Strangeness enhancement at mid-rapidity in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 A GeV/c

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作者
Andersen, E [1 ]
Antinori, F
Armenise, N
Bakke, H
Bán, J
Barberis, D
Beker, H
Beusch, W
Bloodworth, IJ
Böhm, J
Caliandro, R
Campbell, M
Cantatore, E
Carrer, N
Catanesi, MG
Chesi, E
Dameri, M
Darbo, G
Diaczek, A
Di Bari, D
Di Liberto, S
Earl, BC
Elia, D
Evans, D
Fanebust, K
Fini, RA
Fontaine, JC
Ftácnik, J
Ghidini, B
Grella, G
Guida, M
Heijne, EHM
Helstrup, H
Holme, AK
Huss, D
Jacholkowski, A
Jones, GT
Jovanovic, P
Jusko, A
Kachelhoffer, T
Kinson, JB
Kirk, A
Klempt, W
Knudsen, BTH
Knudson, K
Králik, I
Lenti, V
Lietava, R
Loconsole, RA
Lovhoiden, G
机构
[1] Univ Bergen, Inst Fys, Bergen, Norway
[2] Univ Bari, Dipartimento IA Fis, Bari, Italy
[3] Politecn Bari, Bari, Italy
[4] Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
[5] Hogskolen Bergen, Bergen, Norway
[6] Univ Birmingham, Sch Phys & Astron, Birmingham, W Midlands, England
[7] CERN, European Lab Particle Phys, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
[8] Univ Genoa, Dipartimento Fis, Genoa, Italy
[9] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Genoa, Italy
[10] Slovak Acad Sci, Inst Expt Phys, Kosice 04353, Slovakia
[11] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Lab Nazl Legnaro, Legnaro, Italy
[12] Univ Haute Alsace, GRPHE, Mulhouse, France
[13] Univ Oslo, Inst Fys, Oslo, Norway
[14] Univ Padua, Dipartimento Fis, Padua, Italy
[15] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Padua, Italy
[16] Coll France, Paris, France
[17] IN2P3, Paris, France
[18] Acad Sci Czech Republ, Inst Phys, Prague, Czech Republic
[19] Univ Rome La Sapienza, Dipartimento Fis, Rome, Italy
[20] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Rome, Italy
[21] Univ Salerno, Dipartimento Sci Fis ER Caianiello, I-84100 Salerno, Italy
[22] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Salerno, Italy
[23] ULP, IN2P3, Inst Rech Subatom, Strasbourg, France
基金
英国医学研究理事会;
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10.1016/S0370-2693(99)00140-9
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
K-S(0), Lambda, Xi, Omega and negative particle yields and transverse mass spectra have been measured at central rapidity in Pb-Pb and p-Pb collisions at 158 A GeV/c. Yields are studied as a function of the number of nucleons participating in the collision N-part, which is estimated with the Glauber model. From p-Fb to Pb-Pb collisions the particle yields per participant increase substantially, The enhancement is more pronounced for multistrange particles, and exceeds an order of magnitude for the Omega. For a number of participants, N-part, greater than 100, however, all yields per participant appear to be constant. (C) 1999 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:401 / 406
页数:6
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