1. Search for the Critical Point of Strongly Interacting Matter at the CERN SPS
- Author
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G.L. Melkumov, T. Anticic, B. Baatar, D. Barna, J. Bartke, H. Beck, L. Betev, H. Białkowska, C. Blume, M. Boguz, B. Boimska, J. Book, M. Botje, P. Bunčić, T. Cetner, P. Christakoglou, P. Chung, O. Chvala, J.G. Cramer, V. Eckardt, Z. Fodor, P. Foka, V. Friese, M. Gaździcki, K. Grebieszkow, C. Höhne, K. Kadija, A. Karev, V.I. Kolesnikov, T. Kolleger, M. Kowalski, D. Kresan, A. Laszlo, R. Lacey, M. van Leeuwen, M. Mackowiak, M. Makariev, A.I. Malakhov, M. Mateev, M. Mitrovski, St. Mrówczyński, N. Nicolic, G. Pálla, A.D. Planagiotou, W. Peryt, J. Pluta, D. Prindle, F. Pühlhofer, R. Renfordt, C. Roland, G. Roland, M. Rybczyński, A. Rybicki, A. Sandoval, N. Schmitz, T. Schuster, P. Seyboth, F. Siklér, E. Skrzypczak, M. Slodkowski, G. Stefanek, R. Stock, H. Ströbele, T. Susa, M. Szuba, M. Utvić, D. Varga, M. Vassiliou, G.I. Veres, G. Vestergombi, D. Vranić, Z. Włodarczyk, and A. Wojtaszek-Szwarc
- Subjects
Physics ,Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,Particle physics ,Large Hadron Collider ,Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors ,Nuclear Theory ,Deconfinement ,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics ,Gluon ,Nuclear physics ,Critical point (thermodynamics) ,Quark–gluon plasma ,High Energy Physics::Experiment ,Nuclear Experiment - Abstract
The study of central collisions of heavy nuclei at CERN SPS energies by NA49 provided evidence for the onset of deconfinement around 30A GeV. Theoretical considerations predict a critical point of strongly interacting matter accessible in the SPS energy range. A search for the expected fluctuations has not yet found convincing signals. The strategy and plans for the continuation of this program at the SPS by NA61 with lighter nuclei is discussed.
- Published
- 2011