The CERN experiment WA97, which studies strange particle production at central rapidity in Pb-Pb, p-Pb, p-Be collisions at 158 A GeV/c, has already reported a pronounced enhancement of hyperon production. This is considered a sensitive signature for a phase transition to a new state of matter - the Quark Gluon Plasma (QGP). A comprehensive study, including the most recent results, of yields and transverse mass spectra of K-S(0), Lambda, Xi (-), Omega (-) (and antiparticles) and negative particles as a function of the number of nucleons partecipating in the collisions is presented.
Strange particle production in p-Be, p-Pb, Pb-Pb at 158 A GeV/c (WA97 experiment)
DI BARI, Domenico;
2001-01-01
Abstract
The CERN experiment WA97, which studies strange particle production at central rapidity in Pb-Pb, p-Pb, p-Be collisions at 158 A GeV/c, has already reported a pronounced enhancement of hyperon production. This is considered a sensitive signature for a phase transition to a new state of matter - the Quark Gluon Plasma (QGP). A comprehensive study, including the most recent results, of yields and transverse mass spectra of K-S(0), Lambda, Xi (-), Omega (-) (and antiparticles) and negative particles as a function of the number of nucleons partecipating in the collisions is presented.File in questo prodotto:
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