopic
             non-equilibrium model for the later hadronic stage where the
             equilibrium assumptions are not valid anymore. Within this
             approach we study the dynamics of hot, bulk QCD matter,
             which is expected to be created in ultra-relativistic heavy
             ion collisions at the SPS, the RHIC and the LHC. Our
             approach is capable of self-consistently calculating the
             freeze-out of the hadronic system, while accounting for the
             collective flow on the hadronization hypersurface generated
             by the QGP expansion. In particular, we perform a detailed
             analysis of the reaction dynamics, hadronic freeze-out, and
             transverse flow.},
   Key = {fds3156}
}

@article{fds3157,
   Author = {M. Bleicher and S.A. Bass and L.V. Bravina and W. Greiner and S. Soff and H. Stöcker and N. Xu and E.E. Zabrodin},
   Title = {Global observables and secondary interactions in central
             Au+Au reactions at $\sqrt{s}=200$ AGeV},
   Journal = {Phys. Rev. C},
   Volume = {62},
   Pages = {024904},
   Year = {2000},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9911420},
   Abstract = {The Ultra-relativistic Quantum Molecular Dynamics model
             (UrQMD) is used to study global observables in central
             reactions of Au+Au at $\sqrt{s}=200$ AGeV (RHIC). Strong
             stopping governed by massive particle production is
             predicted if secondary interactions are taken into account.
             The underlying string dynamics and the early hadronic
             decoupling implies only small transverse expansion rates.
             However, rescattering with mesons is found to act as a
             source of pressure leading to additional flow of baryons and
             kaons, while cooling down pions.},
   Key = {fds3157}
}

@article{fds3176,
   Author = {S.A. Bass and B. Müller and W. Poeschl},
   Title = {Lattice Gauge Description of Colliding Nuclei},
   Journal = {J. Phys. G},
   Volume = {25},
   Pages = {L109-L115},
   Year = {1999},
   Month = {November},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9808011},
   Abstract = {We propose a novel formalism for simultaneously describing
             both, the hard and soft parton dynamics in ultrarelativistic
             collisions of nuclei. The emission of gluons from the
             initially coherent parton configurations of the colliding
             nuclei and low-$p_t$ color coherence effects are treated in
             the framework of a Yang-Mills transport equation on a
             coupled lattice-particle system. A collision term is added
             to the transport equation to account for the remaining
             intermediate and high-$p_t$ interactions in an infrared
             finite manner.},
   Key = {fds3176}
}

@article{fds3158,
   Author = {M. Bleicher and E. Zabrodin and C. Spieles and S.A. Bass and C. Ernst and S. Soff and L. Bravina and M. Belkacem and H. Weber and H. Stöcker and W.
             Greiner},
   Title = {Relativistic Hadron-Hadron Collisions in the
             Ultra-Relativistic Quantum Molecular Dynamics Model
             (UrQMD)},
   Journal = {J. Phys. G},
   Volume = {25},
   Pages = {1859-1896},
   Year = {1999},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9909407},
   Abstract = {Hadron-hadron collisions at high energies are investigated
             in the Ultra-relativistic-Quantum-Molecular-Dynamics
             approach (UrQMD). This microscopic transport model is
             designed to study pp, pA and A+A collisions. It describes
             the phenomenology of hadronic interactions at low and
             intermediate energies ($\sqrt s <5$ GeV) in terms of
             interactions between known hadrons and their resonances. At
             high energies, $\sqrt s >5$ GeV, the excitation of color
             strings and their subsequent fragmentation into hadrons
             dominates the multiple production of particles in the UrQMD
             model. The model shows a fair overall agreement with a large
             body of experimental h-h data over a wide range of h-h
             center-of-mass energies. Hadronic reaction data with higher
             precision would be useful to support the use of the UrQMD
             model for relativistic heavy ion collisions.},
   Key = {fds3158}
}

@article{fds3159,
   Author = {S.A. Bass and B. Müller},
   Title = {K-Factors in Parton Cascades at RHIC and
             SPS},
   Journal = {Phys. Lett. B},
   Volume = {471},
   Pages = {108-112},
   Year = {1999},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9908014},
   Abstract = {Different treatments for the inclusion of higher-order
             perturbative QCD corrections in parton based transport
             models of relativistic heavy-ion collisions are studied and
             their influence on experimental observables is investigated.
             At RHIC, particle multiplicities may vary by more than 30%,
             depending on the correction scheme. A detailed analysis of
             the squared relative momentum transfers to be expected in
             parton (re)scatterings at RHIC casts doubt on the
             applicability of pQCD based transport approaches at the SPS
             and rules out the application of higher-order correction
             schemes based on a rescaling of the relative squared
             momentum transfers in the running coupling constant at all
             energies.},
   Key = {fds3159}
}

@article{fds3160,
   Author = {S. Soff and S.A. Bass and M. Bleicher and L. Bravina and M. Gorenstein and E. Zabrodin and H. Stoecker and W. Greiner},
   Title = {Strangeness Enhancement in Heavy Ion Collisions - Evidence
             for Quark-Gluon-Matter ?},
   Journal = {Phys. Lett. B},
   Volume = {471},
   Pages = {89-96},
   Year = {1999},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9907026},
   Abstract = {The centrality dependence of (multi-)strange hadron
             abundances is studied for Pb(158 AGeV)Pb reactions and
             compared to p(158 GeV)Pb collisions. The microscopic
             transport model UrQMD is used for this analysis. The
             predicted Lambda/pi-, Xi-/pi- and Omega-/pi- ratios are
             enhanced due to rescattering in central Pb-Pb collisions as
             compared to peripheral Pb-Pb or p-Pb collisions. A reduction
             of the constituent quark masses to the current quark masses
             m_s \sim 230 MeV, m_q \sim 10 MeV, as motivated by chiral
             symmetry restoration, enhances the hyperon yields to the
             experimentally observed high values. Similar results are
             obtained by an ad hoc overall increase of the color electric
             field strength (effective string tension of kappa=3 GeV/fm).
             The enhancement depends strongly on the kinematical cuts.
             The maximum enhancement is predicted around midrapidity. For
             Lambda's, strangeness suppression is predicted at
             projectile/target rapidity. For Omega's, the predicted
             enhancement can be as large as one order of magnitude.
             Comparisons of Pb-Pb data to proton induced asymmetric (p-A)
             collisions are hampered due to the predicted strong
             asymmetry in the various rapidity distributions of the
             different (strange) particle species. In p-Pb collisions,
             strangeness is locally (in rapidity) not conserved. The
             present comparison to the data of the WA97 and NA49
             collaborations clearly supports the suggestion that
             conventional (free) hadronic scenarios are unable to
             describe the observed high (anti-)hyperon yields in central
             collisions. The doubling of the strangeness to nonstrange
             suppression factor, gamma_s \approx 0.65, might be
             interpreted as a signal of a phase of nearly massless
             particles.},
   Key = {fds3160}
}

@article{fds3161,
   Author = {L.V. Bravina and E.E. Zabrodin and M.I. Gorenstein and S.A. Bass and M.
             Belkacem, M. Bleicher and M. Brandstetter and C. Ernst and M.
             Hofmann, L. Neise and S. Soff and H. Weber and H. Stoecker and W.
             Greiner},
   Title = {Local equilibrium in heavy ion collisions. Microscopic model
             versus statistical model analysis},
   Journal = {Phys. Rev. C},
   Volume = {60},
   Pages = {024904},
   Year = {1999},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9906548},
   Abstract = {The assumption of local equilibrium in relativistic heavy
             ion collisions at energies from 10.7 AGeV (AGS) up to 160
             AGeV (SPS) is checked in the microscopic transport model.
             Dynamical calculations performed for a central cell in the
             reaction are compared to the predictions of the thermal
             statistical model. We find that kinetic, thermal and
             chemical equilibration of the expanding hadronic matter are
             nearly approached late in central collisions at AGS energy
             for $t \geq 10$ fm/$c$ in a central cell. At these times the
             equation of state may be approximated by a simple dependence
             $P \cong (0.12-0.15) \epsilon$. Increasing deviations of the
             yields and the energy spectra of hadrons from statistical
             model values are observed for increasing energy, 40 AGeV and
             160 AGeV. These violations of local equilibrium indicate
             that a fully equilibrated state is not reached, not even in
             the central cell of heavy ion collisions at energies above
             10 AGeV. The origin of these findings is traced to the
             multiparticle decays of strings and many-body decays of
             resonances.},
   Key = {fds3161}
}

@article{fds3162,
   Author = {L.V. Bravina and E.E. Zabrodin and M.I. Gorenstein and S.A. Bass and M.
             Belkacem, M. Bleicher and M. Brandstetter and C. Ernst and Amand
             Faessler, W. Greiner and S. Soff and H. Stoecker and H.
             Weber},
   Title = {Equilibrium and non-equilibrium effects in relativistic
             heavy ion collisions},
   Journal = {Nucl. Phys. A},
   Volume = {661},
   Pages = {600-603},
   Year = {1999},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9907062},
   Abstract = {The hypothesis of local equilibrium (LE) in relativistic
             heavy ion collisions at energies from AGS to RHIC is checked
             in the microscopic transport model. We find that kinetic,
             thermal, and chemical equilibration of the expanding
             hadronic matter is nearly reached in central collisions at
             AGS energy for $t \geq 10$ fm/$c$ in a central cell. At
             these times the equation of state may be approximated by a
             simple dependence $P \cong (0.12-0.15) \epsilon$. Increasing
             deviations of the yields and the energy spectra of hadrons
             from statistical model values are observed for increasing
             bombarding energies. The origin of these deviations is
             traced to the irreversible multiparticle decays of strings
             and many-body $(N \geq 3)$ decays of resonances. The
             violations of LE indicate that the matter in the cell
             reaches a steady state instead of idealized equilibrium. The
             entropy density in the cell is only about 6% smaller than
             that of the equilibrium state.},
   Key = {fds3162}
}

@article{fds3163,
   Author = {S. Bass and M. Bleicher and W. Cassing and A. Dumitru and H.J. Drescher and K. Eskola and M. Gyulassy and D. Kharzeev and Y. Kovchegov and Z. Lin and D. Molnar and J.Y. Ollitrault and S. Pratt and J. Rafelski and R. Rapp and D. Rischke and J. Schaffner-Bielich and B.Schlei, A. Snigerev and H.
             Sorge, D. Sriva},
   Title = {Last Call for RHIC Predictions},
   Journal = {Nucl. Phys.},
   Volume = {661},
   Pages = {205-260},
   Year = {1999},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9907090},
   Abstract = {This paper contains the individual contributions of all
             speakers of the session on 'Last Call for RHIC Predictions'
             at Quark Matter 99, and a summary by the
             convenor.},
   Key = {fds3163}
}

@article{fds3164,
   Author = {B. Monreal and S.A. Bass and M. Bleicher and S. Esumi and W. Greiner and Q.
             Li, H. Liu and W.J. Llope and R. Mattiello and S. Panitkin and I.
             Sakrejda, R. Snellings and H. Sorge and C. Spieles and H. Stoecker and J. Thomas and S. Voloshin and F. Wang and N. xu},
   Title = {Deuterons and space-momentum correlations in high energy
             nuclear collisions},
   Journal = {Phys. Rev. C},
   Volume = {60},
   Pages = {031901},
   Year = {1999},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9904080},
   Abstract = {Using a microscopic transport model together with a
             coalescence after-burner, we study the formation of
             deuterons in Au + Au central collisions at $\sqrt{s}=200
             AGeV$. It is found that the deuteron transverse momentum
             distributions are strongly affected by the nucleon
             space-momentum correlations, at the moment of freeze-out,
             which are mostly determined by the number of rescatterings.
             This feature is useful for studying collision dynamics at
             ultrarelativistic energies.},
   Key = {fds3164}
}

@article{fds3165,
   Author = {C. Spieles and R. Vogt and L. Gerland and S. A. Bass and M. Bleicher and H.
             Stoecker, W. Greiner},
   Title = {Modelling J/psi production and absorption in a microscopic
             nonequilibrium approach},
   Journal = {Phys. Rev. C},
   Volume = {60},
   Pages = {054901},
   Year = {1999},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9902337},
   Abstract = {Charmonium production and absorption in heavy ion collisions
             is studied with the Ultrarelativisitic Quantum Molecular
             Dynamics model. We compare the scenario of universal and
             time independent color-octet dissociation cross sections
             with one of distinct color-singlet J/psi, psi' and chi_c
             states, evolving from small, color transparent
             configurations to their asymptotic sizes. The measured J/psi
             production cross sections in pA and AB collisions at SPS
             energies are consistent with both - purely hadronic -
             scenarios. The predicted rapidity dependence of J/psi
             suppression can be used to discriminate between the two
             experimentally. The importance of interactions with
             secondary hadrons and the applicability of thermal reaction
             kinetics to J/psi absorption are investigated. We discuss
             the effect of nuclear stopping and the role of leading
             hadrons. The dependence of the psi' to J/psi ratio on the
             model assumptions and the possible influence of refeeding
             processes is also studied.},
   Key = {fds3165}
}

@article{fds3166,
   Author = {S.A. Bass and M. Hofmann and M. Bleicher and L. Bravina and E. Zabrodin and H. Stoecker and W. Greiner},
   Title = {Analysis of reaction dynamics at RHIC in a combined
             parton/hadron transport approach},
   Journal = {Phys. Rev. C},
   Volume = {60},
   Pages = {021901},
   Year = {1999},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9902055},
   Abstract = {We introduce a transport approach which combines partonic
             and hadronic degrees of freedom on an equal footing and
             discuss the resulting reaction dynamics. The initial parton
             dynamics is modeled in the framework of the parton cascade
             model, hadronization is performed via a cluster
             hadronization model and configuration space coalescence, and
             the hadronic phase is described by a microscopic hadronic
             transport approach. The resulting reaction dynamics
             indicates a strong influence of hadronic rescattering on the
             space-time pattern of hadronic freeze-out and on the shape
             of transverse mass spectra. Freeze-out times and transverse
             radii increase by factors of 2 - 3 depending on the hadron
             species.},
   Key = {fds3166}
}

@article{fds3167,
   Author = {S.A. Bass and A. Dumitru and M. Bleicher and L. Bravina and E. Zabrodin and H. Stoecker and W. Greiner},
   Title = {Hadronic freeze-out following a first order hadronization
             phase transition in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion
             collisions},
   Journal = {Phys. Rev. C},
   Volume = {60},
   Pages = {021902},
   Year = {1999},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9902062},
   Abstract = {We analyze the hadronic freeze-out in ultra-relativistic
             heavy ion collisions at RHIC in a transport approach which
             combines hydrodynamics for the early, dense, deconfined
             stage of the reaction with a microscopic non-equilibrium
             model for the later hadronic stage at which the hydrodynamic
             equilibrium assumptions are not valid. With this ansatz we
             are able to self-consistently calculate the freeze-out of
             the system and determine space-time hypersurfaces for
             individual hadron species. The space-time domains of the
             freeze-out for several hadron species are found to be
             actually four-dimensional, and differ drastically for the
             individual hadrons species. Freeze-out radii distributions
             are similar in width for most hadron species, even though
             the Omega-baryon is found to be emitted rather close to the
             phase boundary and shows the smallest freeze-out radii and
             times among all baryon species. The total lifetime of the
             system does not change by more than 10% when going from SPS
             to RHIC energies.},
   Key = {fds3167}
}

@article{fds3168,
   Author = {A. Dumitru and S.A. Bass and M. Bleicher and H. Stöcker and W.
             Greiner},
   Title = {Direct Emission of multiple strange baryons in
             ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions from the phase
             boundary},
   Journal = {Phys. Lett. B},
   Volume = {460},
   Pages = {411-416},
   Year = {1999},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9901046},
   Abstract = {We discuss a model for the space-time evolution of
             ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions which employs
             relativistic hydrodynamics within one region of the forward
             light-cone, and microscopic transport theory (i.e. UrQMD) in
             the complement. Our initial condition consists of a
             quark-gluon plasma which expands hydrodynamically and
             hadronizes. After hadronization the solution eventually
             changes from expansion in local equilibrium to free
             streaming, as determined selfconsistently by the interaction
             rates between the hadrons and the local expansion rate. We
             show that in such a scenario the inverse slopes of the
             $m_T$-spectra of multiple strange baryons ($\Xi$, $\Omega$)
             are practically unaffected by the purely hadronic stage of
             the reaction, while the flow of $p$'s and $\Lambda$'s
             increases. Moreover, we find that the rather ``soft''
             transverse expansion at RHIC energies (due to a first-order
             phase transition) is not washed out by strong rescattering
             in the hadronic stage. The earlier kinetic freeze-out as
             compared to SPS-energies results in similar inverse slopes
             (of the $m_T$-spectra of the hadrons in the final state) at
             RHIC and SPS energies.},
   Key = {fds3168}
}

@article{fds3169,
   Author = {C. Spieles and R. Vogt and L. Gerland and S.A. Bass and M. Bleicher and L.
             Frankfurt, M. Strikman and H. Stocker and W. Greiner},
   Title = {Dissociation of expanding c anti-c states in heavy ion
             collisions},
   Journal = {Phys. Lett. B},
   Volume = {458},
   Pages = {137-142},
   Year = {1999},
   Key = {fds3169}
}

@article{fds3170,
   Author = {L.V. Bravina and M.I. Gorenstein and E.E. Zabrodin and S.A. Bass and M.
             Belkacem, M. Bleicher and M. Brandstetter and M. Hofmann and S. Soff and C. Spieles and H. Weber and H. Stocker and W. Greiner},
   Title = {Equilibrium and non-equilibrium effects in nucleus nucleus
             collisions},
   Journal = {Phys. Lett. B},
   Volume = {459},
   Pages = {660-666},
   Year = {1999},
   Key = {fds3170}
}

@article{fds3171,
   Author = {M. Bleicher and M. Reiter and A. Dumitru and J. Brachmann and C.
             Spieles, S.A. Bass and H. Stöcker and W. Greiner},
   Title = {Distinguishing Hadronic Cascades from Hydrodynamic Models in
             Pb(160 AGeV)+Pb Reactions by Impact Parameter
             Variation},
   Journal = {Phys. Rev. C},
   Volume = {59},
   Pages = {1844-1845},
   Year = {1999},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9811459},
   Abstract = {We propose to study the impact parameter dependence of the
             anti-Lambda/anti-Proton ratio in Pb(160AGeV)+Pb reactions.
             The anti-Lambda/anti-Proton ratio is a sensible tool to
             distinguish between hadronic cascade models and
             hydrodynamical models, which incorporate a QGP phase
             transition.},
   Key = {fds3171}
}

@article{fds3172,
   Author = {S.A. Bass and M. Gyulassy and H. Stoecker and W. Greiner},
   Title = {Signatures of Quark-Gluon-Plasma formation in high energy
             heavy-ion collisions: A critical review},
   Journal = {J. Phys. G},
   Volume = {25},
   Pages = {R1-R57},
   Year = {1999},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9810281},
   Abstract = {A critical review on signatures of Quark-Gluon-Plasma
             formation is given and the current (1998) experimental
             status is discussed. After giving an introduction to the
             properties of QCD matter in both, equilibrium- and
             non-equilibrium theories, we focus on observables which may
             yield experimental evidence for QGP formation. For each
             individual observable the discussion is divided into three
             sections: first the connection between the respective
             observable and QGP formation in terms of the underlying
             theoretical concepts is given, then the relevant
             experimental results are reviewed and finally the current
             status concerning the interpretation of both, theory and
             experiment, is discussed. A comprehensive summary including
             an outlook towards RHIC is given in the final
             section.},
   Key = {fds3172}
}

@article{fds3173,
   Author = {L.V.Bravina, M. Brandstetter and M.I.Gorenstein, E.E. Zabrodin and M. Belkacem and M. Bleicher and S.A. Bass and C. Ernst and M. Hofmann and S. Soff and H. Stoecker and W. Greiner},
   Title = {Local Thermal and Chemical Equilibration and the Equation of
             State in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions},
   Journal = {J. Phys. G},
   Volume = {25},
   Pages = {351-361},
   Year = {1999},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9810036},
   Abstract = {Thermodynamical variables and their time evolution are
             studied for central relativistic heavy ion collisions from
             10.7 to 160 AGeV in the microscopic Ultrarelativistic
             Quantum Molecular Dynamics model (UrQMD). The UrQMD model
             exhibits drastic deviations from equilibrium during the
             early high density phase of the collision. Local thermal and
             chemical equilibration of the hadronic matter seems to be
             established only at later stages of the quasi- isentropic
             expansion in the central reaction cell with volume 125
             fm$^{3}$. distributions at all collision energies for $t\geq
             10 fm/c$ with a unique Baryon energy spectra in this cell
             are approximately reproduced by Boltzmann rapidly dropping
             temperature. At these times the equation of state has a
             simple form: $P \cong (0.12-0.15) \epsilon$. At 160 AGeV the
             strong deviation from chemical equilibrium is found for
             mesons, especially for pions, even at the late stage of the
             reaction. The final enhancement of pions is supported by
             experimental data.},
   Key = {fds3173}
}

@article{fds3174,
   Author = {C. Spieles and R. Vogt and L. Gerland and S.A. Bass and M. Bleicher and H.
             Stoecker, W. Greiner},
   Title = {Dissociation rates of J/psi's with comoving mesons - thermal
             vs. nonequilibrium scenario},
   Journal = {J. Phys. G},
   Volume = {25},
   Pages = {2351-2359},
   Year = {1999},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9809441},
   Abstract = {We study J/psi dissociation processes in hadronic
             environments. The validity of a thermal meson gas ansatz is
             tested by confronting it with an alternative, nonequilibrium
             scenario. Heavy ion collisions are simulated in the
             framework of the microscopic transport model UrQMD, taking
             into account the production of charmonium states through
             hard parton-parton interactions and subsequent rescattering
             with hadrons. The thermal gas and microscopic transport
             scenarios are shown to be very dissimilar. Estimates of
             J/psi survival probabilities based on thermal models of
             comover interactions in heavy ion collisions are therefore
             not reliable.},
   Key = {fds3174}
}

@article{fds3175,
   Author = {S.A. Bass and H. Weber and C. Ernst and M. Bleicher and M. Belkacem and L.
             Bravina, S. Soff and H. Stoecker and W. Greiner and C.
             Spieles},
   Title = {Reaction dynamics in Pb+Pb at the CERN/SPS: from partonic
             degrees of freedom to freeze-out},
   Journal = {Prog. in Part. & Nucl. Phys.},
   Volume = {42},
   Pages = {313-322},
   Year = {1999},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9810077},
   Abstract = {We analyze the reaction dynamics of central Pb+Pb collisions
             at 160 GeV/nucleon. First we estimate the energy density
             pile-up at mid-rapidity and calculate its excitation
             function: The energy density is decomposed into hadronic and
             partonic contributions. A detailed analysis of the collision
             dynamics in the framework of a microscopic transport model
             shows the importance of partonic degrees of freedom and
             rescattering of leading (di)quarks in the early phase of the
             reaction for E > 30 GeV/nucleon. The energy density reaches
             up to 4 GeV/fm^3, 95% of which are contained in partonic
             degrees of freedom. It is shown that cells of hadronic
             matter, after the early reaction phase, can be viewed as
             nearly chemically equilibrated. This matter never exceeds
             energy densities of 0.4 GeV/fm^3, i.e. a density above which
             the notion of separated hadrons loses its meaning. The final
             reaction stage is analyzed in terms of hadron ratios,
             freeze-out distributions and a source analysis for final
             state pions.},
   Key = {fds3175}
}

@article{fds3177,
   Author = {M. Bleicher and C. Spieles and C. Ernst and L. Gerland and S. Soff and H.
             Stöcker, W. Greiner and S.A. Bass},
   Title = {The Origin of Transverse Flow at the SPS},
   Volume = {447},
   Pages = {227-232},
   Year = {1999},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9803346},
   Abstract = {We study the transverse expansion in central Pb+Pb
             collisions at the CERN SPS. Strong collective motion of
             hadrons can be created. This flow is mainly due to meson
             baryon rescattering. It allows to study the angular
             distribution of intermediate mass meson baryon
             interactions.},
   Key = {fds3177}
}

@article{fds3185,
   Author = {C. Ernst and S.A. Bass and M. Belkacem and H. Stöcker and W.
             Greiner},
   Title = {Intermediate mass excess of dilepton production in heavy ion
             collisions at BEVALAC energies},
   Journal = {Phys. Rev. C},
   Volume = {58},
   Pages = {447-456},
   Year = {1998},
   Month = {November},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9712069},
   Abstract = {Dielectron mass spectra are examined for various nuclear
             reactions recently measured by the DLS collaboration. A
             detailed description is given of all dilepton channels
             included in the transport model UrQMD 1.0, i.e. Dalitz
             decays of $\pi^0,\eta,\omega,\eta'$ mesons and of the
             $\Delta(1232)$ resonance, direct decays of vector mesons and
             $pn$ bremsstrahlung. The microscopic calculations reproduce
             data for light systems fairly well, but tend to
             underestimate the data in $pp$ at high energies and in $pd$
             at low energies. These conventional sources, however, cannot
             explain the recently reported enhancement for
             nucleus-nucleus collisions in the mass region 0.15
             GeV<$M_{ee}$<0.6 GeV. Chiral scaling and $\omega$ meson
             broadening in the medium are investigated as a source of
             this mass excess. They also cannot explain the recent DLS
             data.},
   Key = {fds3185}
}

@article{fds3178,
   Author = {H. Weber and C. Ernst and M. Bleicher and L. Bravina and H. Stoecker and W.
             Greiner, C. Spieles and S.A. Bass},
   Title = {Excitation Function of Energy Density and Partonic Degrees
             of Freedom in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions},
   Journal = {Phys. Lett. B},
   Volume = {442},
   Pages = {443-448},
   Year = {1998},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9808021},
   Abstract = {We estimate the energy density pile-up at mid-rapidity in
             central Pb+Pb collisions from 2 - 200 GeV/nucleon. The
             energy density is decomposed into hadronic and partonic
             contributions. A detailed analysis of the collision dynamics
             in the framework of a microscopic transport model shows the
             importance of partonic degrees of freedom and rescattering
             of leading (di)quarks in the early phase of the reaction for
             lab-energies > 30 GeV/nucleon. In Pb+Pb collisions at 160
             GeV/nucleon the energy density reaches up to 4 GeV/fm^3, 95%
             of which are contained in partonic degrees of
             freedom.},
   Key = {fds3178}
}

@article{fds3179,
   Author = {L.V. Bravina and M.I. Gorenstein and M. Belkacem and S.A. Bass and M.
             Bleicher, M. Brandstetter and M. Hofmann and S. Soff and C. Spieles and H. Weber and H. Stöcker and W. Greiner},
   Title = {Local Thermodynamical Equilibrium and the Equation of State
             of Hot, Dense Matter Created in Au+Au Collisions at
             AGS},
   Journal = {Phys. Lett. B},
   Volume = {434},
   Pages = {379-387},
   Year = {1998},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9804008},
   Abstract = {Local kinetic and chemical equilibration is studied for
             Au+Au collisions at 10.7 AGeV in the microscopic
             Ultrarelativistic Quantum Molecular Dynamics model (UrQMD).
             The UrQMD model exhibits dramatic deviations from
             equilibrium during the high density phase of the collision.
             Thermal and chemical equilibration of the hadronic matter
             seems to be established in the later stages during a
             quasi-isentropic expansion, observed in the central reaction
             cell ($S/A=S/A=s/\rho_B ~\cong~$ 12). At latest stages of
             the reactions (of order of 10 fm/c) the hadron energy
             spectra in the cell are nicely reproduced by Boltzmann
             distributions with a common rapidly dropping temperature.
             Hadron yields change drastically and at the late expansion
             stage follow closely those of an ideal gas statistical
             model. The detailed comparison with the UrQMD box
             calculations for infinite equilibrated matter is done. It
             also shows that the system in the central zone reaches the
             equilibrium at late stages of the reaction. The equation of
             state seems to be simple at late times: $P\cong0.12\epsilon$
             which coincides with Shuryak predictions for the resonance
             gas. The contribution of the strange particles into the
             total energy density of the system in the central region of
             the reaction seems to be of order of 1-3 % (strange particle
             density in the central zone is negligibly small e.g.
             $\rho_S=0.008$). The time evolution of other thermodynamical
             variables in the cell is also presented.},
   Key = {fds3179}
}

@article{fds3180,
   Author = {M. Belkacem and M. Brandstetter and S.A. Bass and M. Bleicher and L.
             Bravina, M.I. Gorenstein and J. Konopka and L. Neise and C. Spieles and S. Soff and H. Weber and H. Stoecker and W. Greiner},
   Title = {Equation of State, Spectra and Composition of Hot and Dense
             Infinite Hadronic Matter in a Microscopic Transport
             Model},
   Journal = {Phys. Rev. C},
   Volume = {58},
   Pages = {1727-1733},
   Year = {1998},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9804058},
   Abstract = {Equilibrium properties of infinite relativistic hadron
             matter are investigated using the Ultrarelativistic Quantum
             Molecular Dynamics (UrQMD) model. The simulations are
             performed in a box with periodic boundary conditions.
             Equilibration times depend critically on energy and baryon
             densities. Energy spectra of various hadronic species are
             shown to be isotropic and consistent with a single
             temperature in equilibrium. The variation of energy density
             versus temperature shows a Hagedorn-like behavior with a
             limiting temperature of 130$\pm$10 MeV. Comparison of
             abundances of different particle species to ideal hadron gas
             model predictions show good agreement only if detailed
             balance is implemented for all channels. At low energy
             densities, high mass resonances are not relevant; however,
             their importance raises with increasing energy density. The
             relevance of these different conceptual frameworks for any
             interpretation of experimental data is questioned.},
   Key = {fds3180}
}

@article{fds3181,
   Author = {M. Bleicher and M. Belkacem and C. Ernst and H. Weber and L. Gerland and C.
             Spieles, S. A. Bass and H. Stöcker and W. Greiner},
   Title = {Can Momentum Correlations Proof Kinetic Equilibration in
             Heavy Ion Collisions at 160 AGeV?},
   Journal = {Phys. Lett. B},
   Volume = {435},
   Pages = {9-12},
   Year = {1998},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9803345},
   Abstract = {We perform an event-by-event analysis of the transverse
             momentum distribution of final state particles in central
             Pb(160AGeV)+Pb collisions within a microscopic
             non-equilibrium transport model (UrQMD). Strong influence of
             rescattering is found. The extracted momentum distributions
             show less fluctuations in A+A collisions than in p+p
             reactions. This is in contrast to simplified p+p
             extrapolations and random walk models.},
   Key = {fds3181}
}

@article{fds3182,
   Author = {S. A. Bass and M. Belkacem and M. Bleicher and M. Brandstetter and L.
             Bravina, C. Ernst and L. Gerland and M. Hofmann and S. Hofmann and J.
             Konopka, G. Mao and L. Neise and S. Soff and C. Spieles and H. Weber and L.
             A. Winckelmann and H. Stöcker and W. Greiner and Ch. Hartnack and J.
             Aichelin, N. Amelin},
   Title = {Microscopic Models for Ultrarelativistic Heavy Ion
             Collisions},
   Journal = {Prog. Part. & Nucl. Phys.},
   Volume = {41},
   Pages = {225-370},
   Year = {1998},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9803035},
   Abstract = {In this paper, the concepts of microscopic transport theory
             are introduced and the features and shortcomings of the most
             commonly used ansatzes are discussed. In particular, the
             Ultrarelativistic Quantum Molecular Dynamics (UrQMD)
             transport model is described in great detail. Based on the
             same principles as QMD and RQMD, it incorporates a vastly
             extended collision term with full baryon-antibaryon
             symmetry, 55 baryon and 32 meson species. Isospin is
             explicitly treated for all hadrons. The range of
             applicability stretches from $E_{lab}< 100$ MeV/nucleon up
             to $E_{lab}> 200$ GeV/nucleon, allowing for a consistent
             calculation of excitation functions from the intermediate
             energy domain up to ultrarelativistic energies. The main
             physics topics under discussion are stopping, particle
             production and collective flow.},
   Key = {fds3182}
}

@article{fds3183,
   Author = {A. Dumitru and M. Bleicher and S.A. Bass and C. Spieles and L. Neise and H.
             Stocker, W. Greiner},
   Title = {Direct photons in Pb+Pb at CERN-SPS from microscopic
             transport theory},
   Journal = {Phys. Rev. C},
   Volume = {57},
   Pages = {3271-3275},
   Year = {1998},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9709487},
   Abstract = {Direct photon production in central Pb+Pb collisions at
             CERN-SPS energy is calculated within the relativistic
             microscopic transport model UrQMD, and within distinctly
             different versions of relativistic hydrodynamics. We find
             that in UrQMD the local momentum distributions of the
             secondaries are strongly elongated along the beam axis
             initially. Therefore, the pre-equilibrium contribution
             dominates the photon spectrum at transverse momenta above
             $\approx 1.5$ GeV. The hydrodynamics prediction of a strong
             correlation between the temperature and radial expansion
             velocities on the one hand and the slope of the transverse
             momentum distribution of direct photons on the other hand
             thus is not recovered in UrQMD. The rapidity distribution of
             direct photons in UrQMD reveals that the initial conditions
             for the longitudinal expansion of the photon source (the
             meson ``fluid'') resemble rather boostinvariance than
             Landau-like flow.},
   Key = {fds3183}
}

@article{fds3184,
   Author = {S.A. Bass and M. Belkacem and M. Brandstetter and M. Bleicher and L.
             Gerland, J. Konopka and L. Neise and C. Spieles and S. Soff and H.
             Weber, H. Stoecker and W. Greiner},
   Title = {Are we close to the QGP? - Hadrochemical vs. microscopic
             analysis of particle production in ultrarelativistic heavy
             ion collisions},
   Journal = {Phys. Rev. Lett.},
   Volume = {81},
   Pages = {4092-4095},
   Year = {1998},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9711032},
   Abstract = {Ratios of hadronic abundances are analyzed for pp and
             nucleus-nucleus collisions at sqrt(s)=20 GeV using the
             microscopic transport model UrQMD. Secondary interactions
             significantly change the primordial hadronic cocktail of the
             system. A comparison to data shows a strong dependence on
             rapidity. Without assuming thermal and chemical equilibrium,
             predicted hadron yields and ratios agree with many of the
             data, the few observed discrepancies are
             discussed.},
   Key = {fds3184}
}

@article{fds3186,
   Author = {C. Spieles and L. Gerland and N. Hammon and M. Bleicher and S. A. Bass and H. Stoecker and W. Greiner and C. Lourenco and R.
             Vogt},
   Title = {A microscopic calculation of secondary Drell-Yan production
             in heavy ion collisions},
   Journal = {Eur. Phys. J. C},
   Volume = {5},
   Pages = {349-355},
   Year = {1998},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9706525},
   Abstract = {A study of secondary Drell-Yan production in nuclear
             collisions is presented for SPS energies. In addition to the
             lepton pairs produced in the initial collisions of the
             projectile and target nucleons, we consider the potentially
             high dilepton yield from hard valence antiquarks in produced
             mesons and antibaryons. We calculate the secondary Drell-Yan
             contributions taking the collision spectrum of hadrons from
             the microscopic model URQMD. The contributions from
             meson-baryon interactions, small in hadron-nucleus
             interactions, are found to be substantial in nucleus-nucleus
             collisions at low dilepton masses. Preresonance collisions
             of partons may further increase the yields.},
   Key = {fds3186}
}

@article{fds3187,
   Author = {C. Hartnack and Rajeev K. Puri and J. Aichelin and J. Konopka and S.A.
             Bass, H. Stoecker and W. Greiner},
   Title = {Modelling the many-body dynamics of heavy ion collisions:
             Present status and future perspective},
   Journal = {Eur. J. Phys. A},
   Volume = {1},
   Pages = {151-169},
   Year = {1998},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9811015},
   Abstract = {Basic problems of the semiclassical microscopic modelling of
             strongly interactingsystems are discussed within the
             framework of Quantum Molecular Dynamics (QMD). This model
             allows to study the influence of several types of nucleonic
             interactions on a large variety of observables and phenomena
             occurring in heavy ion collisions at relativistic
             energies.It is shown that the same predictions can be
             obtained with several -- numerically completely different
             and independently written -- programs as far as the same
             model parameters are employed and the same basic
             approximations are made. Many observables are robust against
             variations of the details of the model assumptions used.
             Some of the physical results, however, depend also on rather
             technical parameters like the preparation of the initial
             configuration in phase space. This crucial problem is
             connected with the description of the ground state of single
             nuclei,which differs among the various approaches. An
             outlook to an improved molecular dynamics scheme for heavy
             ion collisions is given.},
   Key = {fds3187}
}

@booklet{Soff97,
   Author = {S. Soff and D. Ardouin and C. Spieles and S.A. Bass and H. Stocker and D.
             Gourio, S. Schramm and C. Greiner and R. Lednicky and V.L.
             Lyuboshitz, J.P. Coffin and C. Kuhn},
   Title = {Search for the production of strangelets in quark matter
             using particle correlations},
   Journal = {J. Phys. G-Nucl. & Part. Phys.},
   Volume = {23},
   Number = {12},
   Pages = {2095 -- 2105},
   Year = {1997},
   Month = {December},
   Key = {Soff97}
}

@booklet{Stoecker97,
   Author = {H. Stoecker and S.A. Bass and W. Greiner},
   Title = {Critical review on Quark Gluon Plasma signals.},
   Journal = {Abstracts Of Papers Of The American Chemical
             Society},
   Volume = {214},
   Pages = {96 -- NUCL},
   Year = {1997},
   Month = {September},
   Key = {Stoecker97}
}

@booklet{Soff97a,
   Author = {S. Soff and S. A. Bass and M. Belkacem and M. Bleicher and M.
             Brandstetter, C. Ernst and L. Gerland and W. Greiner and J. Konopka and S. Schramm and C. Spieles and H. Stoecker and H.
             Weber},
   Title = {Thermodynamic properties of heavy ion collisions.},
   Journal = {Abstracts Of Papers Of The American Chemical
             Society},
   Volume = {214},
   Pages = {81 -- NUCL},
   Year = {1997},
   Month = {September},
   Key = {Soff97a}
}

@booklet{Winckelmann96,
   Author = {L.A. Winckelmann and S.A. Bass and M. Bleicher and M. Brandstetter and A. Dumitru and C. Ernst and L. Gerland and J. Konopka and S. Soff and C.
             Spieles, H. Weber and C. Hartnack and J. Aichelin and N. Amelin and H.
             Stocker, W. Greiner},
   Title = {Microscopic calculations of stopping, flow and
             electromagnetic radiation from 160AMeV to
             160AGeV},
   Journal = {Nucl. Phys. A},
   Volume = {610},
   Pages = {C116 -- C123},
   Year = {1996},
   Month = {December},
   Key = {Winckelmann96}
}

@booklet{Bass96,
   Author = {S.A. Bass and A. Bischoff and J.A. Maruhn and H. Stocker and W.
             Greiner},
   Title = {Neural networks for impact parameter determination},
   Journal = {Phys. Rev. C},
   Volume = {53},
   Number = {5},
   Pages = {2358 -- 2363},
   Year = {1996},
   Month = {May},
   Key = {Bass96}
}

@booklet{Bass95,
   Author = {S.A. Bass and C. Hartnack and H. Stocker and W. Greiner},
   Title = {Transverse energy-dependence of neutron squeeze-out in
             relativistic heavy-ion collisions},
   Journal = {Zeitschrift Fur Physik A-hadrons And Nuclei},
   Volume = {352},
   Number = {2},
   Pages = {171 -- 174},
   Year = {1995},
   Month = {July},
   Key = {Bass95}
}

@booklet{Soff95,
   Author = {S. Soff and S.A. Bass and C. Hartnack and H. Stocker and W.
             Greiner},
   Title = {Disappearance of flow},
   Journal = {Phys. Rev. C},
   Volume = {51},
   Number = {6},
   Pages = {3320 -- 3325},
   Year = {1995},
   Month = {June},
   Key = {Soff95}
}

@booklet{Bass95a,
   Author = {S.A. Bass and C. Hartnack and H. Stocker and W.
             Greiner},
   Title = {Azimuthal correlations of pions in relativistic heavy-ion
             collisions at 1 gev/nucleon},
   Journal = {Phys. Rev. C},
   Volume = {51},
   Number = {6},
   Pages = {3343 -- 3356},
   Year = {1995},
   Month = {June},
   Key = {Bass95a}
}

@booklet{Bass95b,
   Author = {S.A. Bass and C. Hartnack and H. Stocker and W. Greiner},
   Title = {Nucleon and baryon densities in heavy-ion collisions at 1
             gev/nucl},
   Journal = {Zeitschrift Fur Physik A-hadrons And Nuclei},
   Volume = {351},
   Number = {4},
   Pages = {359 -- 360},
   Year = {1995},
   Month = {May},
   Key = {Bass95b}
}

@booklet{Bass95c,
   Author = {S.A. Bass and C. Hartnack and H. Stocker and W. Greiner},
   Title = {Pi-n correlations probe the nuclear-equation of state in
             relativistic heavy-ion collisions},
   Journal = {Phys. Rev. C},
   Volume = {51},
   Number = {1},
   Pages = {R12 -- R16},
   Year = {1995},
   Month = {January},
   Key = {Bass95c}
}

@booklet{Bass94,
   Author = {S.A. Bass and C. Hartnack and H. Stocker and W. Greiner},
   Title = {High pt pions as probes of the dense phase of relativistic
             heavy-ion collisions},
   Journal = {Phys. Rev. C},
   Volume = {50},
   Number = {4},
   Pages = {2167 -- 2172},
   Year = {1994},
   Month = {October},
   Key = {Bass94}
}

@booklet{Bass94a,
   Author = {S.A. Bass and M. Hofmann and C. Hartnack and H. Stocker and W.
             Greiner},
   Title = {Probing delta-resonance production in au+au collisions at 1
             gev/nucleon},
   Journal = {Phys. Lett. B},
   Volume = {335},
   Number = {3-4},
   Pages = {289 -- 294},
   Year = {1994},
   Month = {September},
   Key = {Bass94a}
}

@booklet{Bass94b,
   Author = {S.A. Bass and A. Bischoff and C. Hartnack and J.A. Maruhn and J.
             Reinhardt, H. Stocker and W. Greiner},
   Title = {Neural networks for impact parameter determination},
   Journal = {Journal Of Physics G-nuclear And Particle
             Physics},
   Volume = {20},
   Number = {1},
   Pages = {L21 -- L26},
   Year = {1994},
   Month = {January},
   Key = {Bass94b}
}

@booklet{Bass93,
   Author = {S.A. Bass and C. Hartnack and H. Stocker and W. Greiner},
   Title = {Out-of-plane pion emission in relativistic heavy-ion
             collisions - spectroscopy of delta-resonance
             matter},
   Journal = {Phys. Rev. Lett.},
   Volume = {71},
   Number = {8},
   Pages = {1144 -- 1147},
   Year = {1993},
   Month = {August},
   Key = {Bass93}
}

@booklet{Bass93a,
   Author = {S.A. Bass and R. Mattiello and H. Stocker and W. Greiner and C.
             Hartnack},
   Title = {Is collective pion flow anticorrelated to nucleon
             flow},
   Journal = {Phys. Lett. B},
   Volume = {302},
   Number = {4},
   Pages = {381 -- 385},
   Year = {1993},
   Month = {April},
   Key = {Bass93a}
}


%% Papers Submitted   
@article{fds152616,
   Author = {N. Demir and S.A. Bass},
   Title = {Shear-Viscosity to Entropy Density Ratio of a Relativistic
             Hadron Gas at RHIC: Approaching the AdS/CFT
             bound?},
   Journal = {Physical Review Letters},
   Year = {2008},
   Month = {Winter},
   url = {http://arXiv.org/abs/0812.2422},
   Key = {fds152616}
}

@article{fds152136,
   Author = {S.A. Bass and C. Gale and A. Majumder and C. Nonaka and G.Y. Qin and T.
             Renk and J. Ruppert},
   Title = {Systematic Comparison of Jet Energy-Loss Schemes in a
             realistic hydrodynamic medium},
   Journal = {Physical Review C},
   Year = {2008},
   Month = {Fall},
   url = {http://arXiv.org/abs/0808.0908},
   Key = {fds152136}
}


%% Other   
@article{fds42902,
   Title = {Proceedings, Workshop for Young Scientists on the Physics of
             Ultrarelativistic Nucleus Nucleus Collisions (Hot Quarks
             2004)},
   Journal = {Journal of Physics G},
   Volume = {31},
   Pages = {S1-S619},
   Editor = {F. Antinori and S.A. Bass and R. Bellwied and T. Ullrich and J.
             Velkovska and U.A. Wiedemann},
   Year = {2005},
   Month = {Spring},
   Key = {fds42902}
}

@article{fds28286,
   Title = {Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on
             Strangeness in Quark Matter , SQM 2003, March 12-17
             2003},
   Journal = {J. Phys. G.},
   Volume = {30},
   Pages = {1-632},
   Editor = {S.A. Bass and B. Mueller and G.S.F. Stephans and T.
             Ullrich},
   Year = {2004},
   Month = {Spring},
   Key = {fds28286}
}