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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
In dieser Arbeit wurde die Produktion von Omega und Anti-Omega Hyperonen in zentralen Pb+Pb-Kollisionen bei 40 A GeV am CERN SPS mit dem NA49 Experiment untersucht. Der in dieser Arbeit verwendete Datensatz wurde während einer 4 wöchigen Strahlzeit 1999 aufgenommen. Dabei wurden 579446 Zentrale (7.2 % des totalen Wirkungsquerschnitts) Ereignisse, bei zwei verschiedenen Polarit aten (std+ und std-), aufgezeichnet. Die Omega Produktion bei 40 A GeV wird mit Messungen bei anderen Energien verglichen, um damit die Energieabhangigkeit der Omega Produktion zu untersuchen. Das Experiment NA49 erlaubt genaue Messungen in einem weiten Akzeptanzbereich. Man misst die Zerfallstochter des Omegas und die Zerfallstochter des Omegas mit hochauflösenden TPCs. Mehrfach seltsame Teilchen (Theta, Omega) werden durch ihre Zerfallstopologie identifiziert. Es wurden verschieden Qualitatskriterien verwendet, um den kombinatorischen Untergrund zu reduzieren. NA49 hat nur eine endliche geometrische Akzeptanz und kann deshalb nicht den ganzen Phasenraum abdecken. Außerdem wurden verschiedene Qualitatskriterien verwendet, um ein akzeptables Signal zu Untergrund Verhaltnis zu erhalten. Da es wegen der Akzeptanz und der Qualitatskriterien zu Verlusten kommt, muss man darauf korrigieren. Dies macht man mittels einer Simulation, in der man Omega Hyperonen simuliert. Die Omega Hyperonen werden uber drei Rapiditatseinheiten um den Bereich zentraler Rapiditat und mit Transversalimpulsen von 0.9 bis 2.4 GeV/c gemessen. Es wurde der Temperaturparameter des Omega Hyperons bei 40 A GeV bestimmt. Im Rahmen der Fehler ist der Temperaturparameter der 40 A GeV dem der 158 A GeV gleich. Betrachtet man den Temperaturparameter der Omegas als Funktion der Schwerpunktenergie, gibt es einen Anstieg des Temperaturparameters von SPS- zu RHIC-Energien. Es wurden jeweils die Multiplizitaten bei mittlerer Rapiditat für Omega und Anti-Omega bestimmt. Die Multiplizität vom Omega betragt 0.068 +- 0.020 (stat.) +- 0.019 (sys.) und vom Anti-Omega 0.027 +- 0.008 (stat.) +- 0.007 (sys.). Die Multiplizitaten bei mittlerer Rapiditat steigen für Omega und Anti-Omega mit der Schwerpunktenergie von SPS- zu RHIC-Energien. Die Ergebnisse stimmen mit den Messungen der NA57 Kollaboration überein. Bei 40 A GeV wurde erstmals eine Rapiditatsverteilung gemessen. Die daraus resultierende totale Multiplizitat fur Omega + Anti-Omega betragt 0.20 +- 0.03 (stat.) +- 0.04 (sys.). Mit steigender Schwerpunktenergie steigt die totale Multiplizität und die Rapiditätsverteilung wird breiter. Um den systematischen Fehler zu bestimmen, wurde eine Stabilität-Analyse des mt-Spektrums und der Rapiditatsverteilung durchgefuhrt. Der systematische Fehler der mt-Spektren betragt 18 % und der totalen Multiplizitat 21 %. Schaut man sich die Anregungsfunktion der Omega und Anti-Omega als Funktion der Schwerpunktenergie an, erkennt man, dass es eine leichte Energieabhängigkeit beim Anti-Omega / Pi-Minus ....
Results are presented from a search for the decays D0 -> K min pi plus and D0 bar -> K plus pi min in a sample of 3.8x10^6 central Pb-Pb events collected with a beam energy of 158A GeV by NA49 at the CERN SPS. No signal is observed. An upper limit on D0 production is derived and compared to predictions from several models.
Results are presented on event-by-event fluctuations in transverse momentum of charged particles, produced at forward rapidities in p+p, C+C, Si+Si and Pb+Pb collisions at 158 AGeV. Three different characteristics are discussed: the average transverse momentum of the event, the Phi_pT fluctuation measure and two-particle transverse momentum correlations. In the kinematic region explored, the dynamical fluctuations are found to be small. However, a significant system size dependence of Phi_pT is observed, with the largest value measured in peripheral Pb+Pb interactions. The data are compared with predictions of several models. PACS numbers: 14.20.Jn, 13.75.Cs, 12.39.-x
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
System size and centrality dependence of the balance function in A + A collisions at √sNN = 17.2 GeV
(2004)
Electric charge correlations were studied for p+p, C+C, Si+Si and centrality selected Pb+Pb collisions at sqrt s_NN = 17.2$ GeV with the NA49 large acceptance detector at the CERN-SPS. In particular, long range pseudo-rapidity correlations of oppositely charged particles were measured using the Balance Function method. The width of the Balance Function decreases with increasing system size and centrality of the reactions. This decrease could be related to an increasing delay of hadronization in central Pb+Pb collisions.
Electric charge correlations were studied for p+p, C+C, Si+Si, and centrality selected Pb+Pb collisions at sqrt[sNN]=17.2 GeV with the NA49 large acceptance detector at the CERN SPS. In particular, long-range pseudorapidity correlations of oppositely charged particles were measured using the balance function method. The width of the balance function decreases with increasing system size and centrality of the reactions. This decrease could be related to an increasing delay of hadronization in central Pb+Pb collisions.
New results from the energy scan programme of NA49, in particular kaon production at 30 AGeV and phi production at 40 and 80 AGeV are presented. The K+/pi+ ratio shows a pronounced maximum at 30 AGeV; the kaon slope parameters are constant at SPS energies. Both findings support the scenario of a phase transition at about 30 AGeV beam energy. The phi/pi ratio increases smoothly with beam energy, showing an energy dependence similar to K-/pi-. The measured particle yields can be reproduced by a hadron gas model, with chemical freeze-out parameters on a smooth curve in the T-muB plane. The transverse spectra can be understood as resulting from a rapidly expanding, locally equilibrated source. No evidence for an earlier kinetic decoupling of heavy hyperons is found.
We apply a coupled transport-hydrodynamics model to discuss the production of multi-strange meta-stable objects in Pb + Pb reactions at the FAIR facility. In addition to making predictions for yields of these particles we are able to calculate particle dependent rapidity and momentum distributions. We argue that the FAIR energy regime is the optimal place to search for multi-strange baryonic object (due to the high baryon density, favoring a distillation of strangeness). Additionally, we show results for strangeness and baryon density fluctuations. Using the UrQMD model we calculate the strangeness separation in phase space which might lead to an enhanced production of MEMOs compared to models that assume global thermalization.
We report a high precision measurement of the transverse single spin asymmetry AN at the center of mass energy √s=200 GeV in elastic proton–proton scattering by the STAR experiment at RHIC. The AN was measured in the four-momentum transfer squared t range 0.003⩽|t|⩽0.035 (GeV/c)2, the region of a significant interference between the electromagnetic and hadronic scattering amplitudes. The measured values of AN and its t-dependence are consistent with a vanishing hadronic spin-flip amplitude, thus providing strong constraints on the ratio of the single spin-flip to the non-flip amplitudes. Since the hadronic amplitude is dominated by the Pomeron amplitude at this √s, we conclude that this measurement addresses the question about the presence of a hadronic spin flip due to the Pomeron exchange in polarized proton–proton elastic scattering.