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Proton and deuteron distributions from 11.6A GeV/c Au ϩ Au collisions measured by the E802 Collaboration in experiment E-866 are presented. The invariant yield of protons and deuterons is studied as a function of the transverse mass for different cuts of rapidity and centrality. At low m t Ϫm 0 the proton and deuteron invariant spectra deviate from a single exponential shape. The average m t as function of centrality and rapidity is used to explore the effect of collective transverse flow in the reaction. The ratio of the deuteron to squared proton yield as a function of transverse momentum, rapidity, and centrality is used to probe the coalescence model of deuteron production. This ratio is constant as a function of rapidity only for the most central cuts and decreases with the centrality for every rapidity cut. The ratio of the differential cross section of the deuteron to the squared differential cross section of the proton, for the most central cut, is not constant as a function of m t Ϫm 0 . ͓S0556-2813͑99͒04911-0͔ PACS number͑s͒: 25.75.Dw, 25.75.Ld

Positive pion and kaon production from Au+Au reactions have been measured as a function of beam energy over the range 2.0-10.7 AGeV. Both the kaon and the pion production cross-sections at mid-rapidity are observed to increase steadily with beam kinetic energy. The ratio of K + to π + mid-rapidity yields increases from 0.0271±0.0015 ± 0.0014 at 2.0 AGeV to 0.202±0.005 ± 0.010 at 10.7 AGeV and is larger than the K + /π + ratio from p+p reactions over the same beam energy * Corresponding Author: C.A. Ogilvie, 24-410 Massachusetts Institute of Technology,