1. Ξ and production in 158 GeV/nucleon Pb+Pb collisions
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H. Appelshäuser, J. Bächler, S.J. Bailey, D. Barna, L.S. Barnby, J. Bartke, R.A. Barton, H. Białkowska, A. Billmeier, C.O. Blyth, R. Bock, C. Bormann, F.P. Brady, R. Brockmann, R. Brun, P. Bunčić, H.L. Caines, L.D. Carr, D. Cebra, G.E. Cooper, J.G. Cramer, M. Cristinziani, P. Csato, J. Dunn, V. Eckardt, F. Eckhardt, M.I. Ferguson, H.G. Fischer, D. Flierl, Z. Fodor, P. Foka, P. Freund, V. Friese, M. Fuchs, F. Gabler, R. Ganz, W. Geist, J. Gal, M. Gaździcki, E. Gładysz, J. Grebieszkow, J. Günther, J.W. Harris, S. Hegyi, T. Henkel, L.A. Hill, H. Hümmler, G. Igo, D. Irmscher, P. Jacobs, P.G. Jones, K. Kadija, V.I. Kolesnikov, A. Konashenok, M. Kowalski, B. Lasiuk, P. Lévai, F. Liu, A.I. Malakhov, S. Margetis, C. Markert, G.L. Melkumov, A. Mock, J. Molnár, J.M. Nelson, M. Oldenburg, G. Odyniec, G. Palla, A.D. Panagiotou, A. Petridis, A. Piper, R.J. Porter, A.M. Poskanzer, D.J. Prindle, F. Pühlhofer, W. Rauch, J.G. Reid, R. Renfordt, W. Retyk, H.G. Ritter, D. Röhrich, C. Roland, G. Roland, H. Rudolph, A. Rybicki, A. Sandoval, H. Sann, A.Yu. Semenov, E. Schäfer, D. Schmischke, N. Schmitz, S. Schönfelder, P. Seyboth, J. Seyerlein, F. Sikler, E. Skrzypczak, R. Snellings, G.T.A. Squier, R. Stock, H. Ströbele, Chr. Struck, T. Susa, I. Szentpetery, J. Sziklai, M. Toy, T.A. Trainor, S. Trentalange, T. Ullrich, M. Vassiliou, G. Veres, G. Vesztergombi, D. Vranić, F. Wang, D.D. Weerasundara, S. Wenig, C. Whitten, T. Wienold, L. Wood, N. Xu, T.A. Yates, J. Zimanyi, X.-Z. Zhu, and R. Zybert
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Nuclear physics ,Physics ,Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,Yield (chemistry) ,Hadron ,Hyperon ,Transverse mass ,Rapidity ,Nucleon ,Spectral line ,Bar (unit) - Abstract
We report measurements of Xi and Xi-bar hyperon absolute yields as a function of rapidity in 158 GeV/c Pb+Pb collisions. At midrapidity, dN/dy = 2.29 +/- 0.12 for Xi, and 0.52 +/- 0.05 for Xi-bar, leading to the ratio of Xi-bar/Xi = 0.23 +/- 0.03. Inverse slope parameters fitted to the measured transverse mass spectra are of the order of 300 MeV near mid-rapidity. The estimated total yield of Xi particles in Pb+Pb central interactions amounts to 7.4 +/- 1.0 per collision. Comparison to Xi production in properly scaled p+p reactions at the same energy reveals a dramatic enhancement (about one order of magnitude) of Xi production in Pb+Pb central collisions over elementary hadron interactions.
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- 1998
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