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1. Hematologic and biochemical reference values for anesthetized juvenile German crossbred farm pigs

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Florian Meissner, Johannes Dinkelaker, Alexander Maier, Jan-Steffen Pooth, Michelle Costa Galbas, Manuela Schön, David Boll, Georg Trummer, Christoph Benk, Jörg Haberstroh, Heidi Ramona Cristina Schmitz, Katharina Förster, Natalie Hoppe, Martin Büchsel, Simon Reiss, Martin Czerny, Wolfgang Bothe, and Sam Brixius

Subjects
Medicine, Science
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Abstract Juvenile crossbred pigs are widely used for acute and chronic animal testing due to their anatomical and physiological resemblance to humans. They are particularly prevalent in preclinical cardiovascular research, including studies investigating extracorporeal resuscitation and mechanical circulatory support devices. However, the availability of comprehensive laboratory reference values is limited. In a single-center study at the University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany, the hematologic and biochemical laboratory values of anesthetized healthy juvenile German crossbred farm pigs were determined. Blood samples were collected at the beginning of surgical procedures, either arterially or venously. Females and males were compared, and correlation with body weight was assessed. In total, 268 animals (weight 57.8 ± 12.4 kg) were included, thereof 180 castrated males (55.2 ± 7.7 kg) and 79 females (63.6 ± 18.3 kg). There were significant differences between males and females in 11 of 45 parameters and a moderate correlation between body weight and creatinine (R = 0.41, p

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2024
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4. Intra-aortic band impairs transapical device implantation in a pig: a case report

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Florian Meissner, Michelle Costa Galbas, Johannes Dinkelaker, Heidi Cristina Schmitz, Hendrik Straky, Johanna Reuter, Martin Czerny, and Wolfgang Bothe

Subjects
Congenital anomalies, Intra-aortic band, Animal testing, Pig, Endovascular procedures, Left ventricular assist device, Veterinary medicine, SF600-1100
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Abstract Background Anatomic anomalies in the ascending aorta may impair the implantation and testing of cardiovascular devices in humans and animal models. Case presentation We present the rare case of an intra-aortic band in a German Landrace pig. During terminal animal testing, the band hindered the implantation of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) with transventricular outflow graft across the aortic valve. After lower partial sternotomy, epicardial echocardiography displayed an intraluminal echogenic structure at the sinotubular junction causing unspecific flow turbulences. Under cardiopulmonary bypass, coring of the left ventricular apex was performed. Due to strong resistance in the proximal aorta, accurate positioning of the transventricular LVAD outflow graft was impossible. After euthanasia, necropsy revealed a fibrous band located at the sinotubular junction, dividing the lumen of the ascending aorta. Conclusions The occurrence of an intra-aortic band represents an extremely rare case of a most likely congenital anomaly. Awareness of such anomalies is important for planning and performing animal testing. Perioperative echocardiography may help to either remove such anomalies or allow discontinuing the procedure prior to device implantation.

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2023
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5. In Vivo Testing of a Second-Generation Prototype Accessory for Single Transapical Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation

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Florian Meissner, Michelle Costa Galbas, Hendrik Straky, Heiko Vestner, Manuela Schoen, Marius Schimmel, Johanna Reuter, Martin Buechsel, Johannes Dinkelaker, Heidi Cristina Schmitz, Martin Czerny, and Wolfgang Bothe

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heart failure, left ventricular assist device, medical device development, transventricular outflow graft, animal testing, pigs, Technology, Biology (General), QH301-705.5
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A new accessory was developed to allow implantation of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) without requiring an anastomosis to the ascending aorta. The accessory combines the LVAD inflow and outflow into a dual-lumen device. Initial prototypes encountered reduced pump performance in vitro, but a second-generation prototype successfully addressed this issue. This feasibility study aimed to demonstrate the anatomic fit, safe implantation, and hemodynamic effectiveness of the LVAD with the accessory. The accessory was implanted in ten female pigs (104 ± 13 kg). Following sternotomy and apical coring under cardiopulmonary bypass, a balloon catheter was retrogradely inserted and exteriorized through the coring site, where it was inflated within the distal third of the outflow graft. It was utilized to pull the accessory’s outflow across the aortic valve. After LVAD attachment, the catheter was removed. Echocardiography revealed no relevant valve regurgitation post-implantation. During ramp testing, pump flow increased from 3.7 ± 1.2 to 5.4 ± 1.2 L/min. Necropsy confirmed correct accessory placement in nine animals. No valve lesions or device thrombosis were observed. The accessory enabled LVAD implantation without compromising pump performance. Future work includes design refinements for implantation without cardiopulmonary bypass and long-term testing in a chronic heart failure model.

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2024
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6. The reaction of the urban soil-plant complex on abnormal weather conditions

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Pokhodnya Elizaveta, Dinkelaker Natalia, Moiseenko Eugeniy, Didikov Alexandr, Rakhmanov Yuri, Ulyanov Nikolay, Aminov Natig, and Dinkelaker Nikita Fridrikh

Subjects
Environmental sciences, GE1-350
Abstract

This research is devoted to the study of geochemical features in the soil-plant complex of green spaces in Saint-Petersburg and their changes in abnormal weather conditions, which was the first experience of such work in this region. It included the research of such aspects as accumulation of heavy metals by plants from the soil, photosynthetic pigment apparatus of plants and the content of organic carbon in the soil. The X-ray fluorescence analysis method was used to determine the content of heavy metals, the determination of organic carbon in the soil was carried out in accordance with the Tyurin method, the content of chlorophyll and carotenoids was determined by photometrical method. The study showed that in stressful conditions (abnormal hot weather) there are changes happening in the pigments system of the leaf and in the barrier function in relation to heavy metals.

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2023
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7. Ultracold atom interferometry in space

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Maike D. Lachmann, Holger Ahlers, Dennis Becker, Aline N. Dinkelaker, Jens Grosse, Ortwin Hellmig, Hauke Müntinga, Vladimir Schkolnik, Stephan T. Seidel, Thijs Wendrich, André Wenzlawski, Benjamin Carrick, Naceur Gaaloul, Daniel Lüdtke, Claus Braxmaier, Wolfgang Ertmer, Markus Krutzik, Claus Lämmerzahl, Achim Peters, Wolfgang P. Schleich, Klaus Sengstock, Andreas Wicht, Patrick Windpassinger, and Ernst M. Rasel

Subjects
Science
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Conducting atom-optical experiments in space is interesting for fundamental physics and challenging due to different environment compared to ground. Here the authors report matter-wave interferometry in space using atomic BECs in a sounding rocket.

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2021
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8. 2023 Astrophotonics Roadmap: pathways to realizing multi-functional integrated astrophotonic instruments

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Nemanja Jovanovic, Pradip Gatkine, Narsireddy Anugu, Rodrigo Amezcua-Correa, Ritoban Basu Thakur, Charles Beichman, Chad F. Bender, Jean-Philippe Berger, Azzurra Bigioli, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Guillaume Bourdarot, Charles M Bradford, Ronald Broeke, Julia Bryant, Kevin Bundy, Ross Cheriton, Nick Cvetojevic, Momen Diab, Scott A Diddams, Aline N Dinkelaker, Jeroen Duis, Stephen Eikenberry, Simon Ellis, Akira Endo, Donald F Figer, Michael P. Fitzgerald, Itandehui Gris-Sanchez, Simon Gross, Ludovic Grossard, Olivier Guyon, Sebastiaan Y Haffert, Samuel Halverson, Robert J Harris, Jinping He, Tobias Herr, Philipp Hottinger, Elsa Huby, Michael Ireland, Rebecca Jenson-Clem, Jeffrey Jewell, Laurent Jocou, Stefan Kraus, Lucas Labadie, Sylvestre Lacour, Romain Laugier, Katarzyna Ławniczuk, Jonathan Lin, Stephanie Leifer, Sergio Leon-Saval, Guillermo Martin, Frantz Martinache, Marc-Antoine Martinod, Benjamin A Mazin, Stefano Minardi, John D Monnier, Reinan Moreira, Denis Mourard, Abani Shankar Nayak, Barnaby Norris, Ewelina Obrzud, Karine Perraut, François Reynaud, Steph Sallum, David Schiminovich, Christian Schwab, Eugene Serbayn, Sherif Soliman, Andreas Stoll, Liang Tang, Peter Tuthill, Kerry Vahala, Gautam Vasisht, Sylvain Veilleux, Alexander B Walter, Edward J Wollack, Yinzi Xin, Zongyin Yang, Stephanos Yerolatsitis, Yang Zhang, and Chang-Ling Zou

Subjects
astrophotonics, spectrograph, lanterns, detectors, PICs, hybridization, Applied optics. Photonics, TA1501-1820, Optics. Light, QC350-467
Abstract

Photonic technologies offer numerous functionalities that can be used to realize astrophotonic instruments. The most spectacular example to date is the ESO Gravity instrument at the Very Large Telescope in Chile that combines the light-gathering power of four 8 m telescopes through a complex photonic interferometer. Fully integrated astrophotonic devices stand to offer critical advantages for instrument development, including extreme miniaturization when operating at the diffraction-limit, as well as integration, superior thermal and mechanical stabilization owing to the small footprint, and high replicability offering significant cost savings. Numerous astrophotonic technologies have been developed to address shortcomings of conventional instruments to date, including for example the development of photonic lanterns to convert from multimode inputs to single mode outputs, complex aperiodic fiber Bragg gratings to filter OH emission from the atmosphere, complex beam combiners to enable long baseline interferometry with for example, ESO Gravity, and laser frequency combs for high precision spectral calibration of spectrometers. Despite these successes, the facility implementation of photonic solutions in astronomical instrumentation is currently limited because of (1) low throughputs from coupling to fibers, coupling fibers to chips, propagation and bend losses, device losses, etc, (2) difficulties with scaling to large channel count devices needed for large bandwidths and high resolutions, and (3) efficient integration of photonics with detectors, to name a few. In this roadmap, we identify 24 key areas that need further development. We outline the challenges and advances needed across those areas covering design tools, simulation capabilities, fabrication processes, the need for entirely new components, integration and hybridization and the characterization of devices. To realize these advances the astrophotonics community will have to work cooperatively with industrial partners who have more advanced manufacturing capabilities. With the advances described herein, multi-functional integrated instruments will be realized leading to novel observing capabilities for both ground and space based platforms, enabling new scientific studies and discoveries.

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2023
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9. Ultracold atom interferometry in space

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Lachmann, Maike D., Ahlers, Holger, Becker, Dennis, Dinkelaker, Aline N., Grosse, Jens, Hellmig, Ortwin, Müntinga, Hauke, Schkolnik, Vladimir, Seidel, Stephan T., Wendrich, Thijs, Wenzlawski, André, Carrick, Benjamin, Gaaloul, Naceur, Lüdtke, Daniel, Braxmaier, Claus, Ertmer, Wolfgang, Krutzik, Markus, Lämmerzahl, Claus, Peters, Achim, Schleich, Wolfgang P., Sengstock, Klaus, Wicht, Andreas, Windpassinger, Patrick, and Rasel, Ernst M.

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2021
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10. Space-borne Bose–Einstein condensation for precision interferometry

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Becker, Dennis, Lachmann, Maike D., Seidel, Stephan T., Ahlers, Holger, Dinkelaker, Aline N., Grosse, Jens, Hellmig, Ortwin, Müntinga, Hauke, Schkolnik, Vladimir, Wendrich, Thijs, Wenzlawski, André, Weps, Benjamin, Corgier, Robin, Franz, Tobias, Gaaloul, Naceur, Herr, Waldemar, Lüdtke, Daniel, Popp, Manuel, Amri, Sirine, Duncker, Hannes, Erbe, Maik, Kohfeldt, Anja, Kubelka-Lange, André, Braxmaier, Claus, Charron, Eric, Ertmer, Wolfgang, Krutzik, Markus, Lämmerzahl, Claus, Peters, Achim, Schleich, Wolfgang P., Sengstock, Klaus, Walser, Reinhold, Wicht, Andreas, Windpassinger, Patrick, and Rasel, Ernst M.

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2018
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13. Inclusive production of charged pions in p + C collisions at 158 GeV/c beam momentum

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Alt, C., Baatar, B., Barna, D., Barr, G., Bartke, J., Betev, L., Białkowska, H., Blume, C., Boimska, B., Bracinik, J., Bramm, R., Buncić, P., Cerny, V., Christakoglou, P., Chvala, O., Dinkelaker, P., Dolejsi, J., Eckardt, V., Fischer, H.G., Flierl, D., Fodor, Z., Foka, P., Friese, V., Gaździcki, M., Georgopoulos, G., Höhne, C., Karev, A., Kniege, S., Kollegger, T., Kolesnikov, V.I., Kornas, E., Kowalski, M., Kraus, I., Kreps, M., Litov, L., Makariev, M., Malakhov, A.I., Mateev, M., Melkumov, G.L., Mitrovski, M., Pálla, G., Panagiotou, A.D., Panayotov, D., Pattison, C., Petridis, A., Renfordt, R., Rybicki, A., Sandoval, A., Schmitz, N., Seyboth, P., Siklér, F., Stock, R., Ströbele, H., Sziklai, J., Szymanski, P., Trubnikov, V., Varga, D., Vassiliou, M., Veres, G.I., Vesztergombi, G., Vranić, D., Wenig, S., Wetzler, A., Zaranek, J., and The NA Collaboration

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2007
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14. Search for deconfinement in NA49 at the CERN SPS

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Seyboth, Peter, Afanasiev, S. V., Anticic, T., Barna, D., Bartke, J., Barton, R. A., Betev, L., Bialkowska, H., Billmeier, A., Blume, C., Blyth, C. O., Boimska, B., Botje, M., Bracinik, J., Bramm, R., Brun, R., Bunci, P., Cerny, V., Chvala, O., Cramer, J. G., Csato, P., Dinkelaker, P., Eckardt, V., Filip, P., Fischer, H. G., Fodor, Z., Foka, P., Freund, P., Friese, V., Gal, J., Gaździcki, M., Georgopoulos, G., Gladysz, E., Hegyi, S., Hohne, C., Jones, P. G., Kadija, K., Karev, A., Kolesnikov, V. I., Kollegger, T., Kowalski, M., Kraus, I., Kreps, M., van Leeuwen, M., Levai, P., Malakhov, A. I., Markert, C., WMayes, B., Melkumov, G. L., Mischke, A., Molnar, J., Nelson, J. M., Palla, G., Panagiotou, A. D., Perl, K., Petridis, A., Pikna, M., Pinsky, L., Puhlhofer, F., Reid, J. G., Renfordt, R., Retyk, W., Roland, C., Roland, G., Rybicki, A., Sandoval, A., Sann, H., Schmitz, N., Seyboth, Peter, Sikler, F., Sitar, B., Skrzypczak, E., Squier, G. T. A., Stock, R., Strobele, H., Susa, T., Szentpetery, I., Sziklai, J., Trainor, T. A., Varga, D., Vassiliou, M., Veres, G. I., Vesztergombi, G., Vranic, D., Wenig, S., Wetzler, A., KYoo, I., Zaranek, J., and Zimanyi, J.

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2003
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19. Demonstration of an inductively coupled ring trap for cold atoms

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J D Pritchard, A N Dinkelaker, A S Arnold, P F Griffin, and E Riis

Subjects
Science, Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

We report the first demonstration of an inductively coupled magnetic ring trap for cold atoms. A uniform, ac magnetic field is used to induce current in a copper ring, which creates an opposing magnetic field that is time-averaged to produce a smooth cylindrically symmetric ring trap of radius 5 mm. We use a laser-cooled atomic sample to characterize the loading efficiency and adiabaticity of the magnetic potential, achieving a vacuum-limited lifetime in the trap. This technique is suitable for creating scalable toroidal waveguides for applications in matter-wave interferometry, offering long interaction times and large enclosed areas.

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2012
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20. Energy dependence of fluctuations in central Pb+Pb collisions from NA49 at the CERN SPS

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Rybczynski, M., Alt, C., Anticic, T., Baatar, B., Barna, D., Bartke, J., Betev, L., Bialkowska, H., Blume, C., Boimska, B., Botje, M., Bracinik, J., Bramm, R., Buncic, P., Cerny, V., Christakoglou, P., Chung, P., Chvala, O., Cramer, J.G., Csato, P., Dinkelaker, P., Eckardt, V., Flierl, D., Fodor, Z., Foka, P., Friese, V., Gal, J., Gazdzicki, M., Genchev, V., Gladysz, E., Grebieszkow, K., Hegyi, S., Hohne, C., Kadija, K., Karev, A., Kikola, D., Kliemant, M., Kniege, S., Kolesnikov, V.I., Kornas, E., Kowalski, M., Kraus, I., Kreps, M., Laszlo, A., Lacey, R., van Leeuwen, M., Levai, P., Litov, L., Lungwitz, B., Makariev, M., Malakhov, A.I., Mateev, M., Melkumov, G.L., Mischke, A., Mitrovski, M., Molnar, J., Mrowczynski, St., Nicolic, V., Palla, G., Panagiotou, A.D., Panayotov, D., Petridis, A., Peryt, W., Pikna, M., Pluta, J., Prindle, D., Puhlhofer, F., Renfordt, R., Roland, C., Roland, G., Rybicki, A., Sandoval, A., Schmitz, N., Schuster, T., Seyboth, P., Sikler, F., Sitar, B., Skrzypczak, E., Slodkowski, M., Stefanek, G., Stock, R., Strabel, C., Strobele, H., Susa, T., Szentpetery, I., Sziklai, J., Szuba, M., Szymanski, P., Trubnikov, V., Utvic, M., Varga, D., Vassiliou, M., Veres, G.I., Vesztergombi, G., Vranic, D., Wetzler, A., Wlodarczyk, Z., Wojtaszek, A., Yoo, I.K., and Zimanyi, J.

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Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Large Hadron Collider, FOS: Physical sciences, Collision, Critical point (mathematics), Nuclear physics, Transverse momentum, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, Multiplicity (chemistry), Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment, Multiplicity distribution
Abstract

The latest NA49 results on fluctuations of multiplicity and average transverse-momentum analyzed on an event-by-event basis are presented for central Pb+Pb interactions over the whole SPS energy range (20A - 158A GeV). The scaled variance of the multiplicity distribution decreases with collision energy whereas the $\Phi_{p_{T}}$ measure of $$ fluctuations is small and independent of collision energy. Thus in central Pb+Pb collisions these fluctuations do not show an indication of the critical point of strongly interacting matter., Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures, talk presented at Quark Matter 2008 Reference added and some typos corrected

Published
2012

21. High Transverse Momentum Hadron Spectra at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=17.3$ GeV, in Pb+Pb and p+p Collisions, Measured by CERN-NA49

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Anticic, T, Baatar, B, Barna, D, Bartke, J, Betev, L, Bialkowska, H, Blume, C, Boimska, B, Botje, M, Bracinik, J, Bramm, R, Buncic, P, Cerny, V, Christakoglou, P, Chung, P, Chvala, O, Cramer, J G, Csató, P, Dinkelaker, P, Eckardt, V, Flierl, D, Fodor, Z, Foka, P, Friese, V, Gál, J, Gazdzicki, M, Genchev, V, Georgopoulos, G, Gladysz-Dziadus, E, Grebieszkow, K, Hegyi, S, Höhne, C, Kadija, K, Karev, A, Kikola, D, Kliemant, M, Kniege, S, Kolesnikov, V I, Kornas, E, Korus, R, Kowalski, M, Kraus, I, Kreps, M, Laszlo, A, Lacey, R, Van Leeuwen, M, Lévai, Peter, Litov, L, Lungwitz, B, Makariev, M, Malakhov, A I, Mateev, M, Melkumov, G L, Mischke, A, Mitrovski, M, Molnár, J, Mrówczynski, S, Nicolic, V, Pálla, G, Panagiotou, A D, Panayotov, D, Petridis, A, Peryt, W, Pikna, M, Pluta, J, Prindle, D, Pühlhofer, F, Renfordt, R, Roland, C, Roland, G, Rybczynski, M, Rybicki, A, Sandoval, A, Schmitz, N, Schuster, T, Seyboth, P, Siklér, F, Sitár, B, Skrzypczak, E, Slodkowski, M, Stefanek, G, Stock, R, Strabel, C, Ströbele, H, Susa, T, Szentpétery, I, Sziklai, J, Szuba, M, Szymanski, P, Trubnikov, V, Varga, D, Vassiliou, M, Veres, G I, Vesztergombi, G, Vranic, D, Wetzler, A, Wlodarczyk, Z, Wojtaszek, A, Yoo, I K, and Zimányi, J

Subjects
Nuclear Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Transverse momentum spectra up to 4.5 GeV/c around midrapidity of $\pi^{\pm}, p, pbar, K^{\pm}$ in Pb+Pb reactions were measured at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=17.3$ GeV by the CERN-NA49 experiment. The nuclear modification factors $R_{AA}$ and $R_{CP}$ were extracted and are compared to RHIC results at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=200$ GeV. The modification factor $R_{AA}$ shows a rapid increase with transverse momentum in the covered region. This indicates that the Cronin effect is the dominating effect in our energy range. The modification factor $R_{CP}$, in which the contribution of the Cronin effect is reduced, shows a saturation well below unity in the $\pi^{\pm}$ channel. The extracted $R_{CP}$ values follow the 200 GeV RHIC results closely in the available transverse momentum range, except for $\pi^{\pm}$ above 2.5 GeV/c transverse momentum. There the measured suppression is smaller than that observed at RHIC.

Published
2012

22. System-size and centrality dependence of charged kaon and pion production in nucleus-nucleus collisions at 40A GeV and158A GeV beam energy

Author

NA49 Collaboration, Anticic, T., Baatar, B., Barna, D., Bartke, J., Beck, H., Betev, L., Bialkowska, H., Blume, C., Bogusz, M., Boimska, B., Book, J., Botje, M., Buncic, P., Cetner, T., Christakoglou, P., Chung, P., Chvala, O., Cramer, J. G., Dinkelaker, P., Eckardt, V., Fodor, Z., Foka, P., Friese, V., Gazdzicki, M., Grebieszkow, K., H��hne, C., Kadija, K., Karev, A., Kliemant, M., Kolesnikov, V. I., Kollegger, T., Kowalski, M., Kresan, D., Laszlo, A., Lacey, R., van Leeuwen, M., Lungwitz, B., Mackowiak, M., Makariev, M., Malakhov, A. I., Mateev, M., Melkumov, G. L., Mitrovski, M., Mrowczynski, St., Nicolic, V., Palla, G., Panagiotou, A. D., Peryt, W., Pluta, J., Prindle, D., P��hlhofer, F., Renfordt, R., Roland, C., Roland, G., Rybczynski, M., Rybicki, 1 A., Sandoval, A., Schmitz, N., Schuster, T., Seyboth, P., Sikler, F., Skrzypczak, E., Slodkowski, M., Stefanek, G., Stock, R., Str��bele, H., Susa, T., Szuba, M., Utvic, M., Varga, D., Vassiliou, M., Veres, G. I., Vesztergombi, G., Vranic, D., Wlodarczyk, Z., and Wojtaszek-Szwarc, A.

Subjects
Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Nuclear Theory, FOS: Physical sciences, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Measurements of charged pion and kaon production are presented in centrality selected Pb+Pb collisions at 40A GeV and 158A GeV beam energy as well as in semi-central C+C and Si+Si interactions at 40A GeV. Transverse mass spectra, rapidity spectra and total yields are determined as a function of centrality. The system-size and centrality dependence of relative strangeness production in nucleus-nucleus collisions at 40A GeV and 158A GeV beam energy are derived from the data presented here and published data for C+C and Si+Si collisions at 158A GeV beam energy. At both energies a steep increase with centrality is observed for small systems followed by a weak rise or even saturation for higher centralities. This behavior is compared to calculations using transport models (UrQMD and HSD), a percolation model and the core-corona approach., 32 pages, 14 figures, 4 tables, typo table II corrected

Published
2012

23. System-size and centrality dependence of charged kaon and pion production in nucleus-nucleus collisions at 40A GeV and 158A GeV beam energy

Author

Anticic, T. Baatar, B. Barna, D. Bartke, J. Beck, H. Betev, L. Białkowska, H. Blume, C. Bogusz, M. Boimska, B. Book, J. Botje, M. Bunčić, P. Cetner, T. Christakoglou, P. Chung, P. Chvala, O. Cramer, J.G. Dinkelaker, P. Eckardt, V. Fodor, Z. Foka, P. Friese, V. Gadzicki, M. Grebieszkow, K. Höhne, C. Kadija, K. Karev, A. Kliemant, M. Kolesnikov, V.I. Kollegger, T. Kowalski, M. Kresan, D. Laszlo, A. Lacey, R. Van Leeuwen, M. Lungwitz, B. MacKowiak, M. Makariev, M. Malakhov, A.I. Mateev, M. Melkumov, G.L. Mitrovski, M. Mrówczyński, S. Nicolic, V. Pálla, G. Panagiotou, A.D. Peryt, W. Pluta, J. Prindle, D. Pühlhofer, F. Renfordt, R. Roland, C. Roland, G. Rybczyński, M. Rybicki, A. Sandoval, A. Schmitz, N. Schuster, T. Seyboth, P. Siklér, F. Skrzypczak, E. Slodkowski, M. Stefanek, G. Stock, R. Ströbele, H. Susa, T. Szuba, M. Utvić, M. Varga, D. Vassiliou, M. Veres, G.I. Vesztergombi, G. Vranić, D. Włodarczyk, Z. Wojtaszek-Szwarc, A.

Subjects
Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Measurements of charged pion and kaon production are presented in centrality selected Pb+Pb collisions at 40A GeV and 158A GeV beam energy as well as in semicentral C+C and Si+Si interactions at 40A GeV. Transverse mass spectra, rapidity spectra, and total yields are determined as a function of centrality. The system-size and centrality dependence of relative strangeness production in nucleus-nucleus collisions at 40A GeV and 158A GeV beam energy are derived from the data presented here and from published data for C+C and Si+Si collisions at 158A GeV beam energy. At both energies a steep increase with centrality is observed for small systems followed by a weak rise or even saturation for higher centralities. This behavior is compared to calculations using transport models (ultra-relativistic quantum molecular dynamics and hadron-string dynamics), a percolation model, and the core-corona approach. © 2012 American Physical Society.

Published
2012

24. Search for the QCD critical point in nuclear collisions at 158A GeV at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS)

Author

Anticic, T. Baatar, B. Barna, D. Bartke, J. Betev, L. Białkowska, H. Blume, C. Boimska, B. Botje, M. Bracinik, J. Bunčić, P. Cerny, V. Christakoglou, P. Chung, P. Chvala, O. Cramer, J.G. Dinkelaker, P. Eckardt, V. Fodor, Z. Foka, P. Friese, V. Gaździcki, M. Genchev, V. Grebieszkow, K. Höhne, C. Kadija, K. Karev, A. Kolesnikov, V.I. Kowalski, M. Kreps, M. Laszlo, A. Lacey, R. Van Leeuwen, M. Lungwitz, B. Makariev, M. Malakhov, A.I. Mateev, M. Melkumov, G.L. Mitrovski, M. Mrówczyński, S. Nicolic, V. Pálla, G. Panagiotou, A.D. Petridis, A. Peryt, W. Pikna, M. Pluta, J. Prindle, D. Pühlhofer, F. Renfordt, R. Roland, C. Roland, G. Rybczyński, M. Rybicki, A. Sandoval, A. Schmitz, N. Schuster, T. Seyboth, P. Siklér, F. Sitar, B. Skrzypczak, E. Slodkowski, M. Stefanek, G. Stock, R. Ströbele, H. Susa, T. Szuba, M. Varga, D. Vassiliou, M. Veres, G.I. Vesztergombi, G. Vranić, D. Włodarczyk, Z. Antoniou, N.G. Diakonos, F.K. Mavromanolakis, G.

Subjects
Nuclear Theory, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Pion production in nuclear collisions at the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) is investigated with the aim to search, in a restricted domain of the phase diagram, for power laws in the behavior of correlations that are compatible with critical QCD. We analyzed interactions of nuclei of different sizes (p+p, C+C, Si+Si, Pb+Pb) at 158A GeV adopting, as appropriate observables, scaled factorial moments in a search for intermittent fluctuations in transverse dimensions. The analysis is performed for π+π- pairs with an invariant mass very close to the two-pion threshold. In this sector one may capture critical fluctuations of the sigma component in a hadronic medium, even if the σ meson has no well-defined vacuum state. It turns out that for the Pb+Pb system the proposed analysis technique cannot be applied without entering the invariant mass region with strong Coulomb correlations. As a result the treatment becomes inconclusive in this case. Our results for the other systems indicate the presence of power-law fluctuations in the freeze-out state of Si+Si approaching in size the prediction of critical QCD. © 2010 The American Physical Society.

Published
2010

25. Search for the QCD critical point in nuclear collisions at the CERN SPS

Author

Anticic, T., Baatar, B., Barna, D., Bartke, J., Betev, L., Bialkowska, H., Blume, C., Boimska, B., Botje, M., Bracinik, J., Buncic, P., Cerny, V., Christakoglou, P., Chung, P., Chvala, O., Cramer, J.G., Dinkelaker, P., Eckardt, V., Fodor, Z., Foka, P., Friese, V., Gazdzicki, M., Genchev, V., Grebieszkow, K., Hohne, C., Kadija, K., Karev, A., Kolesnikov, V.I., Kowalski, M., Kreps, M., Laszlo, A., Lacey, R., van Leeuwen, M., Lungwitz, B., Makariev, M., Malakhov, A.I., Mateev, M., Melkumov, G.L., Mitrovski, M., Mrowczynski, St., Nicolic, V., Palla, G., Panagiotou, A.D., Petridis, A., Peryt, W., Pikna, M., Pluta, J., Prindle, D., Puhlhofer, F., Renfordt, R., Roland, C., Roland, G., Rybczynski, M., Rybicki, A., Sandoval, A., Schmitz, N., Schuster, T., Seyboth, P., Sikler, F., Sitar, B., Skrzypczak, E., Slodkowski, M., Stefanek, G., Stock, R., Strobele, H., Susa, T., Szuba, M., Varga, D., Vassiliou, M., Veres, G.I., Vesztergombi, G., Vranic, D., Wlodarczyk, Z., Antoniou, N.G., Diakonos, F.K., and Mavromanolakis, G.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), Nuclear Theory, FOS: Physical sciences, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

Pion production in nuclear collisions at the SPS is investigated with the aim to search, in a restricted domain of the phase diagram, for power-laws in the behavior of correlations which are compatible with critical QCD. We have analyzed interactions of nuclei of different size (p+p, C+C, Si+Si, Pb+Pb) at 158$A$ GeV adopting, as appropriate observables, scaled factorial moments in a search for intermittent fluctuations in transverse dimensions. The analysis is performed for $\pi^+\pi^-$ pairs with invariant mass very close to the two-pion threshold. In this sector one may capture critical fluctuations of the sigma component in a hadronic medium, even if the $\sigma$-meson has no well defined vacuum state. It turns out that for the Pb+Pb system the proposed analysis technique cannot be applied without entering the invariant mass region with strong Coulomb correlations. As a result the treatment becomes inconclusive in this case. Our results for the other systems indicate the presence of power-law fluctuations in the freeze-out state of Si+Si approaching in size the prediction of critical QCD., Comment: 31 pages, 11 figures

Published
2009

26. Search for the QCD critical point at SPS energies

Author

Anticic, T., Baatar, B., Barna, D., Bartke, J., Betev, L., Bialkowska, H., Blume, C., Boimska, B., Botje, M., Bracinik, J., Buncic, P., Cerny, V., Christakoglou, P., Chung, P., Chvala, O., Cramer, J.G., Csato, P., Dinkelaker, P., Eckardt, V., Fodor, Z., Foka, P., Friese, V., Gal, J., Gazdzicki, M., Genchev, V., Gladysz, E., Grebieszkow, K., Hegyi, S., Hohne, C., Kadija, K., Karev, A., Kikola, D., Kolesnikov, V.I., Kornas, E., Korus, R., Kowalski, M., Kreps, M., Laszlo, A., Lacey, R., van Leeuwen, M., Levai, P., Litov, L., Lungwitz, B., Makariev, M., Malakhov, A.I., Mateev, M., Melkumov, G.L., Mischke, A., Mitrovski, M., Mrowczynski, St., Palla, G., Panagiotou, A.D., Petridis, A., Peryt, W., Pikna, M., Pluta, J., Prindle, D., Puhlhofer, F., Renfordt, R., Roland, C., Roland, G., Rybczynski, M., Rybicki, A., Sandoval, A., Schmitz, N., Schuster, T., Seyboth, P., Sikler, F., Sitar, B., Skrzypczak, E., Slodkowski, M., Stefanek, G., Stock, R., Strabel, C., Strobele, H., Susa, T., Szentpetery, I., Sziklai, J., Szuba, M., Szymanski, P., Trubnikov, V., Utvic, M., Varga, D., Vassiliou, M., Veres, G.I., Vesztergombi, G., Vranic, D., Wlodarczyk, Z., Wojtaszek-Szwarc, A., Yoo, I.K., Abgrall, N., Aduszkiewicz, A., Andrieu, B., Antoniou, N., Argyriades, J., Asryan, A.G., Blondel, A., Blumer, J., Boldizsar, L., Bravar, A., Brzychczyk, J., Bubak, A., Bunyatov, S.A., Choi, K.-U., Cleymans, J., Derkach, D.A., Diakonos, F., Dominik, W., Dumarchez, J., Engel, R., Ereditato, A., Feofilov, G.A., Ferrero, A., Golubeva, M., Grzeszczuk, A., Guber, F., Hasegawa, T., Haungs, A., Igolkin, S., Ivanov, A.S., Ivashkin, A., Katrynska, N., Kielczewska, D., Kisiel, J., Kobayashi, T., Kolev, D., Kolevatov, R.S., Kondratiev, V.P., Kowalski, S., Kurepin, A., Lyubushkin, V.V., Majka, Z., Marchionni, A., Marcinek, A., Maris, I., Matveev, V., Meregaglia, A., Messina, M., Mijakowski, P., Montaruli, T., Murphy, S., Nakadaira, T., Naumenko, P.A., Nikolic, V., Nishikawa, K., Palczewski, T., Planeta, R., Popov, B.A., Posiadala, M., Przewlocki, P., Rauch, W., Ravonel, M., Rohrich, D., Rondio, E., Rossi, B., Roth, M., Rubbia, A., Sadovsky, A., Sakashita, K., Sekiguchi, T., Shibata, M., Sissakian, A.N., Sorin, A.S., Staszel, P., Stepaniak, J., Stroebele, H., Tada, M., Taranenko, A., Tsenov, R., Ulrich, R., Unger, M., Vechernin, V.V., and Zipper, W.

Subjects
Quantum chromodynamics, Physics, Particle physics, High Energy Physics::Lattice, Lattice field theory, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Nuclear Theory, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Critical point (thermodynamics), Quantum electrodynamics, Transverse momentum, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment, Particle Physics - Experiment
Abstract

Lattice QCD calculations locate the QCD critical point at energies accessible at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS). We present average transverse momentum and multiplicity fluctuations, as well as baryon and anti-baryon transverse mass spectra which are expected to be sensitive to effects of the critical point. The future CP search strategy of the NA61/SHINE experiment at the SPS is also discussed., Comment: EPS HEP09 proceedings, July 16-22 2009, Krakow, Poland

Published
2009

27. System-size dependence of $\Lambda$ and $\Xi$ production in nucleus-nucleus collisions at 40A and 158A GeV measured at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron

Author

Anticic, T., Baatar, B., Barna, D., Bartke, J., Beck, H., Betev, L., Bialkowska, H., Blume, C., Boimska, B., Book, J., Botje, M., Bracinik, J., Buncic, P., Cerny, V., Christakoglou, P., Chung, P., Chvala, O., Cramer, J.G., Csato, P., Dinkelaker, P., Eckardt, V., Fodor, Z., Foka, P., Friese, V., Gal, J., Gazdzicki, M., Genchev, V., Gladysz, E., Grebieszkow, K., Hegyi, S., Hohne, C., Kadija, K., Karev, A., Kresan, D., Kolesnikov, V.I., Kowalski, M., Kraus, I., Kreps, M., Laszlo, A., Lacey, R., van Leeuwen, M., Levai, P., Litov, L., Lungwitz, B., Makariev, M., Malakhov, A.I., Mateev, M., Melkumov, G.L., Meurer, C., Mischke, A., Mitrovski, M., Molnar, J., Mrowczynski, St., Nicolic, V., Palla, G., Panagiotou, A.D., Panayotov, D., Petridis, A., Peryt, W., Pikna, M., Pluta, J., Prindle, D., Puhlhofer, F., Renfordt, R., Roland, C., Roland, G., Rybczynski, M., Rybicki, A., Sandoval, A., Schmitz, N., Schuster, T., Seyboth, P., Sikler, F., Sitar, B., Skrzypczak, E., Slodkowski, M., Stefanek, G., Stock, R., Strabel, C., Strobele, H., Susa, T., Szentpetery, I., Sziklai, J., Szuba, M., Szymanski, P., Utvic, M., Varga, D., Vassiliou, M., Veres, G.I., Vesztergombi, G., Vranic, D., Wlodarczyk, Z., Wojtaszek, A., and Yoo, I.K.

Subjects
FOS: Physical sciences, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Results on Lambda, Anti-lambda, and Xi- production in centrality selected Pb+Pb reactions at 40A and 158A GeV and in near-central C+C and Si+Si reactions at 158A GeV are presented. Transverse mass spectra, rapidity spectra, and multiplicities in dependence of the system size are discussed. Comparisons to transport models (UrQMD2.3 and HSD) and to the core-corona approach are performed. While Lambda and Anti-lambda production can be described by transport models reasonably well, these models do not agree with the Xi- measurements. On the other hand, the core-corona picture fits very well the system-size dependence of Lambda and Xi-, while it agrees less well with the Anti-lambda data., 13 pages, 12 figures. Revised version as accepted by Phys. Rev. C

Published
2009

28. System-size dependence of Λ and Ξ production in nucleus-nucleus collisions at 40A and 158A GeV measured at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron

Author

Anticic, T. Baatar, B. Barna, D. Bartke, J. Beck, H. Betev, L. Białkowska, H. Blume, C. Boimska, B. Book, J. Botje, M. Bracinik, J. Bunčić, P. Cerny, V. Christakoglou, P. Chung, P. Chvala, O. Cramer, J.G. Csató, P. Dinkelaker, P. Eckardt, V. Fodor, Z. Foka, P. Friese, V. Gál, J. Gaździcki, M. Genchev, V. Grebieszkow, K. Hegyi, S. Höhne, C. Kadija, K. Karev, A. Kresan, D. Kolesnikov, V.I. Kowalski, M. Kraus, I. Kreps, M. Laszlo, A. Lacey, R. Leeuwen, M.V. Lévai, P. Litov, L. Lungwitz, B. Makariev, M. Malakhov, A.I. Mateev, M. Melkumov, G.L. Meurer, C. Mischke, A. Mitrovski, M. Molnár, J. Mrówczyński, S. Nicolic, V. Pálla, G. Panagiotou, A.D. Panayotov, D. Petridis, A. Peryt, W. Pikna, M. Pluta, J. Prindle, D. Pühlhofer, F. Renfordt, R. Roland, C. Roland, G. Rybczyński, M. Rybicki, A. Sandoval, A. Schmitz, N. Schuster, T. Seyboth, P. Siklér, F. Sitar, B. Skrzypczak, E. Slodkowski, M. Stefanek, G. Stock, R. Strabel, C. Ströbele, H. Susa, T. Szentpétery, I. Sziklai, J. Szuba, M. Szymanski, P. Utvić, M. Varga, D. Vassiliou, M. Veres, G.I. Vesztergombi, G. Vranić, D. Włodarczyk, Z. Wojtaszek, A. Yoo, I.K.

Abstract

Results on Λ, Λ̄, and Ξ- production in centrality selected Pb+Pb reactions at 40A and 158A GeV and in near-central C+C and Si+Si reactions at 158A GeV are presented. Transverse mass spectra, rapidity spectra, and multiplicities in dependence of the system size are discussed. Comparisons to transport models (ultrarelativistic quantum molecular dynamics and hadron string dynamics) and to the core-corona approach are performed. Although Λ and Λ̄ production can be described by transport models reasonably well, these models do not agree with the Ξ- measurements. However, the core-corona picture fits very well the system-size dependence of Λ and Ξ-, whereas it agrees less well with the Λ̄ data. © 2009 The American Physical Society.

Published
2009

29. Energy dependence of particle ratio fluctuations in central Pb+Pb collisions from sNN=6.3 to 17.3 GeV

Author

Alt, C. Anticic, T. Baatar, B. Barna, D. Bartke, J. Betev, L. Białkowska, H. Blume, C. Boimska, B. Botje, M. Bracinik, J. Bramm, R. Bunčcić, P. Cerny, V. Christakoglou, P. Chvala, O. Cramer, J.G. Csató, P. Dinkelaker, P. Eckardt, V. Flierl, D. Fodor, Z. Foka, P. Friese, V. Gál, J. Gazdzicki, M. Genchev, V. Georgopoulos, G. Gładysz, E. Grebieszkow, K. Hegyi, S. Höhne, C. Kadija, K. Karev, A. Kliemant, M. Kniege, S. Kolesnikov, V.I. Kornas, E. Korus, R. Kowalski, M. Kraus, I. Kreps, M. Kresan, D. Van Leeuwen, M. Lévai, P. Litov, L. Lungwitz, B. Makariev, M. Malakhov, A.I. Mateev, M. Melkumov, G.L. Mischke, A. Mitrovski, M. Molnár, J. Mrówczyński, St. Nicolic, V. Pálla, G. Panagiotou, A.D. Panayotov, D. Petridis, A. Pikna, M. Prindle, D. Pühlhofer, F. Renfordt, R. Roland, C. Roland, G. Rybczyński, M. Rybicki, A. Sandoval, A. Schmitz, N. Schuster, T. Seyboth, P. Siklér, F. Sitar, B. Skrzypczak, E. Stefanek, G. Stock, R. Ströbele, H. Susa, T. Szentpétery, I. Sziklai, J. Szymanski, P. Trubnikov, V. Varga, D. Vassiliou, M. Veres, G.I. Vesztergombi, G. Vranić, D. Wetzler, A. Włodarczyk, Z. Yoo, I.K.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

We present measurements of the energy dependence of event-by-event fluctuations in the K/π and (p+p̄)/π multiplicity ratios in heavy-ion collisions at the CERN SPS. The particle ratio fluctuations were obtained for central Pb+Pb collisions at five collision energies, sNN, between 6.3 and 17.3 GeV. After accounting for the effects of finite-number statistics and detector resolution, we extract the strength of nonstatistical fluctuations at each energy. For the K/π ratio, larger fluctuations than expected for independent particle production are found at all collision energies. The fluctuations in the (p+p̄)/π ratio are smaller than expectations from independent particle production, indicating correlated pion and proton production from resonance decays. For both ratios, the deviation from purely statistical fluctuations shows an increase toward lower collision energies. The results are compared to transport model calculations, which fail to describe the energy dependence of the K/π ratio fluctuations. © 2009 The American Physical Society.

Published
2009

30. System-size dependence of Lambda and Xi production in nucleus-nucleus collisions at 40A and 158A GeV measured at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron

Author

Antičić, Tome, Baatar, B., Barna, D., Bartke, J., Beck, H., Betev, L., Bialkowska, H., Blume, C., Boimska, B., Book, J., Botje, M., Bracinik, J., Bunčić, Predrag, Cerny, V., Christakoglou, P., Chung, P., Chvala, O., Cramer, J. G., Csato, P., Dinkelaker, P., Eckardt, V., Fodor, Z., Foka, P., Friese, V., Gal, J., Gazdzicki, M., Genchev, V., Grebieszkow, K., Hegyi, S., Hohne, C., Kadija, Krešo, Karev, A., Kolesnikov, V. I., Kowalski, M., Kraus, I., Kreps, M., Laszlo, A., Lacey, R., van Leeuwen, M., Levai, P., Litov, L., Lungwitz, B., Makariev, M., Malakhov, A. I., Mateev, M., Melkumov, G. L., Meurer, C., Mischke, A., Mitrovski, M., Molnar, J., Mrowczynski, S., Nikolić, Vedran, Palla, G., Panagiotou, A. D., Panayotov, D., Petridis, A., Peryt, W., Pikna, M., Pluta, J., Prindle, D., Puhlhofer, F., Renfordt, R., Roland, C., Roland, G., Rybczynski, M., Rybicki, A., Sandoval, A., Schmitz, N., Schuster, T., Seyboth, P., Sikler, F., Sitar, B., Skrzypczak, E., Slodkowski, M., Stefanek, G., Stock, R., Strabel, C., Strobele, H., Šuša, Tatjana, Szentpetery, I., Sziklai, J., Szuba, M., Szymanski, P., Utvic, M., Varga, D., Vassiliou, M., Veres, G. I., Vesztergombi, G., Vranić, Danilo, Wlodarczyk, Z., Wojtaszek, A., and Yoo, I. K.

Subjects
Physics, Lambda, Xi, heavy ion, QGP, SPS, CERN, system size, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Results on Lambda, anti-Lambda, and Xi- production in centrality selected Pb+Pb reactions at 40A and 158A GeV and in near-central C+C and Si+Si reactions at 158A GeV are presented. Transverse mass spectra, rapidity spectra, and multiplicities in dependence of the system size are discussed. Comparisons to transport models (ultrarelativistic quantum molecular dynamics and hadron string dynamics) and to the core-corona approach are performed. Although Lambda and anti-Lambda production can be described by transport models reasonably well, these models do not agree with the Xi- measurements. However, the core-corona picture fits very well the system-size dependence of Lambda and Xi-, whereas it agrees less well with the anti-Lambda data.

Published
2009

31. The NA49 Collaboration

Author

Anticic, T. Baatar, B. Barna, D. Bartke, J. Beck, H. Betev, L. Białkowska, H. Blume, C. Boimska, B. Book, J. Botje, M. Bracinik, J. Bunčić, P. Cerny, V. Christakoglou, P. Chung, P. Chvala, O. Cramer, J.G. Csató, P. Dinkelaker, P. Eckardt, V. Fischer, H.G. Fodor, Z. Foka, P. Friese, V. Gál, J. Gaździcki, M. Genchev, V. Grebieszkow, K. Hegyi, S. Höhne, C. Kadija, K. Karev, A. Kolesnikov, V.I. Kowalski, M. Kreps, M. Laszlo, A. Lacey, R. van Leeuwen, M. Lévai, P. Litov, L. Lungwitz, B. Makariev, M. Malakhov, A.I. Mateev, M. Melkumov, G.L. Mitrovski, M. Molnár, J. Mrówczyński, St. Nicolic, V. Pálla, G. Panagiotou, A.D. Panayotov, D. Peryt, W. Pikna, M. Pluta, J. Prindle, D. Pühlhofer, F. Renfordt, R. Roland, C. Roland, G. Rybczyński, M. Rybicki, A. Sandoval, A. Schmitz, N. Schuster, T. Seyboth, P. Siklér, F. Sitar, B. Skrzypczak, E. Slodkowski, M. Stefanek, G. Stock, R. Ströbele, H. Susa, T. Szentpétery, I. Sziklai, J. Szuba, M. Szymanski, P. Trubnikov, V. Utvić, M. Varga, D. Vassiliou, M. Veres, G.I. Vesztergombi, G. Vranić, D. Wenig, S. Włodarczyk, Z. Wojtaszek, A.

Published
2009

32. Energy dependence of transverse momentum fluctuations in Pb+Pb collisions at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) at 20A to 158A GeV

Author

Antičić, Tome, Baatar, B., Barna, D., Bartke, J., Betev, L., Bialkowska, H., Blume, C., Boimska, B., Botje, M., Bracinik, J., Bunčić, Predrag, Cerny, V., Christakoglou, P., Chung, P., Chvala, O., Cramer, J. G., Csato, P., Dinkelaker, P., Eckardt, V., Fodor, Z., Foka, P., Friese, V., Gal, J., Gazdzicki, M., Genchev, V., Gladysz, E., Grebieszkow, K., Hegyi, S., Hohne, C., Kadija, Krešo, Karev, A., Kikola, D, Kolesnikov, V. I., Kornas, E., Korus, R., Kowalski, M., Kreps, M., Laszlo, A., Lacey, R., van Leeuwen, M., Levai, P., Litov, L., Lungwitz, B., Makariev, M., Malakhov, A. I., Mateev, M., Melkumov, G. L., Mischke, A., Mitrovski, M., Molnar, J., Mrowczynski, S., Nikolić, Vedran, Palla, G., Panagiotou, A. D., Panayotov, D., Petridis, A., Peryt, W, Pikna, M., Pluta, J., Prindle, D., Puhlhofer, F., Renfordt, R., Roland, C., Roland, G., Rybczynski, M., Rybicki, A., Sandoval, A., Schmitz, N., Schuster, T., Seyboth, P., Sikler, F., Sitar, B., Skrzypczak, E., Slodkowski, M., Stefanek, G., Stock, R., Strabel, C., Strobele, H., Šuša, Tatjana, Szentpetery, I., Sziklai, J., Szuba, M., Szymanski, P., Trubnikov, V., Utvic, M., Varga, D., Vassiliou, M., Veres, G. I., Vesztergombi, G., Vranić, Danilo, Wlodarczyk, Z., Wojtaszek, A., and Yoo, I. K.

Subjects
NA49, SPS, QGP, fluctuation, transverse momenta, Physics, FOS: Physical sciences, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment, Particle Physics - Experiment
Abstract

Results are presented on event-by-event fluctuations of transverse momenta $p_T$ in central Pb+Pb interactions at 20$A$, 30$A$, 40$A$, 80$A$, and 158$A$ GeV. The analysis was performed for charged particles at forward center-of-mass rapidity ($1.1 < y^{*}_�� < 2.6$). Three fluctuation measures were studied: the distribution of average transverse momentum - $M(p_T)$ - in the event, the $��_{p_{T}}$ fluctuation measure and two-particle transverse momentum correlations. Fluctuations of $p_T$ are small and show no significant energy dependence in the energy range of the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron. Results are compared with QCD-inspired predictions for the critical point, and with the UrQMD model. Transverse momentum fluctuations, similar to multiplicity fluctuations, do not show the increase expected for freeze-out near the critical point of QCD., Published in Phys. Rev. C

Published
2008

33. Three-Dimensional two-pion source image from Pb+Pb Collisions at Sqrts_NN=17.3 GeV: New constraints for source breakup dynamics

Author

Alt, C., Anticic, T., Baatar, B., Barna, D., Bartke, J., Betev, L., Bialkowska, H., Blume, C., Boimska, B., Botje, M., Bracinik, J., Bramm, R., Buncic, P., Cerny, V., Christakoglou, P., Chung, P., Chvala, O., Cramer, J.G., Csato, P., Dinkelaker, P., Eckardt, V., Flierl, D., Fodor, Z., Foka, P., Friese, V., Gal, J., Gazdzicki, M., Genchev, V., Georgopoulos, G., Gladysz, E., Grebieszkow, K., Hegyi, S., Hohne, C., Kadija, K., Karev, A., Kikola, D., Kliemant, M., Kniege, S., Kolesnikov, V.I., Kornas, E., Korus, R., Kowalski, M., Kraus, I., Kreps, M., Laszlo, A., Lacey, R., van Leeuwen, M., Levai, P., Litov, L., Lungwitz, B., Makariev, M., Malakhov, A.I., Mateev, M., Melkumov, G.L., Mischke, A., Mitrovski, M., Molnar, J., Mrowczynski, St., Nicolic, V., Palla, G., Panagiotou, A.D., Panayotov, D., Petridis, A., Peryt, W., Pikna, M., Pluta, J., Prindle, D., Puhlhofer, F., Renfordt, R., Roland, C., Roland, G., Rybczynski, M., Rybicki, A., Sandoval, A., Schmitz, N., Schuster, T., Seyboth, P., Sikler, F., Sitar, B., Skrzypczak, E., Slodkowski, M., Stefanek, G., Stock, R., Strabel, C., Strobele, H., Susa, T., Szentpetery, I., Sziklai, J., Szuba, M., Szymanski, P., Trubnikov, V., Varga, D., Vassiliou, M., Veres, G.I., Vesztergombi, G., Vranic, D., Wetzler, A., Wlodarczyk, Z., Wojtaszek, A., Yoo, I.K., Zimanyi, J., Alexander, J.M., Danielewicz, P., Kisiel, A., and Pratt, S.

Subjects
Nuclear Theory, FOS: Physical sciences, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Source imaging methodology is used to provide a three-dimensional two-pion source function for mid-rapidity pion pairs with $p_T, Six pages 4 figs. Submitted for publication

Published
2008

34. Energy dependence of particle ratio fluctuations in central Pb+Pb collisions from $\sqrt{s_{_{NN}}} =$~6.3 to 17.3 GeV

Author

Alt, C., Anticic, T., Baatar, B., Barna, D., Bartke, J., Betev, L., Bialkowska, H., Blume, C., Boimska, B., Botje, M., Bracinik, J., Bramm, R., Buncic, P., Cerny, V., Christakoglou, P., Chvala, O., Cramer, J.G., Csato, P., Dinkelaker, P., Eckardt, V., Flierl, D., Fodor, Z., Foka, P., Friese, V., Gal, J., Gazdzicki, M., Genchev, V., Georgopoulos, G., Gladysz, E., Grebieszkow, K., Hegyi, S., Hohne, C., Kadija, K., Karev, A., Kliemant, M., Kniege, S., Kolesnikov, V.I., Kornas, E., Korus, R., Kowalski, M., Kraus, I., Kreps, M., Kresan, D., van Leeuwen, M., Levai, P., Litov, L., Lungwitz, B., Makariev, M., Malakhov, A.I., Mateev, M., Melkumov, G.L., Mischke, A., Mitrovski, M., Molnar, J., Mrowczynski, St., Nicolic, V., Palla, G., Panagiotou, A.D., Panayotov, D., Petridis, A., Pikna, M., Prindle, D., Puhlhofer, F., Renfordt, R., Roland, C., Roland, G., Rybczynski, M., Rybicki, A., Sandoval, A., Schmitz, N., Schuster, T., Seyboth, P., Sikler, F., Sitar, B., Skrzypczak, E., Stefanek, G., Stock, R., Strobele, H., Susa, T., Szentpetery, I., Sziklai, J., Szymanski, P., Trubnikov, V., Varga, D., Vassiliou, M., Veres, G.I., Vesztergombi, G., Vranic, D., Wetzler, A., Wlodarczyk, Z., Yoo, I.K., and Zimanyi, J.

Subjects
FOS: Physical sciences, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

We present measurements of the energy dependence of event-by-event fluctuations in the K/pi and (p + \bar{p})/pi multiplicity ratios in heavy ion collisions at the CERN SPS. The particle ratio fluctuations were obtained for central Pb+Pb collisions at five collision energies, \sqrt{s_{_{NN}}}, between 6.3 and 17.3 GeV. After accounting for the effects of finite-number statistics and detector resolution, we extract the strength of non-statistical fluctuations at each energy. For the K/pi ratio, larger fluctuations than expected for independent particle production are found at all collision energies. The fluctuations in the (p + \bar{p})/pi ratio are smaller than expectations from independent particle production, indicating correlated pion and proton production from resonance decays. For both ratios, the deviation from purely statistical fluctuations shows an increase towards lower collision energies. The results are compared to transport model calculations, which fail to describe the energy dependence of the K/pi ratio fluctuations., Comment: 11 pages, 10 figures, update to published version

Published
2008

35. Energy dependence of $\Lambda$ and $\Xi$ production in central Pb+Pb collisions at 20A,30A,40A,80A, and 158A GeV measured at the CERN Super Proton

Author

Alt, C., Anticic, T., Baatar, B., Barna, D., Bartke, J., Betev, L., Bialkowska, H., Blume, C., Boimska, B., Botje, M., Bracinik, J., Bramm, R., Buncic, P., Cerny, V., Christakoglou, P., Chung, P., Chvala, O., Cramer, J.G., Csato, P., Dinkelaker, P., Eckardt, V., Flierl, D., Fodor, Z., Foka, P., Friese, V., Gal, J., Gazdzicki, M., Genchev, V., Gladysz, E., Grebieszkow, K., Hegyi, S., Hohne, C., Kadija, K., Karev, A., Kikola, D., Kliemant, M., Kniege, S., Kolesnikov, V.I., Kornas, E., Kowalski, M., Kraus, I., Kreps, M., Laszlo, A., Lacey, R., van Leeuwen, M., Levai, P., Litov, L., Lungwitz, B., Makariev, M., Malakhov, A.I., Mateev, M., Melkumov, G.L., Meurer, C., Mischke, A., Mitrovski, M., Molnar, J., Mrowczynski, St., Nicolic, V., Palla, G., Panagiotou, A.D., Panayotov, D., Petridis, A., Peryt, W., Pikna, M., Pluta, J., Prindle, D., Puhlhofer, F., Renfordt, R., Richard, A., Roland, C., Roland, G., Rybczynski, M., Rybicki, A., Sandoval, A., Schmitz, N., Schuster, T., Seyboth, P., Sikler, F., Sitar, B., Skrzypczak, E., Slodkowski, M., Stefanek, G., Stock, R., Strabel, C., Strobele, H., Susa, T., Szentpetery, I., Sziklai, J., Szuba, M., Szymanski, P., Trubnikov, V., Utvic, M., Varga, D., Vassiliou, M., Veres, G.I., Vesztergombi, G., Vranic, D., Wetzler, A., Wlodarczyk, Z., Wojtaszek, A., Yoo, I.K., and Zimanyi, J.

Subjects
Nuclear Theory, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, FOS: Physical sciences, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Results on $\Lambda$, $\bar{\Lambda}}$, $\Xi^{-}$, and $\bar{\Xi}^{+}$ production in central Pb+Pb reactions at 20A, 30A, 40A, 80A, and 158A GeV are presented. The energy dependence of transverse mass spectra, rapidity spectra, and multiplicities is discussed. Comparisons to string hadronic models (UrQMD and HSD) and statistical hadron gas models are shown. While the latter provide a reasonable description of all particle yields, the first class of models fails to match the $\Xi^{-}$, and $\bar{\Xi}^{+}$ multiplicities., Comment: 16 pages, 16 figures. Finally published version after editorial revision

Published
2008

36. Pion and kaon production in central Pb plus Pb collisions at 20A and 30A GeV: Evidence for the onset of deconfinement

Author

Alt, C. Anticic, T. Baatar, B. Barna, D. Bartke, J. and Betev, L. Bialkowska, H. Blume, C. Boimska, B. Botje, M. and Bracinik, J. Bramm, R. Buncic, P. Cerny, V. and Christakoglou, P. Chung, P. Chvala, O. Cramer, J. G. and Csato, P. Dinkelaker, P. Eckardt, V. Flierl, D. Fodor, Z. Foka, P. Friese, V. Gal, J. Gazdzicki, M. G. and Genchev, V. Gladysz, E. Grebieszkow, K. Hegyi, S. and Hoehne, C. Kadija, K. Karev, A. Kikola, D. Kliemant, M. and Kniege, S. Kolesnikov, V. I. Kollegger, T. Kornas, E. and Kowalski, M. Kraus, I. Kreps, M. Laszlo, A. Lacey, R. van Leeuwen, M. Levai, P. Litov, L. Lungwitz, B. and Makariev, M. Malakhov, A. I. Mateev, M. Melkumov, G. L. and Mischke, A. Mitrovski, M. Molnar, J. Mrowczynski, St and Nicolic, V. Palla, G. Panagiotou, A. D. Panayotov, D. and Petridis, A. Peryt, W. Pikna, M. Pluta, J. Prindle, D. and Uhlhofer, F. P. Renfordt, R. Roland, C. Roland, G. and Rybczynski, M. Rybicki, A. Sandoval, A. Schmitz, N. and Schuster, T. Seyboth, P. Sikler, F. Sitar, B. and Skrzypczak, E. Slodkowski, M. Stefanek, G. Stock, R. and Strabel, C. Obele, H. Str Susa, T. Szentpetery, I. and Sziklai, J. Szuba, M. Szymanski, P. Trubnikov, V. Varga, D. Vassiliou, M. Veres, G. I. Vesztergombi, G. Vranic, D. Wetzler, A. Wlodarczyk, Z. Yoo, I. K. Zimanyi, J. and NA49 Collaboration

Subjects
Nuclear Theory, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Results on charged pion and kaon production in central Pb+Pb collisions at 20A and 30A GeV are presented and compared to data at lower and higher energies. Around 30A GeV a rapid change of the energy dependence for the yields of pions and kaons as well as for the shape of the transverse mass spectra is observed. The change is compatible with the prediction that the threshold for production of a state of deconfined matter at the early stage of the collisions is located at low CERN Super Proton Synchroton energies.

Published
2008

37. High transverse momentum hadron spectra at root s(NN)=17.3 GeV in Pb+Pb and p+p collisions

Author

Alt, C. Anticic, T. Baatar, B. Barna, D. Bartke, J. and Betev, L. Bialkowska, H. Blume, C. Boimska, B. Botje, M. and Bracinik, J. Bramm, R. Buncic, P. Cerny, V. and Christakoglou, P. Chung, P. Chvala, O. Cramer, J. G. and Csato, P. Dinkelaker, P. Eckardt, V. Flierl, D. Fodor, Z. Foka, P. Friese, V. Gal, J. Gazdzicki, M. and Genchev, V. Georgopoulos, G. Gladysz, E. Grebieszkow, K. and Hegyi, S. Hoehne, C. Kadija, K. Karev, A. Kikola, D. and Kliemant, M. Kniege, S. Kolesnikov, V. I. Kornas, E. and Korus, R. Kowalski, M. Kraus, I. Kreps, M. Laszlo, A. and Lacey, R. van Leeuwen, M. Levai, P. Litov, L. and Lungwitz, B. Makariev, M. Malakhov, A. I. Mateev, M. and Melkumov, G. L. Mischke, A. Mitrovski, M. Molnar, J. and Mrowczynski, St. Nicolic, V. Palla, G. Panagiotou, A. D. and Panayotov, D. Petridis, A. Peryt, W. Pikna, M. Pluta, J. and Prindle, D. Puehlhofer, F. Renfordt, R. Roland, C. and Roland, G. Rybczynski, M. Rybicki, A. Sandoval, A. and Schmitz, N. Schuster, T. Seyboth, P. Sikler, F. Sitar, B. Skrzypczak, E. Slodkowski, M. Stefanek, G. Stock, R. and Strabel, C. Stroeble, H. Susa, T. Szentpetery, I. and Sziklai, J. Szuba, M. Szymanski, P. Trubnikov, V. Varga, D. Vassiliou, M. Veres, G. I. Vesztergombi, G. Vranic, D. Wetzler, A. Wlodarczyk, Z. Wojtaszek, A. Yoo, I. K. and Zimanyi, J. NA49 Collaboration

Subjects
High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Transverse momentum spectra up to 4.5 GeV/c around midrapidity of pi(+/-), p, (p) over bar, and K-+/- in Pb+Pb reactions were measured at root s(NN) = 17.3 GeV by the CERN-NA49 experiment. The nuclear modification factors R-AA for pi(+/-) and R-CP for pi(+/-), p, (p) over bar, K-+/- were extracted and compared with results obtained at the BNL Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at root s(NN) = 200 GeV. The modification factor R-AA shows a rapid increase with transverse momentum in the covered region. This indicates that the Cronin effect is the dominating effect in our energy range. The modification factor R-CP, in which the contribution of the Cronin effect is reduced, shows a saturation well below unity in the pi(+/-) channel. The extracted R-CP values follow the 200 GeV RHIC results closely in the available transverse momentum range, except for pi(+/-) above 2.5 GeV/c transverse momentum. There the measured suppression is smaller than that observed at RHIC.

Published
2008

38. Bose-Einstein correlations of pi(-)pi(-) pairs in central Pb+Pb collisions at 20A, 30A, 40A, 80A, and 158A GeV

Author

Alt, C. Anticic, T. Baatar, B. Barna, D. Bartke, J. and Betev, L. Bialkowska, H. Blume, C. Boimska, B. Botje, M. and Bracinik, J. Bramm, R. Buncic, P. Cerny, V. and Christakoglou, P. Chung, P. Chvala, O. Cramer, J. G. and Csato, P. Dinkelaker, P. Eckardt, V. Flierl, D. Fodor, Z. Foka, P. Friese, V. Gal, J. Gazdzicki, M. and Genchev, V. Georgopoulos, G. Gladysz, E. Grebieszkow, K. and Hegyi, S. Hoehne, C. Kadija, K. Karev, A. Kikola, D. and Kliemant, M. Kniege, S. Kolesnikov, V. I. Kornas, E. and Korus, R. Kowalski, M. Kraus, I. Kreps, M. Laszlo, A. and Lacey, R. van Leeuwen, M. Levai, P. Litov, L. and Lungwitz, B. Makariev, M. Malakhov, A. I. Mateev, M. and Melkumov, G. L. Mischke, A. Mitrovski, M. Molnar, J. and Mrowczynski, St. Nicolic, V. Palla, G. Panagiotou, A. D. and Panayotov, D. Petridis, A. Peryt, W. Pikna, M. Pluta, J. and Prindle, D. Puehlhofer, F. Renfordt, R. Roland, C. and Roland, G. Rybczynski, M. Rybicki, A. Sandoval, A. and Schmitz, N. Schuster, T. Seyboth, P. Sikler, F. Sitar, B. Skrzypczak, E. Slodkowski, M. Stefanek, G. Stock, R. and Strabel, C. Stroebele, H. Susa, T. Szentpetery, I. and Sziklai, J. Szuba, M. Szymanski, P. Trubnikov, V. Varga, D. Vassiliou, M. Veres, G. I. Vesztergombi, G. Vranic, D. Wetzler, A. Wlodarczyk, Z. Wojtaszek, A. Yoo, I. K. and Zimanyi, J.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Measurements of Bose-Einstein correlations of pi(-)pi(-) pairs in central Pb+Pb collisions were performed with the NA49 detector at the CERN Super Proton Synchroton for beam energies of 20A,30A,40A,80A, and 158A GeV. Correlation functions were measured in the longitudinally comoving “out-side-long” reference frame as a function of rapidity and transverse momentum in the forward hemisphere of the reaction. Radius and correlation strength parameters were obtained from fits of a Gaussian parametrization. The results show a decrease of the radius parameters with increasing transverse-momentum characteristic of strong radial flow in the pion source. No striking dependence on pion-pair rapidity or beam energy is observed. Static and dynamic properties of the pion source are obtained from simultaneous fits with a blast-wave model to radius parameters and midrapidity transverse-momentum spectra. Predictions of hydrodynamic and microscopic models of Pb+Pb collisions are discussed.

Published
2008

39. Energy dependence of Lambda and Xi production in central Pb plus Pb collisions at 20A, 30A, 40A, 80A, and 158A GeV measured at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron

Author

Alt, C. Anticic, T. Baatar, B. Barna, D. Bartke, J. and Betev, L. Bialkowska, H. Blume, C. Boimska, B. Botje, M. and Bracinik, J. Bramm, R. Buncic, P. Cerny, V. and Christakoglou, P. Chung, P. Chvala, O. Cramer, J. G. and Csato, P. Dinkelaker, P. Eckardt, V. Flierl, D. Fodor, Z. Foka, P. Friese, V. Gal, J. Gazdzicki, M. and Genchev, V. Gladysz, E. Grebieszkow, K. Hegyi, S. and Hoehne, C. Kadija, K. Karev, A. Kikola, D. Kliemant, M. and Kniege, S. Kolesnikov, V. I. Kornas, E. Kowalski, M. and Kraus, I. Kreps, M. Laszlo, A. Lacey, R. van Leeuwen, M. and Levai, P. Litov, L. Lungwitz, B. Makariev, M. and Malakhov, A. I. Mateev, M. Melkumov, G. L. Meurer, C. and Mischke, A. Mitrovski, M. Molnar, J. Mrowczynski, St. and Nicolic, V. Palla, G. Panagiotou, A. D. Panayotov, D. and Petridis, A. Peryt, W. Pikna, M. Pluta, J. Prindle, D. and Puehlhofer, F. Renfordt, R. Richard, A. Roland, C. and Roland, G. Rybczynski, M. Rybicki, A. Sandoval, A. and Schmitz, N. Schuster, T. Seyboth, P. Sikler, F. Sitar, B. Skrzypczak, E. Slodkowski, M. Stefanek, G. Stock, R. and Strabel, C. Stroebele, H. Susa, T. Szentpetery, I. and Sziklai, J. Szuba, M. Szymanski, P. Trubnikov, V. Utvic, M. Varga, D. Vassiliou, M. Veres, G. I. Vesztergombi, G. and Vranic, D. Wetzler, A. Wlodarczyk, Z. Wojtaszek, A. and Yoo, I. K. Zimanyi, J. NA49 Collaboration

Subjects
Nuclear Theory, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Results on Lambda, (Lambda) over bar, Xi(-), and (Xi) over bar (+) production in central Pb+Pb reactions at 20A, 30A, 40A, 80A, and 158A GeV are presented. The energy dependence of transverse mass spectra, rapidity spectra, and multiplicities is discussed. Comparisons to string hadronic models (UrQMD and HSD) and statistical hadron gas models are shown. Although the latter provide a reasonable description of all particle yields, the first class of models fails to match the Xi(-) and (Xi) over bar (+) multiplicities.

Published
2008

40. Energy dependence of multiplicity fluctuations in heavy ion collisions at 20A to 158A GeV

Author

Alt, C. Anticic, T. Baatar, B. Barna, D. Bartke, J. and Betev, L. Bialkowska, H. Blume, C. Boimska, B. Botje, M. and Bracinik, J. Bramm, R. Buncic, P. Cerny, V. and Christakoglou, P. Chung, P. Chvala, O. Cramer, J. G. and Csato, P. Dinkelaker, P. Eckardt, V. Flierl, D. Fodor, Z. Foka, P. Friese, V. Gal, J. Gazdzicki, M. and Genchev, V. Georgopoulos, G. Gladysz, E. Grebieszkow, K. and Hegyi, S. Hoehne, C. Kadija, K. Karev, A. Kikola, D. and Kliemant, M. Kniege, S. Kolesnikov, V. I. Kornas, E. and Korus, R. Kowalski, M. Kraus, I. Kreps, M. Laszlo, A. and Lacey, R. van Leeuwen, M. Levai, P. Litov, L. and Lungwitz, B. Makariev, M. Malakhov, A. I. Mateev, M. and Melkumov, G. L. Mischke, A. Mitrovski, M. Molnar, J. and Mrowczynski, St. Nicolic, V. Palla, G. Panagiotou, A. D. and Panayotov, D. Petridis, A. Peryt, W. Pikna, M. Pluta, J. and Prindle, D. Puehlhofer, F. Renfordt, R. Roland, C. and Roland, G. Rybczynski, M. Rybicki, A. Sandoval, A. and Schmitz, N. Schuster, T. Seyboth, P. Sikler, F. Sitar, B. Skrzypczak, E. Slodkowski, M. Stefanek, G. Stock, R. and Strabel, C. Stroebele, H. Susa, T. Szentpetery, I. and Sziklai, J. Szuba, M. Szymanski, P. Trubnikov, V. Utvic, M. Varga, D. Vassiliou, M. Veres, G. I. Vesztergombi, G. and Vranic, D. Wetzler, A. Wlodarczyk, Z. Wojtaszek, A. and Yoo, I. K. Zimanyi, J.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Multiplicity fluctuations of positively, negatively, and all charged hadrons in the forward hemisphere were studied in central Pb+ Pb collisions at 20A, 30A, 40A, 80A, and 158A GeV. The multiplicity distributions and their scaled variances. are presented as functions of their dependence on collision energy as well as on rapidity and transverse momentum. The distributions have bell-like shapes and their scaled variances are in the range from 0.8 to 1.2 without any significant structure in their energy dependence. No indication of the critical point in fluctuations are observed. The string-hadronic ultrarelativistic quantum molecular dynamics (UrQMD) model significantly overpredicts the mean, but it approximately reproduces the scaled variance of the multiplicity distributions. The predictions of the statistical hadron-resonance gas model obtained within the grand-canonical and canonical ensembles disagree with the measured scaled variances. The narrower than Poissonian multiplicity fluctuations measured in numerous cases may be explained by the impact of conservation laws on fluctuations in relativistic systems.

Published
2008

41. Energy dependence of meson production in central Pb+Pb collisions at sNN=6 to 17 GeV

Author

Alt, C. Anticic, T. Baatar, B. Barna, D. Bartke, J. Betev, L. Białkowska, H. Blume, C. Boimska, B. Botje, M. Bracinik, J. Bramm, R. Bunčić, P. Cerny, V. Christakoglou, P. Chung, P. Chvala, O. Cramer, J.G. Csató, P. Dinkelaker, P. Eckardt, V. Flierl, D. Fodor, Z. Foka, P. Friese, V. Gál, J. Gaździcki, M. Genchev, V. Georgopoulos, G. Gładysz, E. Grebieszkow, K. Hegyi, S. Höhne, C. Kadija, K. Karev, A. Kikola, D. Kliemant, M. Kniege, S. Kolesnikov, V.I. Kollegger, T. Kornas, E. Korus, R. Kowalski, M. Kraus, I. Kreps, M. Kresan, D. Laszlo, A. Lacey, R. Van Leeuwen, M. Lévai, P. Litov, L. Lungwitz, B. Makariev, M. Malakhov, A.I. Mateev, M. Melkumov, G.L. Mischke, A. Mitrovski, M. Molnár, J. Mrówczyński, S. Nicolic, V. Pálla, G. Panagiotou, A.D. Panayotov, D. Petridis, A. Peryt, W. Pikna, M. Pluta, J. Prindle, D. Pühlhofer, F. Renfordt, R. Roland, C. Roland, G. Rybczyński, M. Rybicki, A. Sandoval, A. Schmitz, N. Schuster, T. Seyboth, P. Siklér, F. Sitar, B. Skrzypczak, E. Slodkowski, M. Stefanek, G. Stock, R. Strabel, C. Ströbele, H. Susa, T. Szentpétery, I. Sziklai, J. Szuba, M. Szymanski, P. Trubnikov, V. Varga, D. Vassiliou, M. Veres, G.I. Vesztergombi, G. Vranić, D. Wetzler, A. Włodarczyk, Z. Yoo, I.K. Zimányi, J.

Subjects
High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Meson production is studied by the NA49 Collaboration in central Pb+Pb collisions at 20A,30A,40A,80A, and 158A GeV beam energy. The data are compared with measurements at lower and higher energies and with microscopic and thermal models. The energy dependence of yields and spectral distributions is compatible with the assumption that partonic degrees of freedom set in at low SPS energies. © 2008 The American Physical Society.

Published
2008

42. Pion and kaon production in central Pb plus Pb collisions at 20A and 30A GeV: evidence for the onset of deconfinement

Author

Antičić, Tome, Alt, C., Baatar, B., Barna, D., Bartke, J., Betev, L., Bialkowska, H., Blume, C., Boimska, B., Botje, M., Bracinik, J., Bramm, R., Buncic, P., Cerny, V., Christakoglou, P., Chung, P., Chvala, O., Cramer, J. G., Csato, P., Dinkelaker, P., Eckardt, V., Flierl, D., Fodor, Z., Foka, P., Friese, V., Gal, J., Gazdzicki, M., Genchev, V., Gladysz, E., Grebieszkow, K., Hegyi, S., Hohne, C., Kadija, Krešo, Karev, A., Kikola, D, Kliemant, M., Kniege, S., Kolesnikov, V. I., Kollegger, T., Kornas, E., Kowalski, M., Kraus, I., Kreps, M., Laszlo, A., Lacey, R., van Leeuwen, M., Levai, P., Litov, L., Lungwitz, B., Makariev, M., Malakhov, A. I., Mateev, M., Melkumov, G. L., Mischke, A., Mitrovski, M., Molnar, J., Mrowczynski, S., Nikolić, V., Palla, G., Panagiotou, A. D., Panayotov, D., Petridis, A., Peryt, W, Pikna, M., Pluta, J., Prindle, D., Puhlhofer, F., Renfordt, R., Roland, C., Roland, G., Rybczynski, M., Rybicki, A., Sandoval, A., Schmitz, N., Schuster, T., Seyboth, P., Sikler, F., Sitar, B., Skrzypczak, E., Slodkowski, M., Stefanek, G., Stock, R., Strabel, C., Strobele, H., Šuša, Tatjana, Szentpetery, I., Sziklai, J., Szuba, M., Szymanski, P., Trubnikov, V., Varga, D., Vassiliou, M., Veres, G. I., Vesztergombi, G., Vranić, D., Wetzler, A., Wlodarczyk, Z., Wojtaszek, A., Yoo, I. K., and Zimanyi, J.

Subjects
CERN, NA49, Pb+Pb, pion, kaon, deconfinement, Physics, Nuclear Theory, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Results on charged pion and kaon production in central Pb+Pb collisions at 20A and 30A GeV are presented and compared to data at lower and higher energies. Around 30A GeV a rapid change of the energy dependence for the yields of pions and kaons as well as for the shape of the transverse mass spectra is observed. The change is compatible with the prediction that the threshold for production of a state of deconfined matter at the early stage of the collisions is located at low CERN Super Proton Synchroton energies.

Published
2008

43. Energy dependence of multiplicity fluctuations in heavy ion collisions at 20A to 158A GeV

Author

Alt, C., Anticic, T., Baatar, B., Barna, D., Bartke, J., Betev, L., Bialkowska, Helena, Blume, Christoph, Boimska, B., Botje, Michiel, Bracinik, J., Bramm, R., Buncic, P., Cerny, V., Christakoglou, P., Chung, P., Chvala, O., Cramer, J.G., Csato, P., Dinkelaker, P., Eckardt, V., Flierl, D., Fodor, Zoltan, Foka, P., Friese, Volker, Gal, J., Gazdzicki, Marek, Genchev, V., Georgopoulos, G., Gladysz, E., Grebieszkow, K., Hegyi, S., Hohne, C., Kadija, K., Karev, A., Kikola, D., Kliemant, M., Kniege, S., Kolesnikov, V.I., Kornas, E., Korus, R., Kowalski, M., Kraus, I., Kreps, M., Laszlo, A., Lacey, Roy A., van Leeuwen, M., Levai, P., Litov, Leandar, Makariev, M., Malakhov, A.I., Mateev, M., Melkumov, G.L., Mischke, A., Mitrovski, M., Molnar, J., Mrowczynski, St., Nicolic, V., Palla, G., Panagiotou, Apostolos D., Panayotov, D., Peryt, W., Pikna, M., Pluta, J., Prindle, D., Puhlhofer, F., Renfordt, R., Roland, C., Roland, Gunther, Rybczynski, M., Rybicki, A., Sandoval, Andres, Schmitz, Norbert, Schuster, T., Seyboth, P., Sikler, F., Sitar, B., Skrzypczak, E., Slodkowski, M., Stefanek, Grzegorz, Stock, R., Strabel, C., Strobele, H., Susa, T., Szentpetery, I., Sziklai, J., Szuba, M., Szymanski, P., Trubnikov, V., Utvic, M., Varga, D., Vassiliou, M., Veres, G.I., Vesztergombi, G., Vranic, D., Wetzler, A., Wlodarczyk, Z., Wojtaszek, A., and Yoo, I.K.

Subjects
Nuclear Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Multiplicity fluctuations of positively, negatively and all charged hadrons in the forward hemisphere were studied in central Pb+Pb collisions at 20A, 30A, 40A, 80A and 158A GeV. The multiplicity distributions and their scaled variances $\omega$ are presented in dependence of collision energy as well as of rapidity and transverse momentum. The distributions have bell-like shape and their scaled variances are in the range from 0.8 to 1.2 without any significant structure in their energy dependence. No indication of the critical point fluctuations are observed. The string-hadronic model UrQMD significantly overpredicts the mean, but approximately reproduces the scaled variance of the multiplicity distributions. The predictions of the statistical hadron-resonance gas model obtained within the grand-canonical and canonical ensembles disagree with the measured scaled variances. The narrower than Poissonian multiplicity fluctuations measured in numerous cases may be explained by the impact of conservation laws on fluctuations in relativistic gases. Multiplicity fluctuations of positively, negatively and all charged hadrons in the forward hemisphere were studied in central Pb+Pb collisions at 20A, 30A, 40A, 80A and 158A GeV. The multiplicity distributions and their scaled variances are presented in dependence of collision energy as well as of rapidity and transverse momentum. The distributions have bell-like shape and their scaled variances are in the range from 0.8 to 1.2 without any significant structure in their energy dependence. No indication of the critical point in fluctuations are observed. The string-hadronic model UrQMD significantly overpredicts the mean, but approximately reproduces the scaled variance of the multiplicity distributions. The predictions of the statistical hadron-resonance gas model obtained within the grand-canonical and canonical ensembles disagree with the measured scaled variances. The narrower than Poissonian multiplicity fluctuations measured in numerous cases may be explained by the impact of conservation laws on fluctuations in relativistic systems.

Published
2007

44. Bose-Einstein correlations of $\pi^{-}\pi^{-}$ pairs in central Pb+Pb collisions at 20A,30A,40A,80A, and 158A GeV

Author

Alt, C., Antičić, T., Baatar, B., Barna, D., Bartke, J., Betev, L., Bialkowska, H., Blume, C., Boimska, B., Botje, M., Bracinik, J., Bramm, R., Buncic, P., Cerny, V., Christakoglou, P., Chung, P., Chvala, O., Cramer, J. G., Csato, P., Dinkelaker, P., Eckardt, V., Flierl, D., Fodor, Z., Foka, P., Friese, V., Gal, J., Gazdzicki, M., Genchev, V., Georgopoulos, G., Gladysz, E., Grebieszkow, K., Hegyi, S., Hohne, C., Kadija, K., Karev, A., Kikola, D, Kliemant, M., Kniege, S., Kolesnikov, V. I., Kornas, E., Korus, R., Kowalski, M., Kraus, I., Kreps, M., Laszlo, A., Lacey, R., van Leeuwen, M., Levai, P., Litov, L., Lungwitz, B., Makariev, M., Malakhov, A. I., Mateev, M., Melkumov, G. L., Mischke, A., Mitrovski, M., Molnar, J., Mrowczynski, S., Nikolić, V., Palla, G., Panagiotou, A. D., Panayotov, D., Petridis, A., Peryt, W, Pikna, M., Pluta, J., Prindle, D., Puhlhofer, F., Renfordt, R., Roland, C., Roland, G., Rybczynski, M., Rybicki, A., Sandoval, A., Schmitz, N., Schuster, T., Seyboth, P., Sikler, F., Sitar, B., Skrzypczak, E., Slodkowski, M., Stefanek, G., Stock, R., Strabel, C., Strobele, H., Šuša, T., Szentpetery, I., Sziklai, J., Szuba, M., Szymanski, P., Trubnikov, V., Varga, D., Vassiliou, M., Veres, G. I., Vesztergombi, G., Vranić, D., Wetzler, A., Wlodarczyk, Z., Wojtaszek, A., Yoo, I. K., and Zimanyi, J.

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear Theory, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, SPS, pion, bose-einstein, correlations, QGP, Pb+Pb, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Measurements of Bose-Einstein correlations of pi-pi- pairs in central Pb+Pb collisions were performed with the NA49 detector at the CERN Super Proton Synchroton for beam energies of 20A, 30A, 40A, 80A, and 158A GeV. Correlation functions were measured in the longitudinally co-moving ``out-side-long'' reference frame as a function of rapidity and transverse momentum in the forward hemisphere of the reaction. Radius and correlation strength parameters were obtained from fits of a Gaussian parametrization. The results show a decrease of the radius parameters with increasing transverse momentum characteristic of strong radial flow in the pion source. No striking dependence on pion-pair rapidity or beam energy is observed. Static and dynamic properties of the pion source are obtained from simultaneous fits with a blast-wave model to radius parameters and midrapidity transverse momentum spectra. Predictions of hydrodynamic and microscopic models of Pb+Pb collisions are discussed.

Published
2007

45. Recent results on (anti)nucleus and (anti)hyperon production in nucleus-nucleus collisions at CERN SPS energies

Author

Alt, C., Anticic, T., Baatar, B., Barna, D., Bartke, J., Betev, L., Białkowska, H., Blume, C., Boimska, B., Botje, M., Bracinik, J., Bramm, R., Bunčić, P., Cerny, V., Christakoglou, P., Chung, P., Chvala, O., Cramer, J. G., Csató, P., Dinkelaker, P., Eckardt, V., Flierl, D., Fodor, Z., Foka, P., Friese, V., Gál, J., Gaździcki, M., Genchev, V., Georgopoulos, G., Gładysz, E., Grebieszkow, K., Hegyi, S., Höhne, C., Kadija, K., Karev, A., Kikola, D., Kliemant, M., Kniege, S., Kolesnikov, V. I., Kornas, E., Korus, R., Kowalski, M., Kraus, I., Kreps, M., Laszlo, A., Lacey, R., Leeuwen, M., Lévai, P., Litov, L., Lungwitz, B., Makariev, M., Malakhov, A. I., Mateev, M., Melkumov, G. L., Mischke, A., Mitrovski, M., Molnár, J., Mrówczyński, St, Nicolic, V., Pálla, G., Panagiotou, A. D., Panayotov, D., Petridis, A., Peryt, W., Pikna, M., Pluta, J., Prindle, D., Pühlhofer, F., Renfordt, R., Roland, C., Roland, G., Maciej Rybczynski, Rybicki, A., Sandoval, A., Schmitz, N., Schuster, T., Seyboth, P., Siklér, F., Sitar, B., Skrzypczak, E., Slodkowski, M., Stefanek, G., Stock, R., Strabel, C., Ströbele, H., Susa, T., Szentpétery, I., Sziklai, J., Szuba, M., Szymanski, P., Trubnikov, V., Varga, D., Vassiliou, M., Veres, G. I., Vesztergombi, G., Vranić, D., Wetzler, A., Włodarczyk, Z., Wojtaszek, A., Yoo, I. K., Zimányi, J., and Melkumov, G.

Subjects
Mass number, Physics, Nuclear Theory, Hyperon, FOS: Physical sciences, Inverse, Strangeness, 7. Clean energy, Hadronization, Nuclear physics, Baryon, Rapidity, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment, NA49 experiment
Abstract

The NA49 experiment has collected comprehensive data on particle production in nucleus-nucleus collisions over the whole SPS beam energies range, the critical energy domain where the expected phase transition to a deconfined phase is expected to occur. The latest results from Pb+Pb collisions between 20$A$ GeV and 158$A$ GeV on baryon stopping and light nuclei production as well as those for strange hyperons are presented. The measured data on $p$, $\bar{p}$, $\Lambda$, $\bar{\Lambda}$, $\Xi^-$ and $\bar{\Xi}^+$ production were used to evaluate the rapidity distributions of net-baryons at SPS energies and to compare with the results from the AGS and the RHIC for central Pb+Pb (Au+Au) collisions. The dependence of the yield ratios and the inverse slope parameter of the $m_t$ spectra on the collision energy and centrality, and the mass number of the produced nuclei $^3He$, $t$, $d$ and $\bar{d}$ are discussed within coalescence and statistical approaches. Analysis of the total multiplicity exhibits remarkable agreement between the measured yield for $^3He$ and those predicted by the statistical hadronization model. In addition, new results on $\Lambda$ and $\bar{\Lambda}$ as well as $\Xi^-$ production in minimum bias Pb+Pb reactions at 40$A$ GeV and 158$A$ GeV and central C+C, Si+Si and Pb+Pb collisions are presented. The system size dependence of the yields of these hyperons was analysed to determine the evolution of strangeness enhancement relative to elementary p+p collisions., Comment: Presented at Critical Point and Onset of Deconfinement 4th International Workshop, July 9-13 2007, GSI Darmstadt,Germany}

Published
2007

46. Event-by-event transverse momentum fluctuations in nuclear collisions at CERN SPS

Author

Alt, C., Anticic, T., Baatar, B., Barna, D., Bartke, J., Betev, L., Białkowska, H., Blume, C., Boimska, B., Botje, M., Bracinik, J., Bramm, R., Bunčić, P., Cerny, V., Christakoglou, P., Chung, P., Chvala, O., Cramer, J. G., Csató, P., Dinkelaker, P., Eckardt, V., Flierl, D., Fodor, Z., Foka, P., Friese, V., Gál, J., Gaździcki, M., Genchev, V., Georgopoulos, G., Gładysz, E., Grebieszkow, K., Hegyi, S., Höhne, C., Kadija, K., Karev, A., Kikola, D., Kliemant, M., Kniege, S., Kolesnikov, V. I., Kornas, E., Korus, R., Kowalski, M., Kraus, I., Kreps, M., Laszlo, A., Lacey, R., Leeuwen, M., Lévai, P., Litov, L., Lungwitz, B., Makariev, M., Malakhov, A. I., Mateev, M., Melkumov, G. L., Mischke, A., Mitrovski, M., Molnár, J., Mrówczyński, St, Nicolic, V., Pálla, G., Panagiotou, A. D., Panayotov, D., Petridis, A., Peryt, W., Pikna, M., Pluta, J., Prindle, D., Pühlhofer, F., Renfordt, R., Roland, C., Roland, G., Rybczyński, M., Rybicki, A., Sandoval, A., Schmitz, N., Schuster, T., Seyboth, P., Siklér, F., Sitar, B., Skrzypczak, E., Slodkowski, M., Stefanek, G., Stock, R., Strabel, C., Ströbele, H., Susa, T., Szentpétery, I., Sziklai, J., Szuba, M., Szymanski, P., Trubnikov, V., Varga, D., Vassiliou, M., Veres, G. I., Vesztergombi, G., Vranić, D., Wetzler, A., Zbigniew Wlodarczyk, Wojtaszek, A., Yoo, I. K., and Zimány, J.

Subjects
Nuclear physics, Physics, Large Hadron Collider, Event (relativity), Transverse momentum, Nuclear Theory, FOS: Physical sciences, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment, Nuclear Physics
Abstract

The latest NA49 results on event-by-event transverse momentum fluctuations are presented for central Pb+Pb interactions over the whole SPS energy range (20A - 158A GeV). Two different methods are applied: evaluating the $\Phi_{p_{T}}$ fluctuation measure and studying two-particle transverse momentum correlations. The obtained results are compared to predictions of the UrQMD model. The results on the energy dependence are compared to the NA49 data on the system size dependence. The NA61 (SHINE, NA49-future) strategy of searching of the QCD critical end-point is also discussed., Comment: proceedings article from CPOD07 (figure 7 - updated, reference 2 - modified)

Published
2007

47. Inclusive production of charged pions in p+C collisions at 158 GeV/c beam momentum

Author

Alt, C. Baatar, B. Barna, D. Barr, G. Bartke, J. Betev, L. Białkowska, H. Blume, C. Boimska, B. Bracinik, J. Bramm, R. Bunčić, P. Cerny, V. Christakoglou, P. Chvala, O. Dinkelaker, P. Dolejsi, J. Eckardt, V. Fischer, H.G. Flierl, D. Fodor, Z. Foka, P. Friese, V. Gaździcki, M. Georgopoulos, G. Höhne, C. Karev, A. Kniege, S. Kollegger, T. Kolesnikov, V.I. Kornas, E. Kowalski, M. Kraus, I. Kreps, M. Litov, L. Makariev, M. Malakhov, A.I. Mateev, M. Melkumov, G.L. Mitrovski, M. Pálla, G. Panagiotou, A.D. Panayotov, D. Pattison, C. Petridis, A. Renfordt, R. Rybicki, A. Sandoval, A. Schmitz, N. Seyboth, P. Siklér, F. Stock, R. Ströbele, H. Sziklai, J. Szymanski, P. Trubnikov, V. Varga, D. Vassiliou, M. Veres, G.I. Vesztergombi, G. Vranić, D. Wenig, S. Wetzler, A. Zaranek, J.

Subjects
High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The production of charged pions in minimum bias p+C interactions is studied using a sample of 377000 inelastic events obtained with the NA49 detector at the CERN SPS at 158 GeV/c beam momentum. The data cover a phase space area ranging from 0 to 1.8 GeV/c in transverse momentum and from -0.1 to 0.5 in Feynman xF. Inclusive invariant cross sections are given on a grid of 270 bins per charge, thus offering for the first time a dense coverage of the projectile hemisphere and of the cross-over region into the target fragmentation zone. © 2007 Springer-Verlag.

Published
2007

48. Elliptic flow of Lambda hyperons in Pb+Pb collisions at 158A GeV

Author

Alt, C. Anticic, T. Baatar, B. Barna, D. Bartke, J. and Betev, L. Bialkowska, H. Blume, C. Boimska, B. Botje, M. and Bracinik, J. Bramm, R. Buncic, P. Cerny, V. and Christakoglou, P. Chung, P. Chvala, O. Cramer, J. G. and Csato, P. Dinkelaker, P. Eckardt, V. Flierl, D. Fodor, Z. Foka, P. Friese, V. Gal, J. Gazdzicki, M. and Georgopoulos, G. Gladysz, E. Grebieszkow, K. Hegyi, S. and Hoehne, C. Kadija, K. Karev, A. Kliemant, M. Kniege, S. and Kolesnikov, V. I. Kornas, E. Korus, R. Kowalski, M. and Kraus, I. Kreps, M. Lacey, R. Laszlo, A. van Leeuwen, M. and Levai, P. Litov, L. Lungwitz, B. Makariev, M. and Malakhov, A. I. Mateev, M. Melkumov, G. L. Mischke, A. and Mitrovski, M. Molnar, J. Mrowczynski, St. Nicolic, V. and Palla, G. Panagiotou, A. D. Panayotov, D. Petridis, A. and Pikna, M. Prindle, D. Puehlhofer, F. Renfordt, R. and Roland, C. Roland, G. Rybczynski, M. Rybicki, A. and Sandoval, A. Schmitz, N. Schuster, T. Seyboth, P. and Sikler, F. Sitar, B. Skrzypczak, E. Stefanek, G. Stock, R. Strabel, C. Stroebele, H. Susa, T. Szentpetery, I. and Sziklai, J. Szymanski, P. Trubnikov, V. Varga, D. and Vassiliou, M. Veres, G. I. Vesztergombi, G. Vranic, D. and Wetzler, A. Wlodarczyk, Z. Wojtaszek, A. Yoo, I. K. and Zimanyi, J. NA49 Collaboration

Subjects
Nuclear Theory, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The elliptic flow of Lambda hyperons has been measured by the NA49 Collaboration at the CERN-SPS in semicentral Pb+Pb collisions at 158A GeV. The standard method of correlating particles with the event plane was used. Measurements of v(2) near midrapidity are reported as a function of rapidity, centrality and transverse momentum. Elliptic flow of Lambda particles increases both with the impact parameter and with the transverse momentum. It is compared with v(2) for pions and protons as well as with model calculations. The observation of significant elliptic flow and its mass dependence suggest strong collective behavior of the matter produced in collisions of heavy nuclei already at the SPS. Scaling properties of elliptic flow of different particle species have been tested at 158A GeV. The limited p(T) range of the data does not allow for a decisive test of the coalescence model.

Published
2007

49. Centrality and system size dependence of multiplicity fluctuations in nuclear collisions at 158A GeV

Author

Alt, C. Anticic, T. Baatar, B. Barna, D. Bartke, J. and Betev, L. Bialkowska, H. Blume, C. Boimska, B. Botje, M. and Bracinik, J. Bramm, R. Buncic, P. Cerny, V. and Christakoglou, P. Chung, P. Chvala, O. Cramer, J. G. and Csato, P. Dinkelaker, P. Eckardt, V. Flierl, D. Fodor, Z. Foka, P. Friese, V. Gl, J. Gazdzicki, M. Genchev, V. Georgopoulos, G. Gladysz, E. Grebieszkow, K. Hegyi, S. Hoehne, C. Kadija, K. Karev, A. Kikola, D. and Kliemant, M. Kniege, S. Kolesnikov, V. I. Kornas, E. and Korus, R. Kowalski, M. Kraus, I. Kreps, M. Laszlo, A. and Lacey, R. van Leeuwen, M. Levai, P. Litov, L. and Lungwitz, B. Makariev, M. Malakhov, A. I. Mateev, M. and Melkumov, G. L. Mischke, A. Mitrovski, M. Molnar, J. and Mrowczynski, St. Nicolic, V. Palla, G. Panagiotou, A. D. and Panayotov, D. Peryt, W. Petridis, A. Pikna, M. Pluta, J. and Prindle, D. Puehlhofer, F. Renfordt, R. Roland, C. and Roland, G. Rybczynski, M. Rybicki, A. Sandoval, A. and Schmitz, N. Schuster, T. Seyboth, P. Sikler, F. Sitar, B. Skrzypczak, E. Slodkowski, M. Stefanek, G. Stock, R. and Strabel, C. Stroebele, H. Susa, T. Szentpetery, I. and Sziklai, J. Szuba, M. Szymanski, P. Trubnikov, V. Varga, D. Vassiliou, M. Veres, G. I. Vesztergombi, G. Vranic, D. Wetzler, A. Wlodarczyk, Z. Wojtaszek, A. Yoo, I. K. and Zimnyi, J. NA49 Collaboration

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The centrality and system size dependence of multiplicity fluctuations of charged particles produced in nuclear collisions at 158A GeV was studied by the NA49 Collaboration. Centrality selected Pb+Pb collisions, semicentral C+C and Si+Si collisions as well as inelastic p+p interactions were analyzed. The number of projectile participants determined on an event-by-event basis was used to characterize the collision centrality. The scaled variance of the multiplicity distribution obtained in the forward rapidity region (1.1 < y(c.m.)< 2.6) shows a significant increase toward peripheral collisions. The results are similar for negatively and positively charged particles and about 50% larger for all charged particles. String-hadronic models of nuclear reactions without the fusion process do not reproduce the rise of fluctuations from central toward peripheral collisions. The measured centrality dependence can be reproduced in superposition models with the assumption of contributions from target participants to particle production in the forward hemisphere or in string models with fusion.

Published
2007

50. Rapidity and energy dependence of the electric charge correlations in A+A collisions from 20A to 158A GeV

Author

Alt, C. Anticic, T. Baatar, B. Barna, D. Bartke, J. Betev, L. Białkowska, H. Blume, C. Boimska, B. Botje, M. Bracinik, J. Bramm, R. Bunčić, P. Cerny, V. Christakoglou, P. Chung, P. Chvala, O. Cramer, J.G. Csató, P. Dinkelaker, P. Eckardt, V. Flierl, D. Fodor, Z. Foka, P. Friese, V. Gál, J. Gaździcki, M. Genchev, V. Georgopoulos, G. Gładysz, E. Grebieszkow, K. Hegyi, S. Höhne, C. Kadija, K. Karev, A. Kikola, D. Kliemant, M. Kniege, S. Kolesnikov, V.I. Kornas, E. Korus, R. Kowalski, M. Kraus, I. Kreps, M. Laszlo, A. Lacey, R. Van Leeuwen, M. Lévai, P. Litov, L. Lungwitz, B. Makariev, M. Malakhov, A.I. Mateev, M. Melkumov, G.L. Mischke, A. Mitrovski, M. Molnár, J. Mrówczyński, St. Nicolic, V. Pálla, G. Panagiotou, A.D. Panayotov, D. Petridis, A. Peryt, W. Pikna, M. Pluta, J. Prindle, D. Pühlhofer, F. Renfordt, R. Roland, C. Roland, G. Rybczyński, M. Rybicki, A. Sandoval, A. Schmitz, N. Schuster, T. Seyboth, P. Siklér, F. Sitar, B. Skrzypczak, E. Slodkowski, M. Stefanek, G. Stock, R. Strabel, C. Ströbele, H. Susa, T. Szentpétery, I. Sziklai, J. Szuba, M. Szymanski, P. Trubnikov, V. Varga, D. Vassiliou, M. Veres, G.I. Vesztergombi, G. Vranić, D. Wetzler, A. Włodarczyk, Z. Wojtaszek, A. Yoo, I.K. Zimányi, J.

Subjects
High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Results from electric charge correlations studied with the Balance Function (BF) method in A+A collisions from 20A to 158A GeV are presented in two different rapidity intervals: In the midrapidity region we observe a decrease of the width of the BF distribution with increasing centrality of the collision, whereas this effect vanishes in the forward rapidity region. Results from the energy dependence study in central Pb+Pb collisions show that the narrowing of the BF expressed by the normalized width parameter W increases with energy toward the highest CERN Super Proton Synchrotron and BNL Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider energies. Finally we compare our experimental data points with the predictions of several models. The hadronic string models Ultra-relativistic Quantum Molecular Dynamics and Heavy Ion Jet INteraction Generator (HIJING) do not reproduce the observed narrowing of the BF. However, A MultiPhase Transport medel (AMPT), which contains a quark-parton transport phase before hadronization, can reproduce the narrowing of the BF's width with centrality. This confirms the proposed sensitivity of the BF analysis to the time of hadronization. © 2007 The American Physical Society.

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2007

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