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1. Energy dependence of phi meson production in central Pb+Pb collisions at sqrt(s_nn) = 6 to 17 GeV

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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., Galadysz, E., Grebieszkow, K., Hegyi, S., Hoehne, C., Kadija, K., Karev, A., Kikola, D., Kliemant, M., Kniege, S., Kolesnikov, V. I., Kollegger, T., Kornas, E., Korus, R., Kowalski, M., Kraus, I., Kreps, M., Kresan, D., Laszlo, A., Lacey, R., van Leeuwen, M., 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., Puehlhofer, 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., Stroebele, 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., Walodarczyk, Z., Yoo, I. K., and Zimanyi, J.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Phi meson production is studied by the NA49 Collaboration in central Pb+Pb collisions at 20A, 30A, 40A, 80A and 158A GeV beam energy. The data are compared with measurements at lower and higher energies and to microscopic and thermal models. The energy dependence of yields and spectral distributions is compatible with the assumption that partonic degrees of freedom set in at low SPS energies., Comment: 18 pages, 12 figures, 6 tables

Published
2008
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2. Event-by-event transverse momentum fluctuations in nuclear collisions at CERN SPS

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

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

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

Published
2007

3. Transverse momentum fluctuations due to temperature variation in high-energy nuclear collisions

Author

Korus, R., Mrowczynski, St., Rybczynski, M., and Wlodarczyk, Z.

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

The event-by-event p_T-fluctuations due to the temperature variation are considered. The so-called Phi-measure is computed and shown to be a linear function of the temperature variance. The fluctuations of temperature naturally explain the data on Phi(p_T) in proton-proton and central Pb-Pb collisions but independent measurements of the temperature fluctuations are needed to confirm the explanation. Feasibility of such an event-by-event measurement is discussed., Comment: 10 pages, 6 figures, minor improvements, to appear in Phys. Rev. C

Published
2001
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4. Recent Results from the NA49 Experiment

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Blume, C., Botje, M., van Leeuwen, M., Christakoglou, P., Georgopoulos, G., Panagiotou, A. D., Vassiliou, M., Petridis, A., Pikna, M., Cerny, V., Bracinik, J., Kreps, M., Sitar, B., Barna, D., Csato, P., Fodor, Z., Gal, J., Hegyi, S., Levai, P., Molnar, J., Palla, G., Siklér, F., Varga, D., Szentpetery, I., Veres, G. I., Zimanyi, J., Vesztergombi, G., Sziklai, J., Roland, C., Roland, G., Bartke, J., Gladysz, E., Kornas, E., Kowalski, M., Rybicki, A., Kraus, I., Foka, P., Friese, V., Markert, C., Mischke, A., Sandoval, A., Sann, H., Vranic, D., Baatar, B., Malakhov, A. I., Kolesnikov, V. I., Melkumov, G. L., Kollegger, T., Meurer, C., Betev, L., Billmeier, A., Bramm, R., Dinkelaker, P., Flierl, D., Gazdzicki, M., Mitrovski, M., Stock, R., Ströbele, H., Zaranek, J., Wetzler, A., Renfordt, R., Buncic, P., Brun, R., Fischer, H. G., Wenig, S., Mayes, B. W., Pinsky, L., Korus, R., Mrowczynski, St., Rybczynski, M., Stefanek, G., Wlodarczyk, Z., Behler, M., Höhne, C., Pühlhofer, F., Eckardt, V., Filip, P., Freund, P., Karev, A., Schmitz, N., Seyboth, P., Chvala, O., Yoo, I. K., Cramer, J. G., Reid, J. G., Trainor, T. A., Darmenov, N., Dimitrov, A., Litov, L., Makariev, M., Mateev, M., Panayotov, D., Bialkowska, H., Boimska, B., Perl, K., Retyk, W., Skrzypczak, E., Susa, T., Anticic, T., Kadija, K., Greiner, Walter, editor, Itkis, Mikhail G., editor, Reinhardt, Joachim, editor, and Güçlü, Mehmet Cem, editor

Published
2004
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11. High Transverse Momentum Hadron Spectra at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=17.3$ GeV, in Pb+Pb and p+p Collisions, Measured by CERN-NA49

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

Subjects
Nuclear Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

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

Published
2012

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

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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

13. Search for the QCD critical point at SPS energies

Author

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

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

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

Published
2009

14. 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

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

Author

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

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

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

Published
2009

16. 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

17. Energy dependence of phi meson production in central Pb+Pb collisions sqrt(sNN) = 6 to 17 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., Kollegger, T., Kornas, E., Korus, R., Kowalski, M., Kraus, I., Kreps, M., Kresan, D., 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, 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, Danilo, Wetzler, A., Wlodarczyk, Z., Yoo, I. K., and Zimanyi, J.

Subjects
CERN, SPS, QGP, Pb+Pb, strange particle, phi, energy dependence, Physics, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

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

Published
2008

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

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

Author

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

Subjects
High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

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

Published
2008

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

Author

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

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

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

Published
2008

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

Author

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

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

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

Published
2008

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

Author

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

Subjects
High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

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

Published
2008

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

Author

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

Subjects
Nuclear Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

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

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2007

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

Author

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

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

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

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2007

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

Author

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

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

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

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2007

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

Author

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

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

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

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2007

30. Energy dependence of multiplicity fluctuations in heavy ion collisions

Author

Alt, Christopher, Anticic, T., Baatar, B., Barna, D., Bartke, J., Betev, L., Białkowska, H., Blume, Christoph, Boimska, B., Botje, M., Bracinik, J., Bramm, R., Cerny, V., Christakoglou, P., Chung, P., Chvala, O., Cramer, J. G., Csató, P., Dinkelaker, Peter, Eckard, V., Flierl, D., Fodor, Z., Foka, P., Friese, V., Gál, J., Gazdzicki, Marek, Genchev, V., Georgopoulos, G., Gładysz, E., Grebieszkow, K., Hegyi, S., Höhne, C., Kadija, K., Karev, A., Kikola, D., Kliemant, M., Kniege, S., Kolesnikov, V., Kornas, E., Korus, R., Kowalski, M., Kraus, I., Kreps, M., Laszlo, A., Lacey, R, Leeuwen, Marco van, Lévai, P., Litov, L., Lungwitz, Benjamin, Makariev, M., Malakhov, A. I., Mateev, M., Melkumov, G. L., Mischke, A., Mitrovski, M., Molnár, J., Mrówczynski, St., Nicolic, V., Nicolic, G., Panagiotou, A.D., Panayotov, D., Petridis, A., Peryt, W., Pikna, M., Pluta, J., Prindle, D., Pühlhofer, F., Renfordt, R., Roland, C., Roland, G., Rybczynski, M., Rybicki, A., Sandoval, Andres, Schmitz, N., Schuster, T., Seyboth, P., Siklér, F., Sitar, B., Skrzypczaki, E., Slodkowski, M., Stefanek, G., Stock, Reinhard, Strabel, C., Ströbele, Herbert, Susa, T., Szentpétery, I., Sziklai, J., Szuba, M., Szymanski, P., Trubnikov, V., Varga, D., Vassiliou, M., Veres, G. I., Vesztergombi, G., Vranic, D., Wetzler, A., Włodarczyk, Z., Wojtaszek, A., Yoo, I. K., Zimányi, József, and Correlations and Fluctuations in Relativistic Nuclear Collisions July 7-9 2006 Florence, Italy

Subjects
Nuclear Theory, High Energy Physics::Experiment, ddc:530, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The energy dependence of multiplicity fluctuations was studied for the most central Pb+Pb collisions at 20A, 30A, 40A, 80A and 158A GeV by the NA49 experiment at the CERN SPS. The multiplicity distribution for negatively and positively charged hadrons is significantly narrower than Poisson one for all energies. No significant structure in energy dependence of the scaled variance of multiplicity fluctuations is observed. The measured scaled variance is lower than the one predicted by the grand-canonical formulation of the hadron-resonance gas model. The results for scaled variance are in approximate agreement with the string-hadronic model UrQMD.

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2007

31. Additional Information Requested in the Proposal Review Process (addendum to the proposal P330)

Author

Gazdzicki, Marek, Cafagna, F, Catanesi, M G, Montaruli, T, Radicioni, E, Röhrich, D, Fodor, Z, Vesztergombi, G, Antoniou, N, Christakoglou, P, Diakonos, F, Panagiotou, A D, Petridis, A, Vassiliou, M, Ereditato, A, Hess, M, Boldizsar, L, Laszlo, A, Pálla, G, Szentpétery, I, Cleymans, J, Brzychczyk, J, Katrynska, N, Karabowicz, R, Majka, Z, Planeta, R, Staszel, P, Baatar, B, Kolesnikov, V I, Malakhov, A I, Melkumov, G L, Sissakian, A N, Sorin, A S, Rauch, W, Lungwitz, B, Mitrovski, M, Renfordt, R, Schuster, T, Strabel, C, Ströbele, H, Blondel, A, Bravar, A, Di Marco, M, Blumer, J, Engel, R, Haungs, A, Meurer, C, Roth, M, Gazdzicki, M, Korus, R, Mrówczynski, S, Rybczynski, M, Seyboth, P, Stefanek, G, Wlodarczyk, Z, Wojtaszek, A, Guber, F, Kurepin, A, Ivashkin, A, Maevskaya, A, Andrieu, B, Dumarchez, J, Choi, K U, Kim, J H, Yi, J G, Yoo, I K, Kolev, D, Tsenov, R, Asryan, A G, Derkach, D A, Feofilov, G A, Iguchi, S, Ivanov, A S, Kolevatov, R S, Kondratiev, V P, Naumenko, P A, Vechernin, V V, Chung, P, Lacey, R, Taranenko, A, Kobayashi, T, Nakadaira, T, Sakashita, K, Sekiguchi, T, Grebieszkow, K, Kikola, D, Peryt, W, Pluta, J, Slodkowski, M, Szuba, M, Aduszkiewicz, A, Dominik, Wojciech, Kielczewska, D, Posiadala, M, Skrzypczak, E, Mijakowski, P, Palczewski, T, Przewlocki, P, Rondio, E, Stepaniak, J, Anticic, T, Kadija, K, Nikolic, V, Susa, T, Marchionni, A, Natterer, G, and Rubbia, André

Subjects
Detectors and Experimental Techniques
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2007

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

Author

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

Subjects
Nuclear Theory, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

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

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2007

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

Author

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

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

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

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2007

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

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

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

Subjects
High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

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

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2007

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

Author

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

38. Strangeness production at SPS energies

Author

Mitrovski, Michael K., 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., Meurer, C., Mischke, A., 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 Experiment, Nuclear Physics
Abstract

We present a summary of measurements of strange particles performed by the experiment NA49 in central and minimum bias Pb+Pb collisions in the beam energy range 20A - 158A GeV. New results on $\Xi$ production in central Pb+Pb collisions and on $\Lambda, \Xi$ production in minimum bias collisions are shown. Transverse mass spectra and rapidity distributions of strange particles at different energies are compared. The energy dependence of the particle yields and ratios is discussed. NA49 measurements of the $\Lambda$ and $\Xi$ enhancement factors are shown for the first time.

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2006

39. Upper limit of D-0 production in central Pb-Pb collisions at 158A GeV

Author

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

Abstract

Results are presented from a search for the decays D-0-> K(-)pi(+) and (D) over bar (0)-> K(+)pi(-) in a sample of 3.8x10(6) central Pb-Pb events collected with a beam energy of 158A GeV by NA49 at the CERN SPS. No signal is observed. An upper limit on D-0 production is derived and compared to predictions from several models.

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2006

40. Energy and centrality dependence of $\overline{p}$ and $p$ production and the $\overline{\lambda}/\overline{p}$ ratio in Pb+Pb collisions between 20A GeV and 158A GeV

Author

Alt, C, Anticic, T, Baatar, B, Barna, D, Bartke, Jerzy, Betev, L, Bialkowska, H, Blume, C, Boimska, B, Botje, M, Braconik, J, Bramm, R, Bruncic, P, Cerny, V, Christakoglou, P, Chvala, O, Cramer, J G, Csató, P, Dinkelaker, P, Eckardt, V, Flierl, D, Fodor, Z, Foka, P, Friese, V, Gál, J, Gazdzicki, M, Genchev, V, Georgopoulos, G, Gladysz-Dziadus, E, Grebieszkow, K, Hegyi, S, Höhne, C, Kadija, K, Karev, A, Kliement, M, Kniege, S, Kolesnikov, V I, Kornas, E, Korus, R, Kowalski, M, Kraus, I, Kreps, M, Laslo, A, Van Leeuwen, M, Lévai, Peter, Litov, L, Lungwit5z, B, Makariev, M, Malakhov, A I, Mateev, M, Melkumov, G L, Mischke, A, Mitrovski, M, Molnár, J, Mrówczynski, S, Nicolic, V, Pálla, G, Panagiotou, A D, Panayotov, D, Petridis, A, Pikna, M, Prindle, D, Pühlhofer, F, Renfordt, R, Roland, C, Stefanel, G, Rybczynski, M, Rybicki, A, Sandoval, A, Schmitz, N, Schuster, T, Seyboth, T, Siklér, F, Sitár, B, Skrzypczak, E, Stefanek, G, Stock, R, Strabel, C, Ströbele, H, Susa, T, Szentpétery, I, Sziklai, J, Szymanski, P, Trubnikov, V, Varga, D, Vassiliou, Maria, Veres, G I, Vesztergombi, G, Vranic, D, Wetzler, A, Wlodarczyk, Z, Yoo, I K, and Zimányi, J

Subjects
High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment, Particle Physics - Experiment
Abstract

The transverse mass $m_{t}$ distributions for antiprotons are measured at midrapidity for minimum bias Pb+Pb collisions at 158A GeV and for central Pb+Pb collisions at 20A, 30A, 40A, and 80A GeV beam energies in the fixed target experiment NA49 at the CERN SPS. The rapidity density $dn/dy$, inverse slope parameter $T$, and mean transverse mass left angle $\left \langle {m}_{t} \right \rangle$ derived from the $m_{t}$ distributions are studied as a function of the incident energy and the collision centrality and compared to the relevant data on proton production. The shapes of the $m_{t}$ distributions of $\bar{p}$ and $p$ are very similar. The ratios of the particle yields, $\bar{p}/p$ and $\Lambda/p\bar{p}$, are also analyzed. The $\bar{p}/p$ ratio exhibits an increase with decreasing centrality and a steep rise with increasing beam energy. The $\Lambda/\bar{p}$ ratio increases beyond unity with decreasing beam energy.

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2006

41. Onset of deconfinement in Pb+Pb collisions at the CERN SPS

Author

Seyboth, P., 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., Katarzyna Grebieszkow, Hegyi, S., Hoehne, C., Kadija, K., Karev, A., Kikola, D., Kliemant, M., Kniege, S., Kolesnikov, V. I., Kornas, E., Korus, R., Kowalski, M., Kraus, I., Kreps, M., Laszlo, A., Lacey, R., Leeuwen, M., 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., Puehlhofer, F., Renfordt, R., Roland, C., Roland, G., Rybczynski, M., Rybicki, A., Sandoval, A., Schmitz, N., Schuster, T., Sikler, F., Sitar, B., Skrzypczak, E., Slodkowski, M., Stefanek, G., Stock, R., Strabel, C., Stroebele, 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
High Energy Physics::Lattice, Nuclear Theory, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The NA49 fixed-target experiment studied high energy-density matter produced in nucleus-nucleus reactions at the CERN SPS. In central Pb+Pb collisions at 158A GeV the energy density at the early stage substantially exceeds the threshold for quark deconfinement predicted by lattice QCD. The produced matter shows strong transverse and longitudinal flow. Ratios of yields of produced particles are approximately consistent with statistical equilibration. An energy scan through the SPS range revealed structure in the energy dependence of pion and kaon yields as well as of the inverse slopes of transverse mass distributions. These features suggest that a deconfined phase starts to be produced at around 30A GeV in central Pb+Pb collisions. The analysis of fluctuations and correlations has not yet provided evidence for the predicted critical point of QCD. The NA49 fixed-target experiment studied high energy-density matter produced in nucleus-nucleus reactions at the CERN SPS. In central Pb+Pb collisions at 158A GeV the energy density at the early stage substantially exceeds the threshold for quark deconfinement predicted by lattice QCD. The produced matter shows strong transverse and longitudinal flow. Ratios of yields of produced particles are approximately consistent with statistical equilibration. An energy scan through the SPS range revealed structure in the energy dependence of pion and kaon yields as well as of the inverse slopes of transverse mass distributions. These features suggest that a deconfined phase starts to be produced at around 30A GeV in central Pb+Pb collisions. The analysis of fluctuations and correlations has not yet provided evidence for the predicted critical point of QCD.

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2006

42. 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

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2006

43. 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.

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2006

44. Energy and centrality dependence of (p)over-bar and p production and the (Lambda)over-bar/(p)over-bar ratio in Pb plus Pb collisions between 20A GeV and 158A GeV

Author

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

Subjects
High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The transverse mass m(t) distributions for antiprotons are measured at midrapidity for minimum bias Pb+Pb collisions at 158A GeV and for central Pb+Pb collisions at 20A, 30A, 40A, and 80A GeV beam energies in the fixed target experiment NA49 at the CERN SPS. The rapidity density dn/dy, inverse slope parameter T, and mean transverse mass < m(t)> derived from the m(t) distributions are studied as a function of the incident energy and the collision centrality and compared to the relevant data on proton production. The shapes of the m(t) distributions of (p) over bar and p are very similar. The ratios of the particle yields, (p) over bar /p and (p) over bar/(Lambda) over bar, are also analyzed. The (p) over bar /p ratio exhibits an increase with decreasing centrality and a steep rise with increasing beam energy. The (Lambda) over bar/(Lambda) over bar ratio increases beyond unity with decreasing beam energy.

Published
2006

45. 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

46. 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
Abstract

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

Published
2006

47. 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

48. Energy and centrality dependence of antiproton and proton production in relativistic Pb+Pb collisions at the CERN SPS

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., Laslo, 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
Physics::Accelerator Physics, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment, Nuclear Physics
Abstract

The transverse mass distributions for antiprotons are measured at midrapidity for minimum bias Pb+Pb collisions at 158A GeV and for central Pb+Pb collisions at 20, 30, 40 and 80 A GeV beam energies in the NA49 experiment at the CERN SPS. The rapidity density, inverse slope parameter and mean transverse mass derived from the transverse mass distributions are studied as a function of the incident energy and the collision centrality and compared to the relevant proton data. The shapes of the m_T distributions of antiprotons and protons are very similar. The ratios of the particle yields, antiproton/proton and antilambda/antiproton, are also analysed. The antiproton/proton ratio exhibits an increase with diminishing centrality and a steep rise with increasing beam energy. The antilambda/antiproton ratio increases beyond unity with decreasing beam energy. The transverse mass distributions for antiprotons are measured at midrapidity for minimum bias Pb+Pb collisions at 158A GeV and for central Pb+Pb collisions at 20A, 30A, 40A and 80A GeV beam energies in the fixed target experiment NA49 at the CERN SPS. The rapidity density, inverse slope parameter and mean transverse mass derived from the transverse mass distributions are studied as a function of the incident energy and the collision centrality and compared to the relevant data on proton production. The shapes of the transverse mass distributions of antiproton and proton are very similar. The ratios of the particle yields, antiproton/proton and antilambda/antiproton, are also analysed. The antiproton to proton ratio exhibits an increase with decreasing centrality and a steep rise with increasing beam energy. The antilambda to antiproton ratio increases beyond unity with decreasing beam energy.

Published
2005

49. Main Physics Results and further Analysis Plans of the NA49 Collaboration on Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions at SPS Energies-2005-041

Author

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

Subjects
Detectors and Experimental Techniques
Published
2005

50. Results from NA49

Author

Hohne, C., 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., 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
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Range (particle radiation), Particle physics, Large Hadron Collider, Elliptic flow, Hadron, Nuclear Theory, Strangeness production, Spectral line, Nuclear physics, Particle, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear 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. 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. 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 Λ-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
2005

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