TY - JOUR A1 - Adamová, Dagmar A1 - Agakishiev, Geydar A1 - Antończyk, Dariusz A1 - Appelshäuser, Harald A1 - Belaga, Victoria Vladimirovna A1 - Bielčíková, Jana A1 - Braun-Munzinger, Peter A1 - Busch, Oliver A1 - Cherlin, Alexander A1 - Damjanović, Sanja A1 - Dietel, Thomas A1 - Dietrich, Lars A1 - Drees, Axel A1 - Dubitzky, Wilrid A1 - Esumi, ShinIchi A1 - Filimonov, Kirill A1 - Fomenko, Kirill A1 - Fraenkel, Zeev A1 - Garabatos, Chilo A1 - Glässel, Peter A1 - Holeczek, Jacek A1 - Kushpil, Vasilii V. A1 - Maas, Axel Torsten A1 - Marín, Ana A1 - Milošević, Jovan A1 - Milov, Alexander A1 - Miśkowiec, Dariusz Czesław A1 - Panebrattsev, Yuri A1 - Petchenova, Olga A1 - Petráček, Vojtech A1 - Pfeiffer, Andreas A1 - Rak, Jan A1 - Ravinovich, Ilia A1 - Rehak, Pavel A1 - Sako, Hiroyuki A1 - Schmitz, Wolfgang A1 - Sedykh, Sergei A1 - Shimansky, Sepan A1 - Stachel, Johanna A1 - Šumbera, Michal A1 - Tilsner, Heinz A1 - Tserruya, Itzhak A1 - Wessels, Johannes P. A1 - Wienold, Thomas A1 - Wurm, Johann Peter A1 - Xie, Wei A1 - Yurevich, Sergey A1 - Yurevich, Vladimir T1 - Modification of the ρ meson detected by low-mass electron–positron pairs in central Pb-Au collisions at 158A GeV/c T2 - Physics Letters B N2 - We present a measurement of e+e− pair production in central PbAu collisions at 158A GeV/c. As reported earlier, a significant excess of the e+e− pair yield over the expectation from hadron decays is observed. The improved mass resolution of the present data set, recorded with the upgraded CERES experiment at the CERN-SPS, allows for a comparison of the data with different theoretical approaches. The data clearly favor a substantial in-medium broadening of the ρ spectral function over a density-dependent shift of the ρ pole mass. The in-medium broadening model implies that baryon induced interactions are the key mechanism to the observed modifications of the ρ meson at SPS energy. Y1 - 2008 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/76625 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-766250 SN - 0370-2693 VL - 666 IS - 5 SP - 425 EP - 429 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER -