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Results are presented on event-by-event electric charge fluctuations in central Pb+Pb collisions at 20, 30, 40, 80 and 158 AGeV. The observed fluctuations are close to those expected for a gas of pions correlated by global charge conservation only. These fluctuations are considerably larger than those calculated for an ideal gas of deconfined quarks and gluons. The present measurements do not necessarily exclude reduced fluctuations from a quark-gluon plasma because these might be masked by contributions from resonance decays.
System-size dependence of strangeness production in nucleus-nucleus collisions at √sNN = 17.3 GeV
(2005)
Emission of pi, K, phi and Lambda was measured in near-central C+C and Si+Si collisions at 158 AGeV beam energy. Together with earlier data for p+p, S+S and Pb+Pb, the system-size dependence of relative strangeness production in nucleus-nucleus collisions is obtained. Its fast rise and the saturation observed at about 60 participating nucleons can be understood as onset of the formation of coherent partonic subsystems of increasing size. PACS numbers: 25.75.-q
Results are presented on Omega production in central Pb+Pb collisions at 40 and 158 AGeV beam energy. Given are transverse-mass spectra, rapidity distributions, and total yields for the sum Omega+Antiomega at 40 AGeV and for Omega and Antiomega separately at 158 AGeV. The yields are strongly under-predicted by the string-hadronic UrQMD model and are in better agreement with predictions from a hadron gas models. PACS numbers: 25.75.Dw
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.
The hadronic final state of central Pb+Pb collisions at 20, 30, 40, 80, and 158 AGeV has been measured by the CERN NA49 collaboration. The mean transverse mass of pions and kaons at midrapidity stays nearly constant in this energy range, whereas at lower energies, at the AGS, a steep increase with beam energy was measured. Compared to p+p collisions as well as to model calculations, anomalies in the energy dependence of pion and kaon production at lower SPS energies are observed. These findings can be explained, assuming that the energy density reached in central A+A collisions at lower SPS energies is sufficient to transform the hot and dense nuclear matter into a deconfined phase.
The hadronic final state of central Pb+Pb collisions at 20, 30, 40, 80, and 158 AGeV has been measured by the CERN NA49 collaboration. The mean transverse mass of pions and kaons at midrapidity stays nearly constant in this energy range, whereas at lower energies, at the AGS, a steep increase with beam energy was measured. Compared to p+p collisions as well as to model calculations, anomalies in the energy dependence of pion and kaon production at lower SPS energies are observed. These findings can be explained, assuming that the energy density reached in central A+A collisions at lower SPS energies is sufficient to force the hot and dense nuclear matter into a deconfined phase.
The data on mT spectra of K0S K+ and K- mesons produced in all inelastic p + p and p + pbar interactions in the energy range sqrt(s)NN=4.7-1800GeV are compiled and analyzed. The spectra are parameterized by a single exponential function, dN/(m_T*dm_T)=C exp(-m_T/T), and the inverse slope parameter T is the main object of study. The T parameter is found to be similar for K0S, K+ and K- mesons. It increases monotonically with collision energy from T~30MeV at sqrt(s)NN=4.7GeV to T~220MeV at sqrt(s)NN=1800GeV. The T parameter measured in p+p and p+pbar interactions is significantly lower than the corresponding parameter obtained for central Pb+Pb collisions at all studied energies. Also the shape of the energy dependence of T is different for central Pb+Pb collisions and p+p(pbar) interactions.
In dieser Arbeit wurde die Produktion geladener Kaonen in C+C und Si+Si- Kollisionen bei Strahlenergien von 40A und 158A GeV untersucht, die verwendeten Daten stammen vom CERN Experiment NA49. Die Kaonen wurden über den mittleren Energieverlust in den TPCs identifiziert, was die Messung der Phasenraumverteilung in einem großen Bereich möglich machte. Die Analyse basiert auf der dE/dx Auswertung aller NA49 TPCs (globale Analyse). Es wurde herausgefunden, dass bei den C+C und Si+Si Datensätzen die MTPC dE/dx Information unvollständig auf den DSTs gespeichert wurde. Da die Auflösung bei der Bestimmung des mittleren Energieverlusts beschränkt ist, ist die Teilchenidentifikation nur über statistische Methoden möglich. Im Kapitel 4 wird diese von Marco van Leeuwen mitentwickelte Methode beschrieben. Für die endgültigen Werte der Phasenraumverteilung der Teilchen müssen die identifizierten Kaonen noch auf Effekte korrigiert werden, die durch den Aufbau des Detektors und die verwendete Analysesoftware hervorgerufen werden. Die Korrekturen werden im Kapitel 5.4 beschrieben und angewandt, dies sind unter anderem geometrische Korrekturen, Akzeptanz und Zerfallskorrekturen. Die Ergebnisse bei 158A GeV wurden mit C.Höhnes Ergebnissen verglichen und stimmen im Rahmen der Fehler überein. Zur Übersicht wurden die Daten mit den anderen NA49-Daten zusammengefasst. Dabei ist zu erkennen dass die Verhältnisse < K+ > / < NW >, < K+ > / < + >, < K > / < NW > und < K > / < > im Bereich zwischen p+p und Si+Si schnell ansteigen und im weiterem Verlauf bis Pb+Pb kaum weiter ansteigen. Im Rahmen des Statistical Model of the Early Stage sind dies Anzeichen für einen Übergang in das Quark-Gluon-Plasma bei 40A GeV in Si+Si Kollisionen. Für eine Bestätigung dieser Vermutung sind jedoch weitere Messungen bei unterschiedlichen Energien und Systemen notwendig.