Phi production in 158-GEV/u Pb + Pb collisions

Volker Friese, Sergey V. Afanasiev, Thomas Alber, Harald Appelshäuser, Joachim Bächler, Stephen John Bailey, Lee Stuart Barnby, Jerzy Bartke, Helena Białkowska, Charles O. Blyth, Rudolf Bock, Christian Bormann, Franklin Paul Brady, Robert Brockmann, Nenad Buncic, Predrag Bunčić, Helen Louise Caines, Daniel A. Cebra, P Chan, Glenn E. Cooper, John G. Cramer, Pauline B. Cramer, Péter Csató, Oliver Dietz, Jason Dunn, Volker Eckardt, Frank Eckhardt, M. I. Ferguson, Hans Gerhard Fischer, Dominik Bernhard Flierl, Zoltán Fodor, Panagiota Foka, Peter Freund, Volker Friese, M Fuchs, Frank Gabler, József Gál, Marek Gaździcki, Ewa Gładysz-Dziaduś, Jaroslaw Grebieszkow, Jörg Günther, John W. Harris, Sándor Hegyi, Torsten Henkel, L. A. Hill, Isaac Huang, Mark A. Howe, Holm Gero Hümmler, George J. Igo, Detlef Irmscher, Peter Martin Jacobs, Peter Graham Jones, Krešo Kadija, Vadim I. Kolesnikov, Marek Kowalski, Brian Lasiuk, Péter Lévai, Aleksandr I. Malakhov, Spyridon Margetis, Christina Markert, Georgy L. Melkumov, Andreas Mock, József Molnár, John M. Nelson, Grazyna Janina Odyniec, Gabriella Pálla, Apostolos D. Panagiotou, Athanasios Petridis, Andreas Piper, R. Jefferson Porter, Arthur M. Poskanzer, Stefan Poziombka, Duncan J. Prindle, Falk Pühlhofer, Wolfgang Hans Rauch, Jeffrey G. Reid, Rainer Arno Ernst Renfordt, Waldemar Retyk, Hans Georg Ritter, Dieter Röhrich, Christof Roland, Gunther Roland, Heinrich Rudolph, Andrzej Rybicki, Iwona Sakrejda, Andres Sandoval, Hans Sann, Alexei Yu. Semenov, Erich Schäfer, Dirk Schmischke, Norbert Schmitz, Stefan Schönfelder, Peter Seyboth, Jürgen Seyerlein, Ferenc Siklér, Ewa Skrzypczak, Gordon Thomas Anderson Squier, Reinhard Stock, Herbert Ströbele, Imre Szentpétery, János Sziklai, Milton Y. Toy, Thomas A. Trainor, Stephen Trentalange, Thomas Ullrich, Maria Vassiliou, György Vesztergombi, Danilo Vranić, Feipeng Wang, Dhammika D. Weerasundara, Siegfried Wenig, Charles A. Whitten, Thomas Wienold, Lindsay Wood, Tim A. Yates, József Zimányi, Xue-Zhou Zhu, Ryszard Zybert

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

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Author:Volker FrieseORCiDGND, Sergey V. AfanasievORCiDGND, Thomas Alber, Harald AppelshäuserORCiDGND, Joachim Bächler, Stephen John Bailey, Lee Stuart BarnbyORCiD, Jerzy BartkeGND, Helena BiałkowskaORCiD, Charles O. Blyth, Rudolf BockGND, Christian BormannGND, Franklin Paul Brady, Robert Brockmann, Nenad Buncic, Predrag Bunčić, Helen Louise CainesORCiD, Daniel A. CebraORCiD, P Chan, Glenn E. Cooper, John G. CramerGND, Pauline B. Cramer, Péter Csató, Oliver Dietz, Jason Dunn, Volker Eckardt, Frank Eckhardt, M. I. Ferguson, Hans Gerhard Fischer, Dominik Bernhard FlierlGND, Zoltán FodorGND, Panagiota FokaORCiD, Peter Freund, Volker FrieseORCiDGND, M Fuchs, Frank GablerGND, József Gál, Marek GaździckiORCiDGND, Ewa Gładysz-DziaduśORCiD, Jaroslaw Grebieszkow, Jörg GüntherGND, John W. HarrisORCiDGND, Sándor Hegyi, Torsten HenkelGND, L. A. Hill, Isaac Huang, Mark A. Howe, Holm Gero HümmlerGND, George J. Igo, Detlef Irmscher, Peter Martin JacobsORCiD, Peter Graham Jones, Krešo Kadija, Vadim I. KolesnikovORCiD, Marek Kowalski, Brian Lasiuk, Péter LévaiGND, Aleksandr I. MalakhovGND, Spyridon Margetis, Christina MarkertORCiDGND, Georgy L. Melkumov, Andreas Mock, József Molnár, John M. Nelson, Grazyna Janina Odyniec, Gabriella Pálla, Apostolos D. Panagiotou, Athanasios PetridisORCiD, Andreas Piper, R. Jefferson PorterORCiD, Arthur M. PoskanzerORCiDGND, Stefan Poziombka, Duncan J. Prindle, Falk PühlhoferGND, Wolfgang Hans Rauch, Jeffrey G. Reid, Rainer Arno Ernst Renfordt, Waldemar Retyk, Hans Georg Ritter, Dieter RöhrichORCiD, Christof RolandORCiDGND, Gunther RolandGND, Heinrich Rudolph, Andrzej RybickiORCiD, Iwona Sakrejda, Andres SandovalORCiD, Hans Sann, Alexei Yu. Semenov, Erich SchäferGND, Dirk Schmischke, Norbert SchmitzGND, Stefan Schönfelder, Peter SeybothORCiDGND, Jürgen SeyerleinGND, Ferenc SiklérORCiD, Ewa Skrzypczak, Gordon Thomas Anderson Squier, Reinhard StockGND, Herbert Ströbele, Imre Szentpétery, János SziklaiORCiD, Milton Y. Toy, Thomas A. TrainorORCiD, Stephen TrentalangeORCiD, Thomas UllrichORCiDGND, Maria VassiliouORCiD, György Vesztergombi, Danilo VranićGND, Feipeng Wang, Dhammika D. Weerasundara, Siegfried WenigORCiD, Charles A. Whitten, Thomas WienoldGND, Lindsay Wood, Tim A. Yates, József Zimányi, Xue-Zhou Zhu, Ryszard Zybert
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-17076
ISSN:0305-4616
Parent Title (English):Journal of physics. G, Nuclear and particle physics
Publisher:IOP Publ.
Place of publication:Bristol
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2005/09/30
Year of first Publication:1997
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Creating Corporation:NA49 Collaboration
Release Date:2005/09/30
Volume:23.1997
Page Number:7
First Page:1937
Last Page:1843
HeBIS-PPN:185281621
Institutes:Physik / Physik
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 53 Physik / 530 Physik
Licence (German):License LogoDeutsches Urheberrecht