XI-PRODUCTION IN HEAVY-ION COLLISIONS AT THE AGS

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EISEMAN, SE
ETKIN, A
FOLEY, KJ
HACKENBURG, RW
LONGACRE, RS
LOVE, WA
MORRIS, TW
PLATNER, ED
SAULYS, AC
LINDENBAUM, SJ
CHAN, CS
EFSTATHIADIS, EF
KRAMER, MA
ZHAO, K
ZHU, Y
HALLMAN, TJ
MADANSKY, L
AHMAD, S
BONNER, BE
BUCHANAN, JA
CHIOU, CN
CLEMENT, JM
MUTCHLER, GS
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[1] CUNY CITY COLL,NEW YORK,NY 10031
[2] JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV,BALTIMORE,MD 21218
[3] RICE UNIV,HOUSTON,TX 77251
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10.1016/0370-2693(94)90019-1
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
We report the first observation of XI- in heavy ion collisions at the AGS. The lifetime of XI- measured agrees very well with the particle data group value. We present the observed XI- effective mass spectrum and the rapidity distribution after acceptance correction. In the measured rapidity region (1.4-2.9) for 14.6 GeV/c Si on Pb, we obtained a yield of 0.25 +/- 0.04 XI- per central event and a ratio of N(XI-)/N(LAMBDA) = 0.12 +/- 0.02 using a fireball+ model (a model which includes a fireball plus a term simulating a cascade) tor acceptance correction (see text for systematic error). This result is larger than any cascade model prediction so far.
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