Centrality dependence of kaon yields in Si+A and Au+Au collisions at relativistic energies

Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 449041-4490411

  Ahle, L ^i,j   Akiba, Y ^f   Ashktorab, K ^b   Baker, M ^b,j   Beavis, D ^b   Beery, P ^d   Britt, H C ⁱ   Budick, B ^k   Chang, J ^d   Chasman, C ^b   Chen, Z ^b,o   Chi, C Y ^e   Chu, Y Y ^b   Cianciolo, V ^j,p   Cole, B A ^e   Costales, J B ^j   Crawford, H J ^c   Cumming, J B ^b   Debbe, R ^b   Dunlop, J C ^j   Eldredge, W ^d   Engelage, J ^c   Fung, S Y ^d   Gaardhoje, J ^l   Gonin, M ^b   Gushue, S ^b   Hamagaki, H ^m   Hansen, A ^l   Hansen, L ^l   Hansen, O ^l   Hayano, R S ^m   Hayashi, S ^b   Heintzelman, G ^j   Homma, S ^f   Judd, E ^c,j   Kaneko, H ^h   Kang, J ^d,q   Kaufman, S ^a   Kehoe, W L ^j   Kumagai, A ⁿ   Kurita, K ^e,r   Ledoux, R J ^j   LeVine, M J ^b   Luke, J ⁱ   Miake, Y ⁿ   Morrison, D P ^b,j   Morse, R J ^j   Moskowitz, B ^b   Moulson, M ^e   Nagamiya, S ^e,f   Namboodiri, M N ⁱ   Nayak, T K ^e   Ogilvie, C A ^j   Olness, J ^b   Parsons, C G ^j   Remsberg, L P ^b   Roehrich, D ^b,s   Rothschild, P ^j   Sako, H ^m   Sakurai, H ^m   Sangster, T C ⁱ   Seto, R ^d   Shigaki, K ^f,m   Soltz, R ^i,j   Stankus, P ^e,p   Steadman, S G ^j   Stephans, G S F ^j   Sung, T W ^j   Tanaka, Y ^g   Tannenbaum, M J ^b   Thomas, J H ^i,t   Tonse, S R ^i,t   Ueno Hayashi, S ⁿ   Van Dijk, J H ^b   Videbaek F ^b   Vossnack, O ^e,u   Vutsadakis, V ^j   Wang, F ^e,t   Wang, Y ^e   Wegner, H E ^b   Woodruff, D ^j   Wu, Y ^e   Xu, G H ^d   Yagi, K ⁿ   Yang, X ^e   Zachary, D ^j   Zajc, W A ^e   Zhu, F ^b   Zhu, Q ^d   more..

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^f HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

^g KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^j MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^k NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^m UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^o Renaissance Technologies Corp   (United States)

^p OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^q Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^r INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^s IKF   (Germany)

^t LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^u CERN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 13044310140     PISSN: 05562813     EISSN: 1089490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.60.044904     Document Type: Article

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