Search for exotic strange quark matter in high energy nuclear reactions

Nuclear Physics A

Volumn 625, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 494-512

  Armstrong, T A ^g   Barish, K N ^c,l   Bennett, S J ^k   Chikanian, A ^l   Coe, S D ^l   Cormier, T M ^k   Davies, R ^h   De Cataldo, G ^a   Dee, P ^k   Diebold, G E ^l   Dover, C B ^b   Fachini, P ^k   Finch, L E ^l   George, N K ^l   Giglietto, N ^a   Greene, S V ^j   Haridas, P ^f   Hill, J C ^d   Hirsch, A S ^h   Hoversten, R ^d   Huang, H Z ^c   Kim, B ^k   Kumar, B S ^l   Lainis, T ⁱ   Lajoie, J G ^l   Lewis, R A ^g   Libby, B ^d,m   Majka, R D ^l   Munhoz, M G ^k   Nagle, J L ^l,n   Pless, I A ^f   Pope, J K ^l   Porile, N T ^h   Pruneau, C A ^k   Rabin, M S Z ^e   Raino, A ^a   Reid, J D ^g,j   Rimai, A ^h,o   Rotondo, F S ^l   Sandweiss, J ^l   Scharenberg, R P ^h   Slaughter, A J ^l   Smith, G A ^g   Spinelli, P ^a   Tincknell, M L ^h   Toothacker, W S ^g   Van Buren, G ^f   Wohn, F K ^d   Xu, Z ^l   Zhao, K ^k   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

^j VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ Nevis Laboratories ^*  (United States)

^o Orsay Campus   (France)

more..

Author keywords

Phase transition; Quark gluon plasma; Relativistic heavy ions; Strange quark matter; Strangelet

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031588289     PISSN: 03759474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-9474(97)00399-0     Document Type: Article

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