Search for strange quark matter produced in relativistic heavy ion collisions

Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 549031-5490318

  Armstrong, T A ⁱ   Barish, K N ^d,n   Batsouli, S ⁿ   Bennett, S J ^m   Bertaina, M ^h,o   Chikanian, A ⁿ   Coe, S D ^n,p   Cormier, T M ^m   Davies, R R ^j,q   DeCataldo, G ^a   Dee, P ^m   Diebold, G E ⁿ   Dover, C B ^b   Fachini, P ^m   Fadem, B ^f   Finch, L E ⁿ   George, N K ⁿ   Giglietto, N ^a   Greene, S V ^l   Haridas, P ^h,r   Hill, J C ^f   Hirsch, A S ^j   Hoversten, R A ^f   Huang, H Z ^c   Jaradat, H ^m   Kim, B ^c,m   Kumar, B S ^n,s   Lainis, T ^k   Lajoie, J G ^f   Lewis, R A ⁱ   Li, Q ^m   Libby, B ^f,t   Majka, R D ⁿ   Miller, T E ^l   Munhoz, M G ^m   Nagle, J L ^e   Pless, I A ^h   Pope, J K ^n,u   Porile, N T ^j   Pruneau, C A ^m   Rabin, M S Z ^g   Reid, J D ^i,v   Rimai, A ^j,w   Rose, A ^l   Rotondo, F S ^n,x   Sandweiss, J ⁿ   Scharenberg, R P ^j   Slaughter, A J ⁿ   Smith, G A ⁱ   Spinelli, P ^a   Tincknell, M L ^j,y   Toothacker, W S ⁱ   Van Buren, G ^b,h   Wilson, W K ^m   Wohn, F K ^f   Wolin, E J ^n,z   Xu, Z ⁿ   Zhao, K ^m   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^f IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^h MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

^l VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^p Anderson Consulting   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^r CAMBRIDGE SYSTEMATICS INC   (United States)

^s MCKINSEY AND COMPANY   (United States)

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

^u UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^v LOCK HAVEN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^w 91405 Orsay Campus   (France)

^x INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES   (United States)

^y MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

^z The College of William and Mary   (United States)

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EID: 14344281215     PISSN: 05562813     EISSN: 1089490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.63.054903     Document Type: Article

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