Energy dependence of pion and kaon production in central Pb+Pb collisions

Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 549021-549029

  Afanasiev, S V ⁱ   Anticic, T ^t   Barna, D ^e   Bartke, J ^g   Barton, R A ^c   Behler, M ^o   Betev, L ^j   Bialkowska H ^q   Billmeier, A ^j   Blume, C ^h   Blyth, C O ^c   Boimska, B ^q   Botje, M ^a   Bracinik, J ^d   Bramm, R ^j   Brun, R ^k   Buncic P ^j,k   Cerny, V ^d   Cramer, J G ^s   Csato P ^e   Dinkelaker, P ^j   Eckhardt, V ^p   Filip, P ^p   Fodor, Z ^e   Foka, P ^h   Freund, P ^p   Friese, V ^o   Gal J ^e   Gazdzicki M ^j   Georgopoulos, G ^b   Gladysz E ^g   Hegyi, S ^e   Hohne C ^o   Igo, G ⁿ   Jones, P G ^c   Kadija, K ^k,t   Karev, A ^p   Kolesnikov, V I ⁱ   Kollegger, T ^j   Kowalski, M ^g   Kraus, I ^h   Kreps, M ^d   Van Leeuwen, M ^a   Levai P ^e   Malakhov, A I ⁱ   Margetis, S ^m   Markert, C ^h   Mayes, B W ^l   Melkumov, G L ⁱ   Mischke, A ^h   Molnar J ^e   Nelson, J M ^c   Palla G ^e   Panagiotou, A D ^b   Perl, K ^r   Petridis, A ^b   Pikna, M ^d   Pinsky, L ^l   Puhlhofer F ^o   Reid, J G ^s   Renfordt, R ^j   Retyk, W ^r   Roland, C ^f   Roland, G ^f   Rybicki, A ^g   Sammer, T ^p   Sandoval, A ^h   Sann, H ^h   Schmitz, N ^p   Seyboth, P ^p   Sikler F ^e   Sitar, B ^d   Skrzypczak, E ^r   Squier, G T A ^c   Stock, R ^j   Strobele H ^j   Susa, T ^t   Szentpetery I ^e   Sziklai, J ^e   Trainor, T A ^s   Varga, D ^e   Vassiliou, M ^b   Veres, G I ^e   Vesztergombi, G ^e   Vranic D ^h   Wetzler, A ^j   Whitten, C ⁿ   Yoo, I K ^o   Zaranek, J ^j   Zimanyi J ^e   more..

^a NIKHEF   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d Comenius University ^*  (Slovakia)

^e WIGNER RESEARCH CENTRE FOR PHYSICS   (Hungary)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^h GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

ⁱ JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^j GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^k CERN   (Switzerland)

^l UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^m KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^o PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^p MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^q INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^r UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^s UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^t RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

more..

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EID: 0036876191     PISSN: 05562813     EISSN: 1089490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.66.054902     Document Type: Article

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