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1. Measurement of event-by-event transverse momentum and multiplicity fluctuations using strongly intensive measures Δ[PT,N] and Σ[PT,N] in nucleus-nucleus collisions at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron

Author

Antičić, Tome, Baatar, B., Bartke, J., Beck, H., Betev, L., Białkowska, H., Blume, C., Boimska, B., Book, J., Botje, M., Bunčić, P., Christakoglou, P., Chung, P., Chvala, O., Cramer, J., Eckardt, V., Fodor, Z., Foka, P., Friese, V., Gaździcki, M., Grebieszkow, K., Höhne, C., Kadija, Krešo, Karev, A., Kolesnikov, V., Kowalski, M., Kresan, D., Laszlo, A., Lacey, R., van Leeuwen, M., Maćkowiak-Pawłowska, M., Makariev, M., Malakhov, A., Melkumov, G., Mitrovski, M., Mrówczyński, S., Pálla, G., Panagiotou, A., Pluta, J., Prindle, D., Pühlhofer, F., Renfordt, R., Roland, C., Roland, G., Rybczyński, M., Rybicki, A., Sandoval, A., Rustamov, A., Schmitz, N., Schuster, T., Seyboth, P., Siklér, F., Skrzypczak, E., Słodkowski, M., Stefanek, G., Stock, R., Ströbele, H., Šuša, Tatjana, Szuba, M., Varga, D., Vassiliou, M., Veres, G., Vesztergombi, G., Vranić, D., Włodarczyk, Z., and Wojtaszek-Szwarc, A.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment, heavy-ion collisions, critical qcd, energy, model, na49
Abstract

Results from the NA49 experiment at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) are presented on event-by-event transverse momentum and multiplicity fluctuations of charged particles, produced at forward rapidities in central Pb + Pb interactions at beam momenta 20A, 30A, 40A, 80A, and 158A GeV/c, as well as in systems of different sizes (p + p, C + C, Si + Si, and Pb Pb) at 158A GeV/c. This publication extends the previous NA49 measurements of the strongly intensive measure Phi(PT) by a study of the recently proposed strongly intensive measures of fluctuations Delta [P-T, N] and Sigma[P-T, N]. In the explored kinematic region transverse momentum and multiplicity fluctuations show no significant energy dependence in the SPS energy range. However, a remarkable system size dependence is observed for both Delta[P-T, N] and Sigma[P-T, N], with the largest values measured in peripheral Pb + Pb interactions. The results are compared with NA61/SHINE (SPS Heavy Ion and Neutrino Experiment) measurements in p + p collisions, as well as with predictions of The Ultrarelativistic Quantum Molecular Dynamics and EPOS models.

Published
2015

2. 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

3. Proton-Lambda correlations in central Pb+Pb collisions at √sNN = 17.3 GeV

Author

Antičić, Tome, 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, Krešo, 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, St., Nikolić, Vedran, 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., Šuša, Tatjana, Szuba, M., Utvic, M., Varga, D., Vassiliou, M., Veres, G. I., Vesztergombi, G., Vranić, Danilo, Wlodarczyk, Z., and Wojtaszek-Szwarc, A. (NA49 Collaboration)

Subjects
Physics, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment, NA49, CERN, SPS, Pb+Pb, Lambda, Proton, Correlation
Abstract

The momentum correlation between protons and Lambda particles emitted from central Pb+Pb collisions at √sNN = 17.3 GeV was studied by the NA49 experiment at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron. A clear enhancement is observed for small relative momenta (qinv < 0.2 GeV). By fitting a theoretical model, which uses the strong interaction between the proton and the Lambda in a given pair, to the measured data, a value for the effective source size is deduced. Assuming a static Gaussian source distribution, we derive an effective radius parameter of RG = 3.02 ± 0.20(stat.)+0.44 −0.16(syst.) fm.

Published
2011

4. Centrality dependence of proton and antiproton spectra in Pb+Pb collisions at 40A GeV 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., Bogusz, M., Boimska, B., Book, J. Botje, Bunčić, Predrag, 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, Krešo, 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, St., Nikolić, Vedran, 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., Šuša, Tatjana, Szuba, M., Utvic, M., Varga, D., Vassiliou, M., Veres, G. I., Vesztergombi, G., Vranić, Danilo, Wlodarczyk, Z., and Wojtaszek-Szwarc, A.

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear Theory, CERN, SPS, NA49, Pb+Pb, centrality dependence, pProton, antiproton, spectra, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The yields of (anti)protons were measured by the NA49 Collaboration in centrality-selected Pb+Pb collisions at 40Aand 158A GeV. Particle identification was obtained in the laboratory momentum range from 5 to 63 GeV/c by measuring the energy loss dE/dx in the time projection chamber detector gas. The corresponding rapidity coverage extends 1.6 units from midrapidity into the forward hemisphere. Transverse-mass spectra, the rapidity dependences of the average transverse mass, and rapidity density distributions were studied as a function of collision centrality. The values of the average transverse mass as well as the midrapidity yields of protons normalized to the number of wounded nucleons show only modest centrality dependences. In contrast, the shape of the rapidity distribution changes significantly with collision centrality, especially at 40AGeV. The experimental results are compared to calculations of the hadron-string dynamics and the ultrarelativistic quantum-moleculardynamics transport models.

Published
2011

5. Energy dependence of kaon-to-proton ratio fluctuations in central Pb + Pb collisions from √sNN = 6.3 to 17.3 GeV

Author

Antičić, Tome, Baatar, B., Barna, D., Bartke, J., Beck, H., Betev, L., Bialkowska, H., Blume, C., Bogusz, M., Boimska, B., Book, J. Botje, Bunčić, Predrag, 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, Krešo, Karev, A, Kolesnikov, V.I., Kollegger, T., 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, St., Nikolić, Vedran, 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., Šuša, Tatjana, Szuba, M., Utvić, M., Varga, D., Vassiliou, M., Veres, G.I., Vesztergombi, G., Vranić, Danilo, Wlodarczyk, Z., and Wojtaszek-Szwarc, A.

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear Theory, CERN, SPS, NA49, Pb+Pb, Kaon-to-Proton Ratio, Fluctuation, Energy dependence, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Kaons and protons carry large parts of two conserved quantities: strangeness and baryon number. It is argued that their correlation and thus also fluctuations are sensitive to conditions prevailing at the anticipated parton-hadron phase boundary. Fluctuations of the (K++ K−)/(p + ¯p) and K+/p ratios have been measured for the first time by NA49 in central Pb + Pb collisions at five CERN Super Proton Synchrotron energies between √sNN = 6.3 and √sNN = 17.3 GeV. Both ratios exhibit a change of sign in σdyn, a measure of nonstatistical fluctuations, around √sNN = 8 GeV. Below this energy, σdyn is positive, indicating higher fluctuation compared to a mixed event background sample, while for higher energies, σdyn is negative, indicating correlated emission of kaons and protons. The results are compared to hadronic transport model calculations which fail to reproduce the energy dependence.

Published
2011

6. Three-dimensional two-pion source image from Pb +Pb collisions at √sNN = 17.3 GeV : New constraints for source breakup dynamics

Author

Alt, C., 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., 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., Kniege, S., Kolesnikov, V. I., 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., Mitrovski, M., Molnar, J., Mrowczynski, St., 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., Varga, D., Vassiliou, M., Veres, G. I., Vesztergombi, G., Vranić, Danilo, Wlodarczyk, Z., Wojtaszek, A., Yoo, I. K., Alexanders, J. M., Danielewicz, P., Kisiel, A., and Pratt, S.

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear Theory, Physics::Accelerator Physics, CERN, SPS, NA49, source imaging, pions, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Source imaging methodology is used to provide a three-dimensional two-pion source function for midrapidity pion pairs with pT < 70 MeV/c in central (0–7%) Pb + Pb collisions at √sNN = 17.3 GeV. Prominent non-Gaussian tails are observed in the pion pair transverse momentum (outward) and in the beam (longitudinal) directions. Model calculations reproduce them with the assumption of Bjorken longitudinal boost invariance and transverse flow blast-wave dynamics ; they also yield a proper time for breakup and emission duration for the pion source.

Published
2010

7. Energy dependence of particle ratio fluctuations in central Pb+Pb collisions from sqrt(sNN)=6.3 to 17.3 GeV

Author

Alt, C., Antičić, Tome, Baatar, B., Barna, D., Bartke, J., Betev, L., Bialkowska, H., Blume, C., Boimska, B., Botje, M., Bracinik, J., Bramm, R., Bunčić, Predrag, 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, Krešo, 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, S., Nikolić, Vedran, 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., Šuša, Tatjana, Szentpetery, I., Sziklai, J., Szymanski, P., Trubnikov, V., Varga, D., Vassiliou, M., Veres, G. I., Vesztergombi, G., Vranić, Danilo, Wetzler, A., Wlodarczyk, Z., and Yoo, I. K.

Subjects
NA49, SPS, fluctuation, particle ratio, energy dependence, Physics, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

We present measurements of the energy dependence of event-by-event fluctuations in the K/pi and (p+ anti-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(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/pi ratio, larger fluctuations than expected for independent particle production are found at all collision energies. The fluctuations in the (p+anti-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 toward lower collision energies. The results are compared to transport model calculations, which fail to describe the energy dependence of the K/pi ratio fluctuations.

Published
2009

8. Inclusive production of protons, anti-protons and neutrons in p+p collisions at 158 GeV/c beam momentum

Author

NA49 Collaboration, Anticic, T., Baatar, B., Bartke, J., Betev, L., Białkowska, H., Blume, C., Boimska, B., Bracinik, J., Cerny, V., Chvala, O., Dolejsi, J., Eckardt, V., Fischer, H. G., Fodor, Z., Foka, P., Friese, V., Gaździcki, M., Höhne, C., Kadija, K., Karev, A., Kolesnikov, V., Kowalski, M., Kreps, M., Makariev, M., Malakhov, A., Mateev, M., Melkumov, G., Mitrovski, M., Mrówczyński, S., Renfordt, R., Rybczyński, M., Rybicki, A., Sandoval, A., Schmitz, N., Seyboth, P., Stefanek, G., Stock, R., Ströbele, H., Susa, T., Szymanski, P., Trubnikov, V., Varga, D., Vesztergombi, G., Vranić, D., Wenig, S., Włodarczyk, Z., and Wojtaszek, A.

Subjects
Particle physics, Proton, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), CERN, SPS, NA49, p+p, proton, neutron, anti-proton, Hadron, Nuclear Theory, FOS: Physical sciences, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, High Energy Physics - Experiment, symbols.namesake, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), 0103 physical sciences, Feynman diagram, Neutron, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Engineering (miscellaneous), Physics, Large Hadron Collider, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, HERA, Baryon, Antiproton, symbols, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Particle Physics - Experiment
Abstract

New data on the production of protons, anti-protons and neutrons in p+p interactions are presented. The data come from a sample of 4.8 million inelastic events obtained with the NA49 detector at the CERN SPS at 158 GeV/c beam momentum. The charged baryons are identified by energy loss measurement in a large TPC tracking system. Neutrons are detected in a forward hadronic calorimeter. Inclusive invariant cross sections are obtained in intervals from 0 to 1.9 GeV/c (0 to 1.5 GeV/c) in transverse momentum and from -0.05 to 0.95 (-0.05 to 0.4) in Feynman x for protons (anti-protons), respectively. pT integrated neutron cross sections are given in the interval from 0.1 to 0.9 in Feynman x. The data are compared to a wide sample of existing results in the SPS and ISR energy ranges as well as to proton and neutron measurements from HERA and RHIC., 69 pages, 72 figures

Published
2009

9. 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

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

Author

Alt, C., Antičić, Tome, Baatar, B., Barna, D., Bartke, J., Betev, L., Bialkowska, H., Blume, C., Boimska, B., Botje, M., Bracinik, J., Bramm, R., Bunčić, Predrag, 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, Krešo, 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., 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, Wetzler, A., Wlodarczyk, Z., Wojtaszek, A., Yoo, I. K., and Zimanyi, J.

Subjects
Physics, NA49, CERN, SPS, QGP, fluctuations, multiplicity, energy dependence, 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 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

11. High transverse momentum hadron spectra at sqrt(sNN)=17.3 GeV in Pb+Pb and p+p collisions

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 Experiment, NA49, SPS, Pb+Pb, p+p, high transverse momentum, hadron
Abstract

Transverse momentum spectra up to 4.5 GeV/c around midrapidity of pi+-, p, anti-p, and K+- in Pb+Pb reactions were measured at sqrt(sNN)=17.3 GeV by the CERN-NA49 experiment. The nuclear modification factors RAA for pi+- and RCP for pi+-, p, anti-p, K+- were extracted and compared with results obtained at the BNL Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at sqrt(sNN)=200 GeV. The modification factor RAA 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 RCP, in which the contribution of the Cronin effect is reduced, shows a saturation well below unity in the pi+- channel. The extracted RCP 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

12. 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

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

Author

Alt, C., Anticic, T., Baatar, B., Barna, D., Bartke, J., Betev, L., Biakowska, H., Blume, C., Boimska, B., Botje, M., Bracinik, J., Buncic, P., Cerny, V., Christakoglou, P., Chvala, O., Dinkelaker, P., Dolejsi, J., Eckardt, V., Fischer, H.G., Flierl, D., Fodor, Z., Foka, P., Friese, V., Gazdzicki, M., Grebieszkow, K., Hohne, C., Kadija, K., Karev, A., Kliemant, M., Kniege, S., Kolesnikov, V.I., Kornas, E., Korus, R., Kowalski, M., Kraus, I., Kreps, M., van Leeuwen, M., Lungwitz, B., Makariev, M., Malakhov, A.I., Mateev, M., Melkumov, G.L., Mitrovski, M., Mrowczynski, S., Palla, G., Panayotov, D., Petridis, A., Renfordt, R., Rybczynski, M., Rybicki, A., Sandoval, A., Schmitz, N., Schuster, T., Seyboth, P., Sikler, F., Skrzypczak, E., Stefanek, G., Stock, R., Strobele, H., Susa, T., Sziklai, J., Szymanski, P., Trubnikov, V., Varga, D., Vassiliou, M., Veres, G.I., Vesztergombi, G., Vranic, D., Wenig, S., Wetzler, A., Wlodarczyk, Z., and Yoo, I.K.

Subjects
Physics, Energy loss, Particle physics, Large Hadron Collider, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), CERN, NA49, charged pions, p+p, inclusive, Detector, FOS: Physical sciences, Invariant (physics), High Energy Physics - Experiment, symbols.namesake, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Pion, Phase space, Transverse momentum, symbols, Feynman diagram, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment, Engineering (miscellaneous), Particle Physics - Experiment
Abstract

New results on the production of charged pions in p+p interactions are presented. The data come from a sample of 4.8 million inelastic events obtained with the NA49 detector at the CERN SPS at 158 GeV/c beam momentum. Pions are identified by energy loss measurement in a large TPC tracking system which covers a major fraction of the production phase space. Inclusive invariant cross sections are given on a grid of nearly 300 bins per charge over intervals from 0 to 2 GeV/c in transverse momentum and from 0 to 0.85 in Feynman x. The results are compared to existing data in overlapping energy ranges., Comment: 54 pages, 54 figures, accepted for publication in EPJC

Published
2006

14. Results from NA49

Author

Alt, C., Antičić, Tome, 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., 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., Höhne, C., Kadija, Krešo, 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, S., Nikolić, Vedran, Palla, G., Panagiotou, A. D., Panayotov, D., Petridis, A., Pikna, M., Prindle, D., Pühlhofer, 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., Ströbele, H., Šuša, Tatjana, Szentpetery, I., Sziklai, J., Szymanski, P., Trubnikov, V., Varga, D., Vassiliou, M., Veres, G.I., Vesztergombi, G., Vranić, D., Wetzler, A., Wlodarczyk, Z., Yoo, I.K., and Zimanyi, J.

Subjects
Nuclear Theory, hadron production, energy, system size, SPS, NA49, CERN, elliptic flow, deconfinement, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

An overview of results from the CERN experiment NA49 is presented with emphasis on most recent measurements. NA49 has systematically studied the dependence of hadron production on energy and system size or centrality. At top-SPS energy the detailed investigation of hadron production, now also extending to elliptic flow of Lambda-baryons and to identified particle yields at high p_t, shows that the created matter behaves in a similar manner as at RHIC energies. In the lower SPS energy range a distinct structure is observed in the energy dependence of the rate of strangeness production and in the slopes of p_t-spectra suggesting the onset of the creation of a deconfined phase of matter.

Published
2006

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

Author

Alt, C., Antičić, Tome, 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., 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., Höhne, C., Kadija, Krešo, 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, S., Nikolić, Vedran, Palla, G., Panagiotou, A. D., Panayotov, D., Petridis, A., Pikna, M., Prindle, D., Pühlhofer, 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., Ströbele, H., Šuša, Tatjana, Szentpetery, I., Sziklai, J., Szymanski, P., Trubnikov, V., Varga, D., Vassiliou, M., Veres, G.I., Vesztergombi, G., Vranić, D., Wetzler, A., Wlodarczyk, Z., Yoo, I.K., and Zimanyi, J.

Subjects
transverse momentum, spectra, NA49, SPS, CERN, high pT, Nuclear Theory, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Transverse momentum spectra of pi+, pi-, p, anti-p, K+, K-, K0s and Lambda at midrapidity were measured at high pT in Pb+Pb collisions at 158 GeV/nucleon beam energy by the NA49 experiment. Particle yield ratios (p/pi, K/pi and Lambda/K0s) show an enhancement of the baryon/meson ratio for pT > 2 GeV/c. The nuclear modification factor R_CP is extracted and compared to RHIC measurement and pQCD clculations.

Published
2006

16. Elliptic flow of Lambda hyperons in Pb+Pb collisions at 158 AGeV

Author

Alt, C., Antičić, Tome, Baatar, B., Barna, D., Bartke, J., Betev, L., Bialkowska, H., Blume, C., Boimska, B., Botje, M., Bracinik, J., Bramm, R., Bunčić, Predrag, 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., Höhne, C., Kadija, Krešo, Karev, A., Kliemant, M., Kniege, S., Kolesnikov, V. I., Kornas, E., Korus, R., Kowalski, M., Kraus, Ivica, 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, S., Nikolić, Vedran, Palla, G., Panagiotou, A. D., Panayotov, D., Petridis, A., Pikna, M., Prindle, D., Pühlhofer, 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., Ströbele, H., Šuša, Tatjana, Szentpetery, I., Sziklai, J., Szymanski, P., Trubnikov, V., Varga, Dražen, Vassiliou, M., Veres, G.I., Vesztergombi, G., Vranić, Danilo, Wetzler, A., Wlodarczyk, Z., Yoo, I.K., and Zimanyi, J.

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Elliptic flow, Nuclear Theory, Hyperon, Lambda, Nuclear physics, Pion, Rapidity, Impact parameter, Nuclear Experiment, Event (particle physics), CERN, NA49, elliptic flow, mid-rapidity, lambda, NA49 experiment, Nuclear Physics
Abstract

The elliptic flow of $\Lambda$ hyperons has been measured by the NA49 experiment in semi-central Pb+Pb collisions at 158A GeV. The standard method of correlating particles with an event plane has been used. Measurements of $v_2$ near mid-rapidity 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 models predictions. The elliptic flow of Λ hyperons has been measured by the NA49 experiment in semi-central Pb+Pb collisions at 158 A GeV. The standard method of correlating particles with an event plane has been used. Measurements of v 2 near mid-rapidity 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 models predictions.

Published
2006

17. Omega- and anti-Omega+ production in central Pb+Pb collisions at 40 and 158 A GeV

Author

Antičić, Tome, Alt, C., Baatar, B., Barna, D., Bartke, J., Betev, L., Bialkowska, H., Billimeier, 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., 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, Krešo, Karev, A., Kliemant, M., Kniege, S., Kolesnikov, V.I., Kollegger, T., Kornas, E., Korus, R., Kowalski, M., Kraus, I., Kreps, 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., Palla, G., Panagiotou, A.D., Panayotov, D., Petridis, A., Pikna, M., Pinsky, L., 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., Šuša, Tatjana, Szentpetery, I., Sziklai, J., Trainor, T.A., Varga, D., Vassiliou, M., Veres, G.I., Vesztergombi, G., Vranić, Danilo, Wetzler, A., Wlodarczyk, Z., Yoo, I.K., Zaranek, J., and Zimanyi, J.

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear Theory, omega, antiomega, production, Pb+Pb collision, NA49, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Results are presented on Omega production in central Pb+Pb collisions at 40 and 158 AGeV beam energy. For the first time in heavy ion reactions, rapidity distributions and total yields were measured for the sum Omega- + anti-Omega+ at 40 AGeV and for Omega- and anti-Omega+ separately at 158 AGeV. The yields are strongly underpredicted by the string-hadronic URQMD model but agree better with predictions from hadron gas model.

Published
2005

18. Multiplicity fluctuations in nuclear collisions at 158A GeV

Author

Rybczynski, M., Alt, C., Antičić, Tome, 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., 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, Krešo, Karev, A., Kliemant, M., Kniege, S., 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, L., Puhlhofer, F., Reid, J. G., Renfordt, R., Richard, A., Roland, C., Roland, G., Rybicki, A., Sandoval, A., Sann, H., Schmitz, N., Seyboth, P., Sikler, F., Sitar, B., Skrzypczak, E., Stefanek, G., Stock, R., Strobele, H., Šuša, Tatjana, Szentpetery, I., Sziklai, J., Trainor, T.A., Trubnikov, V., Varga, D., Vassiliou, M., Veres, G.I., Vesztergombi, G., Vranic, D., Wetzler, A., Wlodarczyk, Z., Yoo, I.K., Zaranek, J., and Zimanyi, J.

Subjects
Nuclear Theory, NA49, multiplicity fluctuation, QGP, CERN, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The system size dependence of multiplicity fluctuations of charged particles produced in nuclear collisions at 158 A GeV was studied in the NA49 CERN experiment. The results indicate a non-monotonic dependence of the scaled variance of the multiplicity distribution with a maximum for semi-peripheral Pb+Pb interactions with number of projectile participants of about 35. This effect is not observed in a string-hadronic model of nuclear collision HIJING.

Published
2005

19. System Size and Centrality Dependence of the Balance Function in A + A Collisions at sqrt(sNN) = 17.2 GeV

Author

Alt, C., Antičić, Tome, Baatar, B., Barna, D., Bartke, J., Behler, M., 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., 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, Krešo, Karev, A., Kliemant, M., Kniege, S., 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, S., Palla, G., Panagiotou, A. D., Panayotov, D., Petridis, A., Pikna, M., Pinsky, L., 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., Šuša, Tatjana, Szentpetery, I., Sziklai, J., Trainor, T. A., Varga, D., Vassiliou, M., Veres, G.I., Vesztergombi, G., Vranić, D., Wetzler, A., Wlodarczyk, Z., Yoo, I.K., Zaranek, J., and Zimanyi, J.

Subjects
High Energy Physics::Lattice, Physics, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Nuclear Theory, system size, centrality dependence, balance function, NA49, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Results are presented on event-by-event electric charge fluctuations in central Pb+Pb collisions at 20A, 30A, 40A, 80A, and 158A GeV. The observed fluctuations are close to those expected for a gas of pions correlated by global charge conservation only. These fluctuations are considerably larger than those calculated for an ideal gas of deconfined quarks and gluons. The present measurements do not necessarily exclude reduced fluctuations from a quark-gluon plasma because these might be masked by contributions from resonance decays.

Published
2005

20. Indications for the Onset of Deconfinement in Pb + Pb Collisions at the CERN SPS from NA49

Author

Alt, C., Antičić, Tome, Baatar, B., Barna, D., Bartke, J., Betev, L., Bialkowska, H., 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., 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, Krešo, Karev, A., Kliemant, M., Kniege, S., 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, L., Puhlhofer, F., Renfordt, R., Richard, A., Roland, C., Roland, G., Rybczynski, M., Rybicki, A., Sandoval, A., Sann, H., Schmitz, N., Sikler, F., Sitar, B., Skrzypczak, E., Stefanek, G., Stock, R., Strobele, H., Šuša, Tatjana, 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
Nuclear Theory, High Energy Physics::Experiment, particle production, energy scan, NA49, CERN, deconfinement, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Particle production in central Pb+Pb collisions was studied with the NA49 large acceptance spectrometer at the CERN SPS at the beam energies 20, 30, 40, 80 and 158 GeV per nucleon. A change of the energy dependence is observed around 30A GeV for the yields of pions and strange particles as well as for the shapes of the transverse mass spectra. At present only a reaction scenario with onset of deconfinement is able to reproduce the measurements.

Published
2005

21. Lambda and Antiambda production in central Pb-Pb collisions at 40, 80, and 158A GeV

Author

Antičić, Tome, Baatar, B., Barna, D., Bartke, J., Behler, M., Betev, L., Bialkowska, H., Billimeier, 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., Filip, P., Flierl, D., Fodor, Z., Foka, P., Freund, P., Friese, V., Gal, J., Gazdzicki, M., Georgopoulos, G., Gladysz, E., Hegyi, S., Hohne, C., Kadija, Krešo, Karev, A., Kolesnikov, V.I., Kollegger, T., Kornas, E., Korus, R., Kowalski, M., Kraus, I., Kreps, M., Levai, P., Litov, L., Makariev, M., Malakhov, A.I., Markert, C., Mateev, M., Mayes, B.W., Melkumov, G.L., Meurer, C., Mischke, A., Mitrovski, M., Molnar, J., Palla, G., Panagiotou, A.D., Panayotov, D., Perl, K., Petridis, A., Pikna, M., Pinsky, L., Puhlhofer, F., Reid, J.G., Renfordt, R., Retyk, W., 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., Šuša, Tatjana, Szentpetery, I., Sziklai, J., Trainor, T.A., Varga, D., Vassiliou, M., Veres, G.I., Vesztergombi, G., Vranić, Danilo, Wetzler, A., Wlodarczyk, Z., Yoo, I.K., Zaranek, J., and Zimanyi, J.

Subjects
Physics, lambda, antilambda, strange particle, production, Pb+Pb collsions, NA49, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Production of Lambda and Antilambda hyperons was measured in central Pb-Pb collisions at 40, 80, and 158 A GeV beam energy on a fixed target. Transverse mass spectra and rapidity distributions are given for all three energies. The Lambda/pi ratio at mid-rapidity and in full phase space shows a pronounced maximum between the highest AGS and 40 A GeV SPS energies, whereas the Antilambda/pi ratio exhibits a monotonic increase.

Published
2004

22. Evidence for an Exotic S = -2, Q = -2 Baryon Resonance in Proton-Proton Collisions at the CERN SPS

Author

Alt, C., Antičić, Tome, Baatar, B., Barna, D., Bartke, J., Betev, L., Biakowska, H., Billimeier, 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., Hegyi, S., Hohne, C., Kadija, Krešo, Karev, A., Kniege, S., Kolesnikov, V.I., Kollegger, T., Korus, R., Kowalski, M., Kraus, I., Kreps, M., Levai, P., Litov, L., Makariev, M., Malakhov, A.I., Markert, C., Mateev, M., Mayes, B.W., Melkumov, G.L., Meurer, C., Mischke, A., Mitrovski, M., Molnar, J., Palla, G., Panagiotou, A.D., Panayotov, D., Perl, K., Petridis, A., Pikna, M., Pinsky, L., Puhlhofer, F., Reid, J.G., Renfordt, R., Retyk, W., 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., Šuša, Tatjana, Szentpetery, I., Sziklai, J., Trainor, T.A., Varga, D., Vassiliou, M., Veres, G.I., Vesztergombi, G., Vranic, D., Wetzler, A., Wodarczyk, Z., Yoo, I.K., Zaranek, J., and Zimanyi, J.

Subjects
Physics, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, exotic, pentaquark, NA49, p+p, Nuclear Theory, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Results of resonance searches in the Xi-pi-, Xi-pi+, bar{; ; ; ; Xi}; ; ; ; +pi-, and bar{; ; ; ; Xi}; ; ; ; +pi+ invariant mass spectra in proton-proton collisions at sqrt{; ; ; ; s}; ; ; ; = 17.2 GeV are presented. Evidence is shown for the existence of a narrow Xi-pi- baryon resonance with mass of 1.862± ; ; 0.002 GeV/c2 and width below the detector resolution of about 0.018 GeV/c2. The significance is estimated to be above 4.2. This state is a candidate for the hypothetical exotic Xi^{; ; ; ; --}; ; ; ; _{; ; ; ; ; ; 3/2}; ; ; ; baryon with S = -2, I = 3/2, and a quark content of (dsds\bar{; ; ; ; u}; ; ; ; ). At the same mass, a peak is observed in the \Xi^{; ; ; ; -}; ; ; ; \pi^{; ; ; ; +}; ; ; ; spectrum which is a candidate for the \Xi^{; ; ; ; 0}; ; ; ; _{; ; ; ; 3/2}; ; ; ; member of this isospin quartet with a quark content of (dsus\bar{; ; ; ; d}; ; ; ; ). The corresponding antibaryon spectra also show enhancements at the same invariant mass.

Published
2004

23. Electric charge fluctuations in central Pb+Pb collisions at 20, 30, 40, 80 and 158 AGeV

Author

Alt, C., Antičić, Tome, 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, D., 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, Krešo, Karev, A., Kliemant, M., Kniege, S., 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, S., Palla, G., Panagiotou, A.D., Panayotov, D., Petridis, A., Pikna, M., Pinsky, L., 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., Šuša, Tatjana, Szentpetery, I., Sziklai, J., Trubnikov, V., Varga, D., Vassiliou, M., Veres, G.I., Vesztergombi, G., Vranic, D., Wetzler, A., Wlodarczyk, Z., Yoo, I. K., Zaranek, J., and Zimanyi, J.

Subjects
event-by-event, electric charge, fluctuations, Pb+Pb collisions, NA49, Physics, High Energy Physics::Lattice, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Nuclear Theory, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment, Nuclear Physics
Abstract

Results are presented on event-by-event electric charge fluctuations in central Pb+Pb collisions at 20, 30, 40, 80 and 158 AGeV. The observed fluctuations are close to those expected for a gas of pions correlated by global charge conservation only. These fluctuations are considerably larger than those calculated for an ideal gas of deconfined quarks and gluons. The present measurements do not necessarily exclude reduced fluctuations from a quark-gluon plasma because these might be masked by contributions from resonance decays.

Published
2004

24. Energy and centrality dependence of deuteron and proton production in Pb + Pb collisions at relativistic energies

Author

Antičić, Tome, Baatar, B., Barna, D., Bartke, J., Behler, M., Betev, L., Bialkowska, H., Billimeier, A., Blume, C., Boimska, B., Botje, M., Bracinik, J., Bramm, R., Brun, R., Buncic, P., Cerny, V., Christakoglou, P., Chvala, O., Cooper, G. E., 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., Jacobs, P., Kadija, Krešo, Karev, A., Kolesnikov, V. I., Kollegger, T., Korus, R., Kowalski, M., Kraus, I., Kreps, M., Levai, P., Malakhov, A. I., Markert, C., Mayes, B. W., Melkumov, G. L., Meurer, C., Mischke, A., Mitrovski, M., Molnar, J., 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., Rybczynski, M., Rybicki, A., Sandoval, A., Sann, H., Schmitz, N., Seyboth, P., Sikler, F., Sitar, B., Skrzypczak, E., Stefanek, G., Stock, R., Strobele, H., Šuša, Tatjana, Szentpetery, I., Sziklai, J., Trainor, T. A., Varga, D., Vassiliou, M., Veres, G. I., Vesztergombi, G., Vranic, D., Wenig, S., Wetzler, A., Wlodarczyk, Z., Xu, N., Yoo, I. K., Zaranek, J., and Zimanyi, J.

Subjects
Physics, deuteron, proton, production, NA49, Pb + Pb collisions, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The transverse mass mt distributions for deuterons and protons are measured in Pb + Pb reactions near midrapidity and in the range 0

Published
2004

25. Cascade and anti-cascade+ production in central Pb+Pb collisions at 158 GeV/c per nucleon

Author

Afanasiev, S.V., Antičić, Tome, Barna, D., Bartkeg, J., Bartonc, R.A., Betev, L., Białkowska, H., Billmeier, A., Blume, C., Blyth, C.O., Boimska, B., Botje, M., Bracinik, J., Bramm, R., Brun, R., Bunčić, Predrag, Cerny, V., Cramer, J.G., Csató, P., Dinkelaker, P., Eckardt, V., Filip, P., Fischer, H.G., Fodor, Z., Foka, P., Freund, P., Friese, V., Gál, J., Gazdzicki, M., Georgopoulos, G., Gładyszg, E., Hegyi, S., Höhne, C., Igon, G., Jones, P.G., Kadija, Krešo, Karev, K., Kolesnikov, V.I., Kollegger, T., Kowalski, M., Kraus, I., Kreps, M., van Leeuwen, M., Lévai, P., Malakhov, A.I., Margetis, S., Markert, C., Mayes, B.W., Melkumov, G.L., Mischke, A., Molnár, J., Nelson, J.M., Pálla, G., Panagiotou, A.G., Perl, K., Petridis, A., Piknad, M., Pinsky, L., Pühlhofer, F., Reids, J.G., Renfordt, R., Retyk, W., Rolandt, C., Rolandt, G., Rybicki, A., Sammer, T., Sandoval, A., Sann, H., Schmitz, N., Seyboth, Peter, Siklér, F., Sitar, B., Skrzypczak, E., Squier, G.T.A., Stock, R., Ströbele, H., Šuša, Tatjana, Szentpétery, I., Sziklai, J., Trainor, T.A., Varga, D., Vassiliou, M., Verese, G.I., Vesztergombi, G., Vranić, Danilo, Wenig, S., Wetzler, A., Whitten, C., Yoo, I.K., Zaranek, J., and Zimányi, J.

Subjects
Cascade, Anticascade, Strangeness enhancement, Multi-strange hyperons, Integrated yields, Heavy-ion collisions, NA49
Abstract

Results of the production of capital Xi, Greek- and Image hyperons are presented for the 10% most central Pb+Pb interactions at 158 GeV/c per nucleon where the average number of participants Npart is about 335. This analysis utilises a global reconstruction procedure, which allows a measurement of 4small pi, Greek integrated yields to be made for the first time. Inverse slope parameters, which are determined from an exponential fit to the transverse mass spectra, are found to be 267± ; ; ; ; 9 MeV and 296± ; ; ; ; 17 MeV for capital Xi, Greek- and Image hyperons, respectively. Mid-rapidity densities (dN/dy) are found to be 1.49± ; ; ; ; 0.08 and 0.33± ; ; ; ; 0.04 particles per event per unit rapidity for capital Xi, Greek- and Image, respectively. The ratio Image at mid-rapidity, R(y=ycm), is found to be 0.22± ; ; ; ; 0.03. Yields integrated to full phase space are found to be 4.12± ; ; ; ; 0.20 and 0.77± ; ; ; ; 0.04 particles per event for capital Xi, Greek- and Image hyperons, respectively.

Published
2003

26. Energy Dependence o Pion and Kaon Production in Central Pb+Pb Collisions

Author

Afanasiev, S.V., Antičić, Tome, 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, Krešo, Karev, A., Kolesnikov, V.I., Kollegger, T., Kowalski, M., Kraus, I., Kreps, M., Levai, P., Malakhov, A.I., Margetis, S., Markert, C., Mayes, B.W., 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., Sammer, T., Sandoval, A., Sann, H., Schmitz, N., Seyboth, P., Sikler, F., Sitar, B., Skrzypczak, E., Squier, G.T.A., Stock, R., Strobele, H., Šuša, Tatjana, Szentpetery, I., Sziklai, J., Trainor, T.A., Varga, D., Vassiliou, M., Veres, G.I., Vesztergombi, G., Vranić, Danilo, Wenig, S., Wetzler, A., Whitten, C., Yoo, I.K., Zaranek, J., and Zimanyi, J.

Subjects
Nuclear Theory, pion, kaon, production, central PbPb collisions, NA49, Nuclear Experiment
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.

Published
2002

27. Two proton correlations from 158-A/GeV Pb + Pb central collisions

Author

Appelshauser, H., Bachler, J., Bailey, S.J., Barna, D., Barnby, L.S., Bartke, J., Barton, R.A., Betev, L., Bialkowska, H., Billmeier, A., Blyth, C.O., Bock, R., Boimska, B., Bormann, C., Brady, F.P., Brockmann, R., Brun, R., Bunčić, P., Caines, H.L., Carr, L.D., Cebra, D., Cooper, G.E., Cramer, J.G., Cristinziani, M., Csato, P., Dunn, J., Eckardt, V., Eckhardt, F., Ferguson, M.I., Fischer, H.G., Flierl, D., Fodor, Z., Foka, P., Freund, P., Friese, V., Fuchs, M., Gabler, F., Gal, J., Ganz, R., Gazdzicki, M., Geist, W., Gladysz, E., Grebieszkow, J., Gunther, J., Harris, J.W., Hegyi, S., Henkel, T., Hill, L.A., Hummler, H., Igo, G., Irmscher, D., Jacobs, P., Jones, P.G., Kadija, Krešo, Kolesnikov, V.I., Kowalski, M., Lasiuk, B., Lednicky, R., Levai, P., Malakhov, A.I., Margetis, S., Markert, C., Melkumov, G.L., Mock, A., Molnar, J., Nelson, J.M., Oldenburg, M., Odyniec, G., Palla, G., Panagiotou, A.D., Petridis, A., Piper, A., Porter, R.J., Poskanzer, A.M., Prindle, D.J., Puhlhofer, F., Šuša, Tatjana, Reid, J.G., Renfordt, R., Retyk, W., Ritter, H.G., Rohrich, D., Roland, C., Roland, G., Rudolph, H., Rybicki, A., Sammer, T., Sandoval, A., Sann, H., Semenov, A.Yu., Schafer, E., Schmischke, D., Schmitz, N., Schonfelder, S., Seyboth, P., Sikler, F., Skrzypczak, E., Snellings, R., Squier, G.T.A., Stock, R., Strobele, H., Struck, Chr., Szentpetery, I., Sziklai, J., Toy, M., Trainor, T.A., Trentalange, S., Ullrich, T., Vassiliou, M., Veres, G., Vesztergombi, G., Voloshin, S., Vranić, Danilo, Wang, F., Weerasundara, D.D., Wenig, S., Whitten, C., Wood, L., Xu, N., Yates, T.A., Zimanyi, J., Zhu, X.Z., and Zybert, R.

Subjects
Nuclear Theory, NA49, heavy ion, correlation function, proton, RQMD, VENUS, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The two-proton correlation function at midrapidity from Pb+Pb central collisions at 158 AGeV has been measured by the NA49 experiment. The results are compared to model predictions from static thermal Gaussian proton source distributions and transport models RQMD and VENUS. An effective proton source size is determined by minimizing CHI-square/ndf between the correlation functions of the data and those calculated for the Gaussian sources, yielding 3.85 +-0.15(stat.) +0.60-0.25(syst.) fm. Both the RQMD and the VENUS model are consistent with the data within the error in the correlation peak region.

Published
1999

28. Baryon stopping and charged particle distributions in central Pb+Pb collisions at 158-GeV per nucleon

Author

Appelshauser, H., Bachler, J., Bailey, S.J., Barnby, L.S., Bartke, J., Barton, R.A., Bialkowska, H., Billmeier, A., Blyth, C.O., Bock, R., Boimska, B., Bormann, C., Brady, F.P., Brockmann, R., Brun, R., Bunčić, P., Caines, H.L., Cebra, D., Cooper, G.E., Cramer, J.G., Csato, P., Dunn, J., Eckardt, V., Eckhardt, F., Ferguson, M.I., Fischer, G.H., Flierl, D., Fodor, Z., Foka, P., Freund, P., Friese, V., Fuchs, M., Gabler, F., Gal, J., Ganz, R., Gazdzicki, M., Geist, W., Gladysz, E., Grebieszkow, J., Gunther, J., Harris, J.W., Hegyi, S., Henkel, T., Hill, L.A., Huang, I., Hummler, H., Igo, G., Irmscher, D., Jacobs, P., Jones, P.G., Kadija, Krešo, Kolesnikov, V.I., Kowalski, M., Lasiuk, B., Levai, P., Malakhov, A.I., Margetis, S., Markert, C., Melkumov, G.L., Mock, A., Molnar, J., Nelson, J.M., Oldenburg, M., Odyniec, G., Palla, G., Panagiotou, A.D., Petridis, A., Piper, A., Porter, R.J., Poskanzer, A.M., Poziombka, S., Prindle, D.J., Puhlhofer, F., Reid, J.G., Renfordt, R., Retyk, W., Ritter, H.G., Rohrich, D., Roland, C., Roland, G., Rudolph, H., Rybicki, A., Sandoval, A., Sann, H., Semenov, A.Yu., Schafer, E., Schmischke, D., Schmitz, N., Schonfelder, S., Seyboth, P., Sikler, F., Skrzypczak, E., Squier, G.T.A., Stock, R., Strobele, H., Szentpetery, I., Sziklai, J., Toy, M., Trainor, T.A., Trentalange, S., Ullrich, T., Vassiliou, M., Vesztergombi, G., Vranić, Danilo, Wang, F., Weerasundara, D.D., Wenig, S., Whitten, C., Wienold, T., Wood, L., Xu, N., Yates, T.A., Zimanyi, J., Zhu, X.Z., and Zybert, R.

Subjects
High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Nuclear Theory, Nuclear Experiment, NA49, heavy ion, stopping, transverse momentum, rapidity, baryon, hadron
Abstract

Net proton and negative hadron spectra for central PbPb collisions at 158 GeV per nucleon at the CERN SPS were measured and compared to spectra from lighter systems. Net baryon distributions were derived from those of net protons, utilizing model calculations of isospin contributions as well as data and model calculations of strange baryon distributions. Stopping (rapidity shift with respect to the beam) and mean transverse momentum meanpt of net baryons increase with system size. The rapidity density of negative hadrons scales with the number of participant nucleons for nuclear collisions, whereas their meanpt is independent of system size. The meanpt dependence upon particle mass and system size is consistent with larger transverse flow velocity at midrapidity for PbPb compared to SS central collisions.

Published
1999

29. Reconstruction over a large rapidity interval of lambda, antilambda and K^0_(S) in the NA49 experiment

Author

Appelshauser, H., Bachler, J., Bailey, S.J., Barna, D., Barnby, L.S., Bartke, J., Barton, R.A., Bialkowska, H., Billmeier, A., Blyth, C.O., Bock, R., Bormann, C., Brady, F.P., Brockmann, R., Brun, R., Bunčić, P., Caines, H.L., Carr, L.D., Cebra, D., Cooper, G.E., Cramer, J.G., Cristinziani, M., Csato, P., Dunn, J., Eckardt, V., Eckhardt, F., Ferguson, M.I., Fischer, H.G., Flierl, D., Fodor, Z., Foka, P., Freund, P., Friese, V., Fuchs, M., Gabler, F., Gal, J., Gazdzicki, M., Gladysz, E., Grebieszkow, J., Gunther, J., Harris, J.W., Hegyi, S., Henkel, T., Hill, L.A., Huang, I., Hummler, H., Igo, G., Irmscher, D., Jacobs, P., Jones, P.G., Kadija, Krešo, Kolesnikov, V.I., Kowalski, M., Lasiuk, B., Levai, P., Malakhov, A.I., Margetis, S., Markert, C., Melkumov, G.L., Mock, A., Molnar, J., Nelson, J.M., Oldenburg, M., Odyniec, G., Palla, G., Panagiotou, A.D., Petridis, A., Piper, A., Porter, R.J., Poskanzer, A.M., Poziombka, S., Prindle, D.J., Puhlhofer, F., Rauch, W., Reid, J.G., Renfordt, R., Retyk, W., Ritter, H.G., Rohrich, D., Roland, C., Roland, G., Rudolph, H., Rybicki, A., Sandoval, A., Sann, H., Semenov, A.Yu., Schafer, E., Schmischke, D., Schmitz, N., Schonfelder, S., Seyboth, P., Seyerlein, J., Sikler, F., Skrzypczak, E., Squier, G.T.A., Stock, R., Strobele, H., Struck, C., Szentpetery, I., Sziklai, J., Toy, M., Trainor, T.A., Trentalange, S., Ullrich, T., Vassiliou, M., Veres, G., Vesztergombi, G., Vranić, Danilo, Wang, F., Weerasundara, D.D., Wenig, S., Whitten, C., Wienold, T., Wood, L., Yates, T.A., Zimanyi, J., Zhu, X.Z., and Zybert, R.

Subjects
NA49, heavy ion, neutral strange particle, Nuclear Theory, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The NA49 experiment is able to measure the production of neutral strange baryons and mesons along with other hadronic species in Pb+Pb collisions at 158 GeV per nucleon. These strange particles are an important piece of evidence in the search for the quark-gluon plasma. They have been reconstructed from their charged products recorded in the experiment-s time projection chambers. A new round of data production has been undertaken with improved software, allowing the reconstruction of neutral strange particles over a rapidity interval covering both sides of mid-rapidity. The procedures used to obtain this sample are outlined and a comparison of the phase space coverage with respect to previous measurements is made.

Published
1999

30. Hadron production in nuclear collisions from NA49 experiment at 158GeV/c A

Author

Sikler, F., Bachler, J., Barna, D., Barnby, L.S., Bartke, J., Barton, R.A., Betev, L., Bialkowska, H., Billmeier, A., Blume, C, Blyth, C.O., Boimska, B., Bracinik, J., Brady, F.P., Brun, R., Buncic, P., Carr, L.D., Cebra, D., Cooper, G.E., Cramer, J.G., Csato, P., Eckardt, V., Eckhardt, F., Ferenc, Daniel, Fischer, H.G., Fodor, Z., Foka, P., Freund, P., Friese, V., Ftacnik, J., Gal, J., Ganz, R., Gazdzicki, M., Gladysz, E., Grebieszkow, J., Harris, J.W., Hegyi, S., Hlinka, V., Hohne, C., Igo, G., Ivanov, M., Jacobs, P., Janik, R., Jones, P.G., Kadija, Krešo, Kolesnikov, V.I., Kowalski, M., Lasiuk, B., Lednicky, R., Levai, P., Malakhov, A.I., Margetis, S., Markert, C., Mayes, B.W., Melkumov, G.L., Molnar, J., Nelson, J.M., Odyniec, G., Oldenburg, M.D., Palla, G., Panagiotou, A.D., Petridis, A., Pikna, M., Pinsky, L., Poskanzer, A.M., Prindle, D.J., Puhlhofer, F., Reid, J.G., Renfordt, R., Retyk, W., Ritter, H.G., Rohrich, D., Roland, C., Roland, G., Rybicki, A., Sammer, T., Sandoval, A., Sann, H., Semenov, A.Yu., Schafer, E., Schmitz, N., Seyboth, P., Sitar, B., Skrzypczak, E., Snellings, R., Squier, G.T.A., Stock, R., Strmen, P., Strobele, H., Šuša, Tatjana, Szarka, I., Szentpetery, I., Sziklai, J., Toy, M., Trainor, T.A., Trentalange, S., Ullrich, T., Varga, D., Vassiliou, M., Veres, G., Vesztergombi, G., Voloshin, S., Vranić, Danilo, Wang, F., Weerasundara, D.D., Wenig, S., Whitten, C., Xu, N., Yates, T.A., Yoo, I.K., and Zimanyi J.

Subjects
High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Nuclear Theory, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment, NA49, heavy ion collision, p+p, p+A, quark gluon plasma
Abstract

With its large acceptance and particle identification coverage the NA49 experiment can study hadron production in a wide range of high energy reactions. Originally aimed at examining central Pb+Pb collisions for signatures of quark-gluon plasma formation, the scope of the experiment has been enhanced with the systematic study of impact parameter and projectile size dependence, as well as the inclusion of the more elementary p+p and p+A interactions. The question is: are predicted signals of the quark-gluon plasma observed and are there is continuities which would support the concept of hadronic phase transition?

Published
1999

31. Event-by-event fluctuations of average transverse momentum in central Pb+Pb collisions at 158-GeV per nucleon

Author

Appelshauser, H., Bachler, J., Bailey, S.J., Barna, D., Barnby, L.S., Bartke, J., Barton, R.A., Betev, L., Bialkowska, H., Billmeier, A., Blyth, C.O., Bock, R., Boimska, B., Bormann, C., Brady, F.P., Brockmann, R., Brun, R., Bunčić, P., Caines, H.L., Carr, L.D., Cebra, D., Cooper, G.E., Cramer, J.G., Cristinziani, M., Csato, P., Dunn, J., Eckardt, V., Eckhardt, F., Ferguson, M.I., Fischer, H.G., Flierl, D., Fodor, Z., Foka, P., Freund, P., Friese, V., Fuchs, M., Gabler, F., Gal, J., Ganz, Gazdzicki, M., Geist, W., Gladysz, E., Grebieszkow, J., Gunther, J., Harris, J.W., Hegyi, S., Henkel, T., Hill, L.A., Hummler, H., Igo, G., Irmscher, D., Jacobs, P, Jones, P.G., Kadija, Krešo, Kolesnikov, V.I., Kowalski, M., Lasiuk, B., Levai, P., Malakhov, A.I., Margetis, S., Markert, C., Melkumov, G.L., Mock, A., Molnar, J., Nelson, J.M., Oldenburg, M., Odyniec, G., Palla, G., Panagiotou, A.D., Petridis, A., Piper, A., Porter, R.J., Poskanzer, A.M., Prindle, D.J., Puhlhofer, F., Reid, J.G., Renfordt, R., Retyk, W., Ritter, H.G., Rohrich, D., Roland, C., Roland, G., Rudolph, H., Rybicki, A., Sammer, T., Sandoval, A., Sann, H., Semenov, A.Yu., Schafer, E., Schmischke, D., Schmitz, N., Schonfelder, S., Seyboth, P., Seyerlein, J., Sikler, F., Skrzypczak, E., Snellings, R., Squier, G.T.A., Stock, R., Strobele, H., Struck, Chr., Šuša, Tatjana, Szentpetery, I., Sziklai, J., Toy, M., Trainor, T.A., Trentalange, S., Ullrich, T., Vassiliou, M., Veres, G., Vesztergombi, G., Voloshin, S., Vranić, Danilo, Wang, F., Weerasundara, D.D., Wenig, S., Whitten, C., Wienold, T., Wood, L., Xu, N., Yates, T.A., Zimanyi, J., Zhu, X.Z., and Zybert, R.

Subjects
NA49, heavy ion, event-by-event fluctuations, transverse momentum, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

We present first data on event-by-event fluctuations in the average transverse momentum of charged particles produced in Pb+Pb collisions at the CERN SPS. This measurement provides previously unavailable information allowing sensitive tests of microscopic and thermodynamic collision models and to search for fluctuations expected to occur in the vicinity of the predicted QCD phase transition. We find that the observed variance of the event-by-event average transverse momentum is consistent with independent particle production modified by the known two-particle correlations due to quantum statistics and final state interactions and folded with the resolution of the NA49 apparatus. For two specific models of non-statistical fluctuations in transverse momentum limits are derived in terms of fluctuation amplitude. We show that a significant part of the parameter space for a model of isospin fluctuations predicted as a consequence of chiral symmetry restoration in a non-equilibrium scenario is excluded by our measurement.

Published
1999

32. Xi- and antiXi+ production in Pb + Pb collisions at 158-GeV per nucleon

Author

Bachler, J., Barna, D., Barnby, L.S., Bartke, J., Barton, R.A., Betev, L., Bialkowska, H., Billmeier, A., Blyth, C.O., Bock, R., Boimska, B., Bormann, C., Bracinik, J., Brockmann, R., Brun, R., Bunčić, P., Caines, H.L., Cooper, G.E., Cramer, J.G., Cristinziani, M., Csato, P., Eckardt, V., Eckhardt, F., Fischer, H.G., Ftacnik, J., Flierl, D., Fodor, Z., Foka, P., Freund, P., Friese, V., Gabler, F., Gal, J., Gazdzicki, M., Gladysz, E., Grebieszkow, J., Gunther, J., Harris, J.W., Hegyi, S., Hill, L.A., Hlinka, V., Huang, I., Igo, G., Ivanov, M., Jacobs, P., Janik, R., Jones, P.G., Kadija, Krešo, Kolesnikov, V.I., Konashenok, A., Kowalski, M., Lasiuk, B., Levai, P., Malakhov, A.I., Margetis, S., Markert, C., Mayes, W., Melkumov, G.L., Molnar, J., Nelson, J.M., Oldenburg, M., Odyniec, G., Palla, G., Panagiotou, A.D., Petridis, A., Pikna, M., Pinsky, L., Porter, R.J., Poskanzer, A.M., Poziombka, S., Prindle, D.J., Puhlhofer, F., Reid, J.G., Renfordt, R., Retyk, W., Ritter, H.G., Rohrich, D., Roland, C., Roland, G., Rybicki, A., Sandoval, A., Sann, H., Semenov, A.Yu., Schafer, E., Schmischke, D., Schmitz, N., Seyboth, P., Sikler, F., Sitar, B., Skrzypczak, E., Squier, G.T.A., Stock, R., Strmen, P., Strobele, H., Struck, C., Szarka, I., Szentpetery, I., Sziklai, J., Toy, M., Trainor, T.A., Trentalange, S., Ullrich, T., Vassiliou, M., Veres, G., Vesztergombi, G., Vranić, Danilo, Wang, F., Weerasundara, D.D., Wenig, S., Whitten, C., Yates, T.A., Zimanyi, J., and Zybert, R.

Subjects
NA49, heavy ion, multistrange particle, MTPC, VTPC2, Nuclear Theory, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Preliminary results on multistrange particle production in central Pb+Pb collisions at 158 GeV per nucleon are presented. The NA49 experiment provides the capability of performing measurements of multistrange particles in two independent methods. The complementary acceptance of the methods in the MTPC and the VTPC2 detector cover a wide range of rapidity. Transverse mass spectra and rapidity distributions are presented. Preliminary particle ratios are shown and a first estimation of full phase-space multiplicity is completed.

Published
1999

33. Strangeness measurements in NA49 experiment with Pb projectiles

Author

Margetis, S., Appelshauser, H., Bachler, J., Bailey, Sj, Barna, D., Barnby, Ls, Bartke, J., Baton, Ra, Bialkowska, H., Billmeier, A., Blyth, Co, Bock, R., Bormann, C., Brady, Fp, Brockmann, R., Brun, R., Buncic, P., Caines, Hl, Lincoln Carr, Cebra, D., Cooper, Ge, Cramer, Jg, Cristinziani, M., Csato, P., Dunn, J., Eckardt, V., Eckhardt, F., Ferguson, Mi, Fischer, Hg, Flierl, D., Fodor, Z., Foka, P., Freund, P., Friese, V., Fuchs, M., Gabler, F., Gal, J., Gazdzicki, M., Gladysz, E., Grebieszkow, J., Gunther, J., Harris, Jw, Hegyi, S., Henkel, T., Hill, La, Hummler, H., Igo, G., Irmscher, D., Jacobs, P., Jones, Pg, Kadija, K., Kolesnikov, Vi, Kowalski, M., Lasiuk, B., Levai, P., Malakhov, Ai, Markert, C., Melkumov, Gl, Mock, A., Molnar, J., Nelson, Jm, Oldenburg, M., Odyniec, G., Palla, G., Panagiotou, Ad, Petridis, A., Piper, A., Porter, Rj, Poskanzer, Am, Prindle, Dj, Puhlhofer, F., Rauch, W., Reid, Jg, Renfordt, R., Retyk, W., Ritter, Hg, Rohrich, D., Roland, C., Roland, G., Rudolph, H., Rybicki, A., Sandoval, A., Sann, H., Semenov, Ay, Schafer, E., Schmischke, D., Schmitz, N., Schonfelder, S., Seyboth, P., Seyerlein, J., Sikler, F., Skrzypczak, E., Snellings, R., Squier, Gta, Stock, R., Strobele, H., Struck, C., Szentpetery, I., Sziklai, J., Toy, M., Trainor, Ta, Trentalange, S., Ullrich, T., Vassiliou, M., Veres, G., Vesztergombi, G., Vranic, D., Wang, F., Weerasundara, Dd, Wenig, S., Whitten, C., Wienold, T., Wood, L., Xu, N., Yates, Ta, Zimanyi, J., Zhu, Xz, and Zybert, R.

Subjects
NA49, heavy ion, charge strange particle, neutral strange particle, Nuclear Theory, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Charged and neutral strange particle production was studied by the NA49 experiment at CERN. Preliminary inclusive spectra are presented for K^+/-, K^0_S, Phi, Lamda, Antilamda and ksi^+/- particles, measured in a region close to mid-rapidity, for central Pb+Pb collisions at 158 GeV per nucleon. An enhanced strange particle production relative to properly scaled nucleon-nucleon collisions is observed, but its strength is similar to lighter S + nucleus system. The enhancement is stronger for multistrange particles.

Published
1999

34. Phi Production in 158 GeV/u Pb+Pb-Collisions

Author

Friese, V., Afanasiev, S. V., Alber, T., Appelshäuser, H., Bächler, J., Bailey, S. J., Barnby, L. S., Bartke, J., Biakowska, H., Blyth, C. O., Bock, R., Bormann, C., Brady, F. P., Brockmann, R., Bunčić, N., Bunčić, P., Caines, H. L., Cebra, D., Chan, P., Cooper, G. E., Cramer, J. G., Cramer, P. B., Csato, P., Dietz, O., Dunn, J., Eckardt, V., Eckhardt, F., Ferguson, M. I., Fischer, H. G., Flierl, D., Fodor, Z., Foka, P., Freund, P., Fuchs, M., Gabler, F., Gal, J., Gazdzicki, M., Gladysz, E., Grebieszkow, J., Günther, J., Harris, J. W., Hegyi, S., Henkel, T., Hill, L. A., Huang, I., Howe, M. A., Hümmler, H., Igo, G., Irmscher, D., Jacobs, P., Jones, P. G., Kadija, Krešo, Kolesnikov, V. I., Kowalski, M., Lasiuk, B., Lévai, P., Malakhov, A.I., Margetis, S., Markert, C., Melkumov, G. L., Mock, A., Molnár, J., Nelson, J. M., Odyniec, G., Palla, G., Panagiotou, A. D., Petridis, A., Piper, A., Porter, R. J., Poskanzer, A. M., Poziombka, S., Prindle, D. J., Pühlhofer, F., Rauch, W., Reid, J. G., Renfordt, R., Retyk, W., Ritter, H. G., Röhrich, D., Roland, C., Roland, G., Rudolph, H., Rybicki, A., and Sakrejda, I.

Subjects
NA49, heavy ion, phi, TPC, time projection chamber, Pb+Pb, Nuclear Theory, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Preliminary data on phi production in central Pb+Pb collisions at 158 GeV per nucleon are presented, measured by the NA49 experiment in the hadronic decay channel phi->K+K-. At midrapidity, the kaons were seperated from pions and protons by combining dE/dx and TOF information ; in the forward rapidity range only dE/dx identification was used to obtain the rapidity distribution and a rapidity-integrated mt-spectrum. The midrapidity yield obtained is dN/dy=1.85 +- 0.3 per event, the total phi yield is estimated to be 5.0 +-0.7 per event. Comparison with published pp-data shows a slight but not very significant strangeness enhancement.

Published
1997

35. Lambda and (lambda)over-bar reconstruction in central Pb+Pb collisions using a time projection chamber

Author

Yates, T, Afanasiev, S.V, Alber, T, Appelshäuser, H, Bächler, J, Bailey, S.J, Barnby, L.S, Bartke, J, Bialkowska, H, Blyth, C.O, Bock, R, Bormann, C, Brady, F.P, Brockmann, R, Bunčić, N, Bunčić, P, Caines, H.L, Cebra, D, Chan, P, Cooper, G.E, Cramer, J.G, Cramer, P.B, Csato, P, Dietz, O, Dunn, J, Eckardt, V, Eckhardt, F, Ferguson, M.I, Fischer, H.G, Flierl, D, Fodor, Z, Foka, P, Freund, P, Friese, V, Fuchs, M, Gabler, F, Gal, J, Gazdzicki, M, Gladysz, E, Grebieszkow, J, Günther, J, Harris, J.W, Hegyi, S, Henkel, T, Hill, L.A, Huang, I, Howe, M.A, Hümmler, H, Igo, G, Irmscher, D, Jacobs, P, Jones, P.G, Kadija, Krešo, Kolesnikov, V.I, Kowalski, M, Lasiuk, B, Lévai, P, Malakhov, A.I, Margetis, S, Markert, C, Melkumov, G.L, Mock, A, Molnár, J, Nelson, J.M, Odyniec, G, Palla, G, Panagiotou, A.D, Petridis, A, Piper, A, Porter, R.J, Poskanzer, A.M, Poziombka, S, Prindle, D.J, Pühlhofer, F, Rauch, W, Reid, J.G, Renfordt, R, Retyk, W, Ritter, H.G, Röhrich, D, Roland, C, Roland, G, Rudolph, H, Rybicki, A, and Sakrejda, I

Subjects
NA49, heavy ion, lambda, TPC, time projection chamber, Pb+Pb, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The large acceptance time projection chambers of the NA49 experiment are used to record the trajectory of charged particles from Pb-Pb collisions at 158 GeV per nucleon. Neutral strange hadrons have been reconstructed from their charged decay products. To obtain distributions of lambda, anti-lambda and k0-short in discrete bins of rapidity, y, and transverse momentum, pT, calculations have been performed to determine the acceptance of the detector and the efficiency of the reconstruction software as a function of both variables. The lifetime distributions obtained give values of ct=7.8+-0.6 cm for lambda and ct=2.5+-0.3 cm for k0-short, consistent with data book values.

Published
1997

36. Kaon, Lambda and Antilambda Production in Pb+Pb Collisions at 158 GeV per Nucleon

Author

Bormann, C., Alber, T., Appelshäuser, H., Bächler, J., Bailey, S.J., Barnby, L.S., Bartke, J., Bialkowska, H., Blyth, C.O., Bock, R., Brady, F.P., Brockmann, R., Bunčić, N., Bunčić, P., Caines, H.L., Cebra, D., Chan, P., Cooper, G.E., Cramer, J.G., Cramer, P.B., Csato, P., Dunn, J., Eckardt, V., Eckhardt, F., Ferguson, M.I., Fischer, H.G., Flierl, D., Fodor, Z., Foka, P., Freund, P., Friese, V., Fuchs, M., Gabler, F., Gal, J., Gazdzicki, M., Gladysz, E., Grebieszkow, J., Günther, J., Harris, J.W., Hegyi, S., Henkel, T., Hill, L.A., Huang, I., Howe, M.A., Hümmler, H., Igo, G., Irmscher, D., Jacobs, P., Jones, P.G., Kadija, Krešo, Kolesnikov, V.I., Kowalski, M., Lasiuk, B., Lévai, P., Malakhov, A.I., Margetis, S., Markert, C., Melkumov, G.L., Mock, A., Molnár, J., Nelson, J.M., Odyniec, G., Palla, G., Panagiotou, A.D., Petridis, A., Piper, A., Porter, R.J., Poskanzer, A.M., Poziombka, S., Prindle, D.J., Pühlhofer, F., Rauch, W., Reid, J.G., Renfordt, R., Retyk, W., Ritter, H.G., Röhrich, D., Roland, C., Roland, G., Rudolph, H., Rybicki, A., Sakrejda, I., Sandoval, A., and Sann, H.

Subjects
NA49, heavy ion, kaon, lambda, TPC, time projection chamber, Pb+Pb, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Preliminary inclusive spectra for K^+, K^-, K^0_s, Lambda, and overline{;Lambda}; are presented which were measured in central Pb+Pb collisions at 158 GeV per nucleon by the NA49 experiment. A comparison with data from lighter collision systems shows a strong change of the shape of the Lambda rapidity distribution. The strangeness enhancement observed in S+S compared to p+p and p+A is not further increased in Pb+Pb.

Published
1997

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