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1. System size dependence of strangeness production at 158AGeV

Author

Hohne, C., Afanasiev, S.V., Anticic, T., Baatar, B., Barna, D., Bartke, J., Barton, R.A., Behler, M., Betev, L., Bialkowska, H., Billmeier, A., Blume, C., Blyth, C.O., Boimska, B., Botje, M., Bracinik, J., Bramm, R., Brun, R., Buncic, 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., Gazdzicki, M., Georgopoulos, G., Gladysz, E., Hegyi, S., Igo, G., 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., Margetis, S., Markert, C., Mayes, B.W., Melkumov, G.L., Meurer, C., Mischke, A., Mitrovski, M., Molnar, J., Nelson, John M., Palla, G., Panagiotou, A.D., Perl, K., Petridis, A., Pikna, M., Pinsky, Lawrence S., Puhlhofer, F., Reid, J.G., Renfordt, R., Retyk, W., Roland, C., Roland, G., Rybicki, A., Sammer, T., Sandoval, A., Sann, H., Schmitz, N., Seyboth, P., 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., Whitten, C., Yoo, I.K., Zaranek, J., and Zimanyi, J.

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Strange quark, Large Hadron Collider, Nuclear Theory, FOS: Physical sciences, Small systems, Strangeness production, Strangeness, Lambda, Nuclear physics, Pion, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment, Size dependence
Abstract

Strange particle production in A+A interactions at 158 AGeV is studied by the CERN experiment NA49 as a function of system size and collision geometry. Yields of charged kaons, phi and Lambda are measured and compared to those of pions in central C+C, Si+Si and centrality-selected Pb+Pb reactions. An overall increase of relative strangeness production with the size of the system is observed which does not scale with the number of participants. Arguing that rescattering of secondaries plays a minor role in small systems the observed strangeness enhancement can be related to the space-time density of the primary nucleon-nucleon collisions., Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, Presented at Quark Matter 2002, Nantes, France

Published
2003

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

Author

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.

Subjects
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

3. Antideuteron and deuteron production in midcentral Pb+Pb collisions at 158A GeV

Author

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., Eckardt, V., Fodor, Z., Foka, P., Friese, V., Gazdzicki, M., Grebieszkow, K., Hohne, C., Kadija, K., Karev, A., Kolesnikov, V.I., Kowalski, M., Kresan, D., Laszlo, A., Lacey, R., van Leeuwen, M., Mackowiak-Pawlowska, 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., Puhlhofer, F., Renfordt, R., Roland, C., Roland, G., Rybczynski, M., Rybicki, A., Sandoval, A., Schmitz, N., Schuster, T., Seyboth, P., Sikler, F., Skrzypczak, E., Slodkowski, M., Stefanek, G., Stock, R., Strobele, 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
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, FOS: Physical sciences, NA49, CERN, SPS, production, PbPb, deuteron, 01 natural sciences, Deuterium, Yield (chemistry), 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Atomic physics, Multiplicity (chemistry), Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Scaling, NA49 experiment
Abstract

Production of deuterons and antideuterons was studied by the NA49 experiment in the 23.5% most central Pb+Pb collisions at the top SPS energy of $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$=17.3 GeV. Invariant yields for $\bar{d}$ and $d$ were measured as a function of centrality in the center-of-mass rapidity range $-1.2, Comment: 9 figures

Published
2012

4. $K^{\ast}(892)^0$ and $\bar{K}^{\ast}(892)^0$ production in central Pb+Pb, Si+Si, C+C and inelastic p+p collisions at 158$A$~GeV

Author

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., Eckardt, V., Fodor, Z., Foka, P., Friese, V., Gazdzicki, M., Grebieszkow, K., Hohne, C., Kadija, K., Karev, A., Kolesnikov, V.I., Kowalski, M., Kresan, D., Laszlo, A., Lacey, R., van Leeuwen, M., Mackowiak, M., Makariev, M., Malakhov, A.I., Mateev, M., Melkumov, G.L., Mitrovski, M., Mrowczynski, S., Nicolic, V., Palla, G., Panagiotou, A.D., Peryt, W., 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., Skrzypczak, E., Slodkowski, M., Stefanek, G., Stock, R., Strobele, 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
Nuclear Theory, FOS: Physical sciences, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Production of the $K^{\ast}(892)^0$ and $\bar{K}^{\ast}(892)^0$ resonances was studied via their $K^+ \pi^-$ and $K^- \pi^+$ decay modes in central Pb+Pb, Si+Si, C+C and inelastic p+p collisions at 158\agev ($\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 17.3 GeV) with the NA49 detector at the CERN SPS. Transverse momentum and rapidity distributions were measured and total yields were estimated. The yield of $K^{\ast}$ exceeds that of $\bar{K}^{\ast}$ by about a factor of two in nucleus-nucleus reactions. The total yield ratios $< K^{\ast} >/< K^+ >$ and $< \bar{K}^{\ast} >/< K^->$ are strongly suppressed in central Pb+Pb compared to p+p, C+C and Si+Si collisions in agreement with the expected attenuation of these short-lived resonance states in the hadronic phase of the expanding fireball. The UrQMD model, although incorporating such a scenario, does not provide a quantitative description of the experimental results. The statistical hadron gas model assuming the same freeze-out parameters for stable hadrons and resonances overestimates the $< K^{\ast} >/< K >$ ratios in central Pb+Pb collisions by about a factor of 2.5. Production of the $K^{\ast}(892)^0$ and $\bar{K}^{\ast}(892)^0$ resonances was studied via their $K^+ \pi^-$ and $K^- \pi^+$ decay modes in central Pb+Pb, Si+Si, C+C and inelastic p+p collisions at 158\agev ($\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 17.3 GeV) with the NA49 detector at the CERN SPS. Transverse momentum and rapidity distributions were measured and total yields were estimated. The yield of $K^{\ast}$ exceeds that of $\bar{K}^{\ast}$ by about a factor of two in nucleus-nucleus reactions. The total yield ratios $< K^{\ast} >/< K^+ >$ and $< \bar{K}^{\ast} >/< K^->$ are strongly suppressed in central Pb+Pb compared to p+p, C+C and Si+Si collisions in agreement with the expected attenuation of these short-lived resonance states in the hadronic phase of the expanding fireball. The UrQMD model, although incorporating such a scenario, does not provide a quantitative description of the experimental results. The statistical hadron gas model assuming the same freeze-out parameters for stable hadrons and resonances overestimates the $< K^{\ast} >/< K >$ ratios in central Pb+Pb collisions by about a factor of 2.5.

Published
2011

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

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

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., 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, 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., Yoo, I.K., and Zimanyi, J.

Subjects
Nuclear Theory, FOS: Physical sciences, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), 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. A rapid change of the energy dependence is observed around 30A GeV for the yields of pions and kaons as well as for the shape of the transverse mass spectra. 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 SPS energies., Comment: 12 pages, 8 figures

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2007
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11. Rapidity and energy dependence of the electric charge correlations in A+A collisions at the SPS energies

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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., and Zimanyi, J.

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

Results from electric charge correlations studied with the Balance Function method in A+A collisions from 20\emph{A} to 158\emph{A} GeV are presented in two different rapidity intervals: In the mid-rapidity region we observe a decrease of the width of the Balance Function 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 Balance Function expressed by the normalised width parameter \textit{W} increases with energy towards the highest SPS and RHIC energies. Finally we compare our experimental data points with predictions of several models. The hadronic string models UrQMD and HIJING do not reproduce the observed narrowing of the Balance Function. However, 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 Balance Function analysis to the time of hadronization., Comment: Submitted in Phys. Rev. C

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2007
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12. Energy, Rapidity and Transverse Momentum Dependence of Multiplicity Fluctuations in Heavy Ion Collisions at CERN SPS

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Lungwitz, Benjamin, 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., 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., and Zimanyi, J.

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

Multiplicity fluctuations in the forward hemisphere were studied for positively, negatively and all charged hadrons produced in central Pb+Pb collisions at 20A, 30A, 40A, 80A and 158A GeV. The multiplicity distributions and their scaled variances are presented as a function of collision energy, rapidity and transverse momentum. The distributions have a bell-like shape and the scaled variance changes monotonously with energy in the range from 0.8 to 1.2. No indication of the critical point is observed. The string-hadronic model UrQMD reproduces results on the scaled variance. The predictions of the hadron-resonance gas model obtained within the grand-canonical and canonical ensembles for the scaled variance disagree with the data., Comment: presented at Critical Point and Onset of Deconfinement, 4th International Workshop, July 9-13 2007, GSI Darmstadt, Germany, updated version including referee comments

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2007
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13. High p_T Spectra of Identified Particles Produced in Pb+Pb Collisions at 158A GeV Beam Energy

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Schuster, T., Laszlo, Andras, 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., 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., 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., Yoo, I.K., and Zimanyi, J.

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Range (particle radiation), Particle physics, Meson, Hadron, Nuclear Theory, FOS: Physical sciences, Modification factor, Spectral line, Baryon, Nuclear physics, Transverse momentum, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment, Beam energy
Abstract

Results of the NA49 collaboration on the production of hadrons with large transverse momentum in Pb+Pb collisions at 158A GeV beam energy are presented. A range up to p_T = 4 GeV/c is covered. The nuclear modification factor R_CP is extracted for pions, kaons and protons, and the baryon to meson ratios p/pi+, pbar/pi- and Lambda/K^0_s are studied. All results are compared to other measurements at SPS and RHIC and to theoretical calculations., Submitted to J. Phys. G (Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Strangeness in Quark Matter, Los Angeles, USA, March 26-31, 2006). 5 pages, 3 figures

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2006

14. Rapidity Dependence of Bose-Einstein Correlations at SPS energies

Author

Kniege, S., Alt, C., Anticic, T., Baatar, B., Barna, D., Bartke, J., Betev, L., Bialkowska, H., Blume, C., Boimska, B., Botje, M., Bracinik, J., Bramm, R., Bunčić, 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., Gaździcki, M., Genchev, V., Georgopoulos, G., Gładysz, E., Grebieszkow, K., Hegyi, S., Höhne, C., Kadija, K., Karev, A., Kliemant, M., Kolesnikov, V.I., Kornas, E., Korus, R., Kowalski, M., Kraus, I., Kreps, M., Laszlo, A., 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., Strabel, C., 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., and Zimányi, J.

Subjects
Physics, Range (particle radiation), Large Hadron Collider, FOS: Physical sciences, Bose–Einstein correlations, Nuclear physics, Particle, Rapidity, Center of mass, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment, Beam energy, NA49 experiment, Nuclear Physics
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This article is devoted to results on pion-pion -Bose-Einstein correlations in central Pb+Pb collisions measured by the NA49 experiment at the CERN SPS. Rapidity as well as transverse momentum dependences of the correlation lengths will be shown for collisions at 20A, 30A, 40A, 80A, and 158A GeV beam energy. Only a weak energy dependence of the radii is observed at SPS energies. The kt-dependence of the correlation lengths as well as the single particle mt-spectra will be compared to model calculations. The rapidity dependence is analysed in a range of 2.5 units of rapidity starting at the center of mass rapidity at each beam energy. The correlation lengths measured in the longitudinally comoving system show only a weak dependence on rapidity., 7 pages, 4 figures, contribution to the Workshop on Particle Correlations and Femtoscopy, Kromeriz, August 15-17, 2005

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2006

15. High p_T Spectra of Identified Particles Produced in Pb+Pb Collisions at 158GeV/nucleon Beam Energy

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., Laszlo, A., 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., Strabel, C., 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
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Nuclear Theory, FOS: Physical sciences, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment, Nuclear Physics
Abstract

Transverse momentum spectra of pi^{+/-}, p, pbar, K^{+/-}, K^0_s and Lambda at midrapidity were measured at high p_T in Pb+Pb collisions at 158GeV/nucleon beam energy by the NA49 experiment. Particle yield ratios (p/pi, K/pi and Lambda/K^0_s) show an enhancement of the baryon/meson ratio for p_T>2GeV/c. The nuclear modification factor R_{CP} is extracted and compared to RHIC measurements and pQCD calculations., Quark Matter 2005 parallel section proceedings

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2005
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16. Indications for the onset of deconfinement in nucleus nucleus collisions

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Flierl, D., Alt, C., Anticic, T., Baatar, B., Barna, D., Bartke, J., Betev, L., Białkowska, H., Billmeier, A., Blume, C., Boimska, B., Botje, M., Bracinik, J., Bramm, R., Brun, R., Buncic, P., Cerny, V., Christakoglou, P., Chvala, O., Cramer, J G., Csató, P., Darmenov, N., Dimitrov, A., Dinkelaker, P., Eckardt, V., Fodor, Z., Foka, P., Freund, P., Friese, V., Gál, J., Gazdzicki, M., Georgopoulos, G., Gładysz, E., Grebieszkow, K., Hegyi, S., Höhne, C., Kadija, K., Karev, A., Kliemant, M., Kniege, S., Kolesnikov, V I., Kollegger, T., Kornas, E., Korus, R., Kowalski, M., Kraus, I., Kreps, M., van Leeuwen, M., Lévai, P., Litov, L., Lungwitz, B., Makariev, M., Malakhov, A.I., Markert, C., Mateev, M., Mayes, B.W., Melkumov, G.L., Meurer, C., Mischke, A., Mitrovski, M., Molnár, J., Mrówczynski, S., Pálla, G., Panagiotou, A.D., Panayotov, D., Petridis, A., Pikna, M., Pinsky, L., Pühlhofer, F., Reid, J.G., Renfordt, R., Richard, A., Roland, C., Roland, G., Rybczynski, M., Rybicki, A., Sandoval, A., Sann, H., Schmitz, N., Seyboth, P., Siklér, F., Sitar, B., Skrzypczak, E., Stefanek, G., Stock, R., Ströbele, H., Susa, T., Szentpétery, I., Sziklai, J., Trainor, T.A., Trubnikov, V., Varga, D., Vassiliou, M., Veres, G.I., Vesztergombi, G., Vranic, D., Wetzler, A., Włodarczyk, Z., Yoo, I.K., Zaranek, J., and Zimanyi, J.

Subjects
Physics, Range (particle radiation), Large Hadron Collider, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Hadron, Nuclear Theory, FOS: Physical sciences, Nuclear matter, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Deconfinement, Nuclear physics, medicine.anatomical_structure, Pion, 0103 physical sciences, medicine, Transverse mass, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Nucleus, Nuclear Physics
Abstract

The hadronic final state of central Pb+Pb collisions at 20, 30, 40, 80, and 158 AGeV has been measured by the CERN NA49 collaboration. The mean transverse mass of pions and kaons at midrapidity stays nearly constant in this energy range, whereas at lower energies, at the AGS, a steep increase with beam energy was measured. Compared to p+p collisions as well as to model calculations, anomalies in the energy dependence of pion and kaon production at lower SPS energies are observed. These findings can be explained, assuming that the energy density reached in central A+A collisions at lower SPS energies is sufficient to transform the hot and dense nuclear matter into a deconfined phase., 6 pages, 8 Figures, proceedings of the ICHEP2004 conference

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2004

17. Rapidity and transverse momentum dependence of pion-pion Bose-Einstein correlations measured at 20, 30, 40, 80, and 158 AGeV beam energy

Author

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

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Nuclear Theory, FOS: Physical sciences, Bose–Einstein correlations, Radius, Nuclear physics, Pion, Transverse momentum, Rapidity, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment, Beam energy, NA49 experiment, Energy (signal processing), Nuclear Physics
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Preliminary results on pion-pion Bose-Einstein correlations in central Pb+Pb collisions measured by the NA49 experiment are presented. Rapidity as well as transverse momentum dependence of the HBT-radii are shown for collisions at 20, 30, 40, 80, and 158 AGeV beam energy. Including results from AGS and RHIC experiments only a weak energy dependence of the radii is observed. Based on hydrodynamical models parameters like lifetime and geometrical radius of the source are derived from the dependence of the radii on transverse momentum., 5 pages, 4 figures, contribution to the Quark Matter conference, Oakland, USA, Jan 11-17, 2004

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2004

18. Energy dependence of pion and kaon production in central Pb+Pb collisions

Author

Afanasiev, S.V., Anticic, T., Barna, D., Bartke, J., Barton, R.A., Behler, M., Betev, L., Bialkowska, H., Billmeier, A., Blume, C., Blyth, C.O., Boimska, B., Botje, M., Bracinik, J., Bramm, R., Brun, R., Buncic, P., Cerny, V., Cramer, J.G., Csato, P., Dinkelaker, P., Eckardt, V., Filip, P., Fischer, H.G., Fodor, Z., Foka, P., Freund, P., Friese, V., Gal, J., Gazdzicki, M., Georgopoulos, G., Gladysz, E., Hegyi, S., Hohne, C., Igo, G., 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., Margetis, S., Markert, C., Mayes, B.W., Melkumov, G.L., Mischke, A., Molnar, J., Nelson, John M., Palla, G., Panagiotou, A.D., Perl, K., Petridis, A., Pikna, M., Pinsky, Lawrence S., Puhlhofer, F., Reid, J.G., Renfordt, R., Retyk, W., Roland, C., Roland, G., Rybicki, A., Sammer, T., Sandoval, A., Sann, H., Schmitz, N., Seyboth, P., 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., Whitten, C., Yoo, I.K., Zaranek, J., and Zimanyi, J.

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear reaction, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Meson, Nuclear Theory, Hadron, FOS: Physical sciences, Strangeness, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Baryon, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Strange matter, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), Pion, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment, Nucleon
Abstract

Measurements of charged pion and kaon production in central Pb+Pb collisions at 40, 80 and 158 AGeV are presented. These are compared with data at lower and higher energies as well as with results from p+p interactions. The mean pion multiplicity per wounded nucleon increases approximately linearly with s_NN^1/4 with a change of slope starting in the region 15-40 AGeV. The change from pion suppression with respect to p+p interactions, as observed at low collision energies, to pion enhancement at high energies occurs at about 40 AGeV. A non-monotonic energy dependence of the ratio of K^+ to pi^+ yields is observed, with a maximum close to 40 AGeV and an indication of a nearly constant value at higher energies.The measured dependences may be related to an increase of the entropy production and a decrease of the strangeness to entropy ratio in central Pb+Pb collisions in the low SPS energy range, which is consistent with the hypothesis that a transient state of deconfined matter is created above these energies. Other interpretations of the data are also discussed., revised version to appear in Phys. Rev. C, 33 pages including 11 figures

Published
2002

19. Search for Deconfinement in NA49 at the CERN SPS

Author

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., Buncic, 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., Gazdzicki, 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., Mayes, B.W., Melkumov, G.L., Mischke, A., Molnar, J., Nelson, John M., Palla, G., Panagiotou, A.D., Perl, K., Petridis, A., Pikna, M., Pinsky, Lawrence S., Puhlhofer, F., Reid, J.G., Renfordt, R., Retyk, W., Roland, C., Roland, G., Rybicki, A., Sandoval, A., Sann, H., Schmitz, N., Seyboth, P., 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., Yoo, I.K., Zaranek, J., and Zimanyi, J.

Subjects
Physics, Particle physics, Large Hadron Collider, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Detector, Nuclear Theory, FOS: Physical sciences, General Physics and Astronomy, Deconfinement, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Particle, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment, Beam energy, Particle Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Physics
Abstract

Experiment NA49 at the Cern SPS uses a large acceptance detector for a systematic study of particle yields and correlations in nucleus-nucleus, nucleon-nucleus and nucleon-nucleon collisions. Preliminary results for Pb+Pb collisions at 40, 80 and 158 A*GeV beam energy are shown and compared to measurements at lower and higher energies., contribution to ICPAQGP2001, Jaipur, India

Published
2002

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