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Particle production in central Pb+Pb collisions was studied with the NA49 large acceptance spectrometer at the CERN SPS at beam energies of 20, 30, 40, 80, and 158 GeV per nucleon. A change of the energy dependence is observed around 30A GeV for the yields of pions and strange particles as well as for the shapes of the transverse mass spectra. At present only a reaction scenario with onset of deconfinement is able to reproduce the measurements.
System size dependence of multiplicity fluctuations of charged particles produced in nuclear collisions at 158 A GeV was studied in the NA49 CERN experiment. Results indicate a non-monotonic dependence of the scaled variance of the multiplicity distribution with a maximum for semi-peripheral Pb+Pb interactions with number of projectile participants of about 35. This effect is not observed in a string-hadronic model of nuclear collision HIJING.
Event-by-event fluctuations of particle ratios in central Pb + Pb collisions at 20 to 158 AGeV
(2004)
In the vicinity of the QCD phase transition, critical fluctuations have been predicted to lead to non-statistical fluctuations of particle ratios, depending on the nature of the phase transition. Recent results of the NA49 energy scan program show a sharp maximum of the ratio of K+ to Pi+ yields in central Pb+Pb collisions at beam energies of 20-30 AGeV. This observation has been interpreted as an indication of a phase transition at low SPS energies. We present first results on event-by-event fluctuations of the kaon to pion and proton to pion ratios at beam energies close to this maximum.
A non-monotonic energy dependence of the K + / pi + ratio with a sharp maximum close to 30 A GeV is observed in central Pb+Pb collisions. Within a statistical model of the early stage, this is interpreted as a sign of the phase transition to a QGP, which causes a sharp change in the energy dependence of the strangeness to entropy ratio. This observation naturally motivates us to study the production of multistrange hyperons (Xi, Omega) as a function of the beam energy. Furthermore it was suggested that the kinematic freeze-out of Omega takes place directly at QGP hadronization. If this is indeed the case, the transverse momentum spectra of the Omega directly reflect the transverse expansion velocity of a hadronizing QGP. In this report we show preliminary NA49 results on Omega - and Omega + production in central Pb+Pb collisions at 40 and 158 A GeV and compare them to measurements of Xi - and Xi + production in central Pb+Pb collisions at 30, 40, 80 and 158 A GeV.
Rapidity distributions for $\Lambda$ and $\bar{\Lambda}$ hyperons in central Pb-Pb collisions at 40, 80 and 158 A$\cdot$GeV and for ${\rm K}_{s}^{0}$ mesons at 158 A$\cdot$GeV are presented. The lambda multiplicities are studied as a function of collision energy together with AGS and RHIC measurements and compared to model predictions. A different energy dependence of the $\Lambda/\pi$ and $\bar{\Lambda}/\pi$ is observed. The $\bar{\Lambda}/\Lambda$ ratio shows a steep increase with collision energy. Evidence for a $\bar{\Lambda}/\bar{\rm p}$ ratio greater than 1 is found at 40 A$\cdot$GeV.
Rapidity distributions for Lambda and anti-Lambda hyperons in central Pb-Pb collisions at 40, 80 and 158 AGeV and for K 0 s mesons at 158 AGeV are presented. The lambda multiplicities are studied as a function of collision energy together with AGS and RHIC measurements and compared to model predictions. A different energy dependence of the Lambda/pi and anti-Lambda/pi is observed. The anti-Lambda/Lambda ratio shows a steep increase with collision energy. Evidence for a anti-Lambda/anti-p ratio greater than 1 is found at 40 AGeV.
Using CORSIKA for simulating extensive air showers, we study the relation between the shower characteristics and features of hadronic multiparticle production at low energies. We report about investigations of typical energies and phase space regions of secondary particles which are important for muon production in extensive air showers. Possibilities to measure relevant quantities of hadron production in existing and planned accelerator experiments are discussed.
First results on the production of Xi- and Anti-xi hyperons in Pb+Pb interactions at 40 A GeV are presented. The Anti-xi/Xi- ratio at midrapidity is studied as a function of collision centrality. The ratio shows no significant centrality dependence within statistical errors; it ranges from 0.07 to 0.15. The Anti-xi/Xi- ratio for central Pb+Pb collisions increases strongly with the collision energy.
New results on the production of Xi and Omega hyperons in Pb+Pb interactions at 40 A GeV and Lambda at 30 A GeV are presented. Transverse mass spectra as well as rapidity spectra of these hyperons are shown and compared to previously measured data at different beam energies. The energy dependence of hyperon production (4Pi yields) is discussed. Additionally, the centrality dependence of Xi- production at 40 A GeV is presented.
Vortrag gehalten am 12. Januar 2005 in Frankfurt am Main, am Physikalischen Verein, anläßlich der Verleihung des Philipp-Siedler-Wissenschaftspreises an Dipl.-Phys. Christine Meurer, als Anerkennung für ihre Diplomarbeit "Xi- und Xi+ Produktion in Pb+Pb Stößen bei 40 A GeV am CERN SPS" (urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-13740). Am CERN, dem Europäischen Kernforschungszentrum, werden Bleiatomkerne auf nahezu Lichtgeschwindigkeit beschleunigt und zur Kollision gebracht. Dabei wird die Materie in einer Art Feuerball extrem verdichtet und erhitzt. Unter diesen Bedingungen brechen die Bestandteile der Atomkerne, die Nukleonen, auf und der Blick auf die eigentlichen Bausteine der Materie, die Quarks, wird möglich. Nach der Kollision expandiert der Feuerball und viele neue Teilchen, darunter auch die sogenannten seltsamen Teilchen, entstehen. Ihre Besonderheiten werden im Vortrag diskutiert: Ergebnisse zur Produktion des seltsamen Xi- -Teilchens in Pb+Pb-Stößen bei einer Energie von 40 A GeV werden vorgestellt. Aus dem transversalen Massenspektrum bei mittlerer Rapidität erhält man einen inversen Steigungsparamenter von T Xi- = (210±11±21)MeV . Die Integration des Rapiditätsspektrums liefert eine totale Anzahl der s im gesamten Phasenraum von (2.41 ± 0.15 ± 0.24) Teilchen pro Kollision. Desweiteren wird die Anregungsfunktion des Xi- -Hyperons sowie seine Zentralitätsabhänigkeit bei 40 A GeV diskutiert.