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Status and plans of the ion program of NA61 at the CERN SPS

The NA61/SHINE at the CERN SPS is a new experiment to study hadron production in h+h, h+A and A+A interactions. The main goal of the NA61 ion program is to explore the phase diagram (T - mu_B) of strongly interacting matter. In particular, we plan to study the properties of the onset of deconfinemen...

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Autor principal: Grebieszkow, Katarzyna
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.2478/s11534-012-0059-2
http://cds.cern.ch/record/1411300
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Sumario:The NA61/SHINE at the CERN SPS is a new experiment to study hadron production in h+h, h+A and A+A interactions. The main goal of the NA61 ion program is to explore the phase diagram (T - mu_B) of strongly interacting matter. In particular, we plan to study the properties of the onset of deconfinement and to search for the signatures of the critical point. A two-dimensional scan of the phase diagram will be performed by varying the energy (13A-158A GeV) and system size (p+p, Be+Be, Ar+Ca, Xe+La) of collisions. This paper summarizes the status and plans of the NA61/SHINE ion program. In particular the detector upgrades, data taking schedule and the first results on spectra and correlations are discussed.