Energy Dependence of Pion and Kaon Production in Central Pb+Pb Collisions

Results on the energy dependence of charged pion and kaon production in central Pb+Pb collisions at 40, 80 and 158 A GeV are presented and compared with data at lower and higher energies. The mean pion multiplicity increases approximately linearly with s^{1/4} with a change of slope around 40 A GeV....

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Autores principales: Afanasiev, S.V., Anticic, T., Barna, D., Bartke, J., Barton, R.A., Behler, M., Betev, L., Bialkowska, H., Billmeier, A., Blume, C., Blyth, C.O., Boimska, B., Botje, M., Bracinik, J., Bramm, R., Brun, R., Buncic, P., Cerny, V., Cramer, J.G., Csato, P., Dinkelaker, P., Eckardt, V., Filip, P., Fischer, H.G., Fodor, Z., Foka, P., Freund, P., Friese, V., Gal, J., Gazdzicki, M., Georgopoulos, G., Gladysz, E., Hegyi, S., Hohne, C., Igo, G., Jones, P.G., Kadija, K., Karev, A., Kolesnikov, V.I., Kollegger, T., Kowalski, M., Kraus, I., Kreps, M., van Leeuwen, M., Levai, P., Malakhov, A.I., Margetis, S., Markert, C., Mayes, B.W., Melkumov, G.L., Mischke, A., Molnar, J., Nelson, John M., Palla, G., Panagiotou, A.D., Perl, K., Petridis, A., Pikna, M., Pinsky, Lawrence S., Puhlhofer, F., Reid, J.G., Renfordt, R., Retyk, W., Roland, C., Roland, G., Rybicki, A., Sammer, T., Sandoval, A., Sann, H., Schmitz, N., Seyboth, P., Sikler, F., Sitar, B., Skrzypczak, E., Squier, G.T.A., Stock, R., Strobele, H., Susa, T., Szentpetery, I., Sziklai, J., Trainor, T.A., Varga, D., Vassiliou, M., Veres, G.I., Vesztergombi, G., Vranic, D., Wenig, S., Wetzler, A., Whitten, C., Yoo, I.K., Zaranek, J., Zimanyi, J.
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2002
Materias:
Nuclear Physics - Experiment
Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.66.054902
http://cds.cern.ch/record/550300
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Sumario:Results on the energy dependence of charged pion and kaon production in central Pb+Pb collisions at 40, 80 and 158 A GeV are presented and compared with data at lower and higher energies. The mean pion multiplicity increases approximately linearly with s^{1/4} with a change of slope around 40 A GeV. The change from pion suppression with respect to p+p interactions, as observed at low collision energies, to pion enhancement at high energies also occurs at about 40 A GeV. A non-monotonic energy dependence of the ratio of K+ to pi+ yields is observed, with a maximum close to 40 A GeV, followed by a nearly constant value at higher energies. The measured dependences are consistent with the hypothesis, derived within a Statistical Model of the Early Stage of nucleus-nucleus reactions, that a transient state of deconfined matter is created in Pb+Pb collisions for energies larger than about 40 A GeV.

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