Hadronic observables at relativistic energies: Anything strange with strangeness?
Hadronic observables at relativistic energies: Anything strange with strangeness?
We calculate p, ${\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}},$ ${K}^{\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}},$ and $\ensuremath{\Lambda}(+{\ensuremath{\Sigma}}^{0})$ rapidity distributions and compare to experimental data from SIS to SPS energies within the Ultrarelativistic-Quantum-Molecular Dynamics and Hadron-String Dynamics transport approaches that are both based on string, quark, diquark $(q,$ $\overline{q},$ $qq,$ $\overline{q}\overline{q}),$ and hadronic degrees of freedom. The two transport models do …