Pion and kaon production in central Pb+Pb collisions at 20A and 30A GeV: Evidence for the onset of deconfinement

Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Alt, C ⁱ   Anticic, T ^w   Baatar, B ^h   Barna, D ^d   Bartke, J ^f   Betev, L ^j   Bialkowska H ^t   Blume, C ⁱ   Boimska, B ^t   Botje, M ^a   Bracinik, J ^c   Bramm, R ^g   Buncic P ^j   Cerny, V ^c   Christakoglou, P ^b   Chung, P ^s   Chvala, O ⁿ   Cramer, J G ^p   Csato P ^d   Dinkelaker, P ⁱ   Eckardt, V ^m   Flierl, D ⁱ   Fodor, Z ^d   Foka, P ^g   Friese, V ^g   Gal J ^d   Gazdzicki M ^i,k   Genchev, V ^r   Gladysz E ^f   Grebieszkow, K ^v   Hegyi, S ^d   Hohne C ^l   Kadija, K ^w   Karev, A ^m   Kikola, D ^v   Kliemant, M ⁱ   Kniege, S ⁱ   Kolesnikov, V I ^h   Kollegger, T ⁱ   Kornas, E ^f   Kowalski, M ^f   Kraus, I ^g   Kreps, M ^c   Laszlo, A ^d   Lacey, R ^s   Van Leeuwen, M V ^a   Levai P ^d   Litov, L ^q   Lungwitz, B ⁱ   Makariev, M ^q   Malakhov, A I ^h   Mateev, M ^q   Melkumov, G L ^h   Mischke, A ^a   Mitrovski, M ⁱ   Molnar J ^d   Mrowczynski St ^k   Nicolic, V ^w   Palla G ^d   Panagiotou, A D ^b   Panayotov, D ^q   Petridis, A ^b   Peryt, W ^v   Pikna, M ^c   Pluta, J ^v   Prindle, D ^p   Puhlhofer F ^l   Renfordt, R ⁱ   Roland, C ^e   Roland, G ^e   Rybczynski M ^k   Rybicki, A ^f   Sandoval, A ^g   Schmitz, N ^m   Schuster, T ⁱ   Seyboth, P ^m   Sikler F ^d   Sitar, B ^c   Skrzypczak, E ^u   Slodkowski, M ^v   Stefanek, G ^k   Stock, R ⁱ   Strabel, C ⁱ   Strobele H ⁱ   Susa, T ^w   Szentpetery I ^d   Sziklai, J ^d   Szuba, M ^v   Szymanski, P ^t   Trubnikov, V ^t   Varga, D ^d   Vassiliou, M ^b   Veres, G I ^d   Vesztergombi, G ^d   Vranic D ^g   Wetzler, A ⁱ   Wlodarczyk Z ^k   Yoo, I K ^o   Zimanyi J ^d   more..

^a NIKHEF   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^d WIGNER RESEARCH CENTRE FOR PHYSICS   (Hungary)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^g GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^h JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

ⁱ GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^j CERN   (Switzerland)

^k JAN KOCHANOWSKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^l PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^m MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

ⁿ CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^o Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^p UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^r INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND NUCLEAR ENERGY   (Bulgaria)

^s STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^t INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^u UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^v WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^w RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 41049106359     PISSN: 05562813     EISSN: 1089490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.77.024903     Document Type: Article

References (77)

1. J. C. Collins and M. J. Perry, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.34.1353 34, 1353 (1975);
2. E. V. Shuryak, Phys. Rep. PRPLCM 0370-1573 10.1016/0370-1573(80)90105-2 61, 71 (1980);
3. E. V. Shuryak, Phys. Rep. PRPLCM 0370-1573 10.1016/0370-1573(84)90037-1 115, 151 (1984).
4. Y. Aoki, Z. Fodor, S. D. Katz, and K. K. Szabo, Phys. Lett. PYLBAJ 0370-2693 10.1016/j.physletb.2006.10.021 B643, 46 (2006);
5. M. Cheng, Phys. Rev. D PRVDAQ 0556-2821 10.1103/PhysRevD.74.054507 74, 054507 (2006).
6. J. Rafelski and B. Müller, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.48.1066 48, 1066 (1982);
7. T. Matsui and H. Satz, Phys. Lett. PYLBAJ 0370-2693 10.1016/0370-2693(86) 91404-8 B178, 416 (1986).
8. M. Gaździcki and D. Röhrich, Z. Phys. C ZPCFD2 0170-9739 10.1007/BF01571878 65, 215 (1995);
9. M. Gaździcki and D. Röhrich, Z. Phys. C ZPCFD2 0170-9739 10.1007/s002880050147 71, 55 (1996), and references therein.
10. M. Gaździcki, Z. Phys. C ZPCFD2 0170-9739 10.1007/BF01579641 66, 659 (1995).
11. M. Gaździcki and M. I. Gorenstein, Acta Phys. Polon. B 30, 2705 (1999), and references therein.
12. S. V. Afanasiev (NA49 Collaboration), Phys. Rev. C PRVCAN 0556-2813 10.1103/PhysRevC.66.054902 66, 054902 (2002).
13. S. Afanasiev (NA49 Collaboration), Nucl. Instrum. Methods A 0168-9002 10.1016/S0168-9002(99)00239-9 430, 210 (1999).
14. A. Białas, M. Błeszyski, and W. Czy, Nucl. Phys. NUPBBO 0550-3213 10.1016/0550-3213(76)90329-1 B111, 461 (1976).
15. B. Andersson, G. Gustafson, and Hong Pi, Z. Phys. C ZPCFD2 0170-9739 10.1007/BF01474343 57, 485 (1993).
16. For more details on the procedure see: C. Alt (NA49 Collaboration), Phys. Rev. C PRVCAN 0556-2813 10.1103/PhysRevC.73.044910 73, 044910 (2006).
17. K. Werner, Phys. Rep. PRPLCM 0370-1573 10.1016/0370-1573(93)90078-R 232, 87 (1993).
18. C. Blume (NA49 Collaboration), J. Phys. G JPGPED 0954-3899 10.1088/0954-3899/31/4/008 31, S57 (2005).
19. E. Fermi, Prog. Theor. Phys. PTPKAV 0033-068X 10.1143/PTP.5.570 5, 570 (1950).
20. D. Pelte (FOPI Collaboration), Z. Phys. A ZPAHEX 0939-7922 10.1007/s002180050236 357, 215 (1997);
21. L. Ahle (E802 Collaboration), Phys. Rev. C PRVCAN 0556-2813 10.1103/PhysRevC.57.R466 57, 466 (1998);
22. L. Ahle (E802 Collaboration), Phys. Rev. C PRVCAN 0556-2813 10.1103/PhysRevC.58.3523 58, 3523 (1998);
23. L. Ahle (E802 Collaboration), Phys. Rev. C PRVCAN 0556-2813 10.1103/PhysRevC.60.044904 60, 044904 (1999);
24. L. Ahle (E802 Collaboration), Phys. Rev. C PRVCAN 0556-2813 10.1103/PhysRevC.60.064901 60, 064901 (1999);
25. L. Ahle (E866 and E917 Collaborations), Phys. Lett. PYLBAJ 0370-2693 10.1016/S0370-2693(00)00037-X B476, 1 (2000);
26. L. Ahle (E866 and E917 Collaborations), Phys. Lett. PYLBAJ 0370-2693 10.1016/S0370-2693(00)00916-3 B490, 53 (2000);
27. J. Barrette (E877 Collaboration), Phys. Rev. C PRVCAN 0556-2813 10.1103/PhysRevC.62.024901 62, 024901 (2000);
28. J. Klay (E895 Collaboration), Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.102301 88, 102301 (2002);
29. B. B. Back (E917 Collaboration), Phys. Rev. C PRVCAN 0556-2813 10.1103/PhysRevC.66.054901 66, 054901 (2002);
30. J. Klay (E895 Collaboration), Phys. Rev. C PRVCAN 0556-2813 10.1103/PhysRevC.68.054905 68, 054905 (2003).
31. I. G. Bearden (BRAHMS Collaboration), Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.202301 88, 202301 (2002);
32. B. B. Back (PHOBOS Collaboration), arXiv: nucl-ex/0301017;
33. M. Velkovsky (PHENIX Collaboration), J. Phys. G JPGPED 0954-3899 10.1088/0954-3899/30/1/019 30, S187 (2004);
34. C. Adler (STAR Collaboration), Phys. Lett. PYLBAJ 0370-2693 10.1016/j.physletb.2004.06.044 B595, 143 (2004);
35. S. S. Adler (PHENIX Collaboration), Phys. Rev. C PRVCAN 0556-2813 10.1103/PhysRevC.69.034909 69, 034909 (2004);
36. K. Adcox (PHENIX Collaboration), Phys. Rev. C PRVCAN 0556-2813 10.1103/PhysRevC.69.024904 69, 024904 (2004);
37. J. Adams (STAR Collaboration), Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.112301 92, 112301 (2004);
38. I. G. Bearden (BRAHMS Collaboration), Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.162301 94, 162301 (2005);
39. I. Arsene (BRAHMS Collaboration), Phys. Rev. C PRVCAN 0556-2813 10.1103/PhysRevC.72.014908 72, 014908 (2005).
40. T. Anticic (NA49 Collaboration), Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.022302 93, 022302 (2004).
41. M. K. Mitrovski (NA49 Collaboration), J. Phys. G JPGPED 0954-3899 10.1088/0954-3899/32/12/S05 32, S43 (2006).
42. M. Gaździcki and O. Hansen, Nucl. Phys. NUPABL 0375-9474 10.1016/0375-9474(91)90261-4 A528, 754 (1991).
43. I. Bearden (NA44 Collaboration), Phys. Lett. PYLBAJ 0370-2693 10.1016/S0370-2693(99)01327-1 B471, 6 (1999).
44. M. Kliemant, B. Lungwitz, and M. Gaździcki, Phys. Rev. C PRVCAN 0556-2813 10.1103/PhysRevC.69.044903 69, 044903 (2004).
45. C. Alt (NA49 Collaboration), Phys. Rev. C PRVCAN 0556-2813 10.1103/PhysRevC.73.044910 73, 044910 (2006).
46. V. V. Begun, M. Gaździcki, M. I. Gorenstein, M. Hauer, V. P. Konchakovski, and B. Lungwitz, Phys. Rev. C PRVCAN 0556-2813 10.1103/PhysRevC.76.024902 76, 024902 (2007).
47. L. D. Landau, Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Ser. Fiz. 17, 51 (1953).
48. L. Van Hove, Phys. Lett. PYLBAJ 0370-2693 10.1016/0370-2693(82)90617-7 B118, 138 (1982).
49. M. I. Gorenstein, M. Gaździcki, and K. A. Bugaev, Phys. Lett. PYLBAJ 0370-2693 10.1016/j.physletb.2003.06.043 B567, 175 (2003).
50. M. Gaździcki, M. I. Gorenstein, F. Grassi, Y. Hama, T. Kodama, and O. J. Socolowski, Braz. J. Phys. BJPHE6 0103-9733 10.1590/S0103- 97332004000200041 34, 322 (2004).
51. J. Letessier and J. Rafelski, arXiv: nucl-th/0504028.
52. J. K. Nayak, J. Alam, P. Roy, A. K. Dutt-Mazumder, and B. Mohanty, Acta Phys. Slov. 56, 27 (2006).
53. M. Bleicher, arXiv: hep-ph/0509314.
54. S. V. Akkelin and Yu. M. Sinyukov, Phys. Rev. C PRVCAN 0556-2813 10.1103/PhysRevC.73.034908 73, 034908 (2006).
55. R. Hagedorn, CERN Report CERN-TH-7190-94 and Proceedings of NATO Advanced Study Workshop on Hot Hadronic Matter: Theory and Experiment, Divonne-les-Bains, Switzerland, 27 June-1 July, 1994, edited by, J. Letessier, H. Gutbrod, and, J. Rafelski, [Hot Hadronic Matter, 346, 13 (1994)];
56. J. Cleymans and H. Satz, Z. Phys. C ZPCFD2 0170-9739 10.1007/BF01555746 57, 135 (1993);
57. J. Sollfrank, M. Gaździcki, U. Heinz, and J. Rafelski, Z. Phys. C ZPCFD2 0170-9739 10.1007/BF01552632 61, 659 (1994);
58. P. Braun-Munzinger, J. Stachel, J. Wessels, and N. Xu, Phys. Lett. PYLBAJ 0370-2693 10.1016/0370-2693(95)01258-3 B365, 1 (1996);
59. G. D. Yen, M. I. Gorenstein, W. Greiner, and S. N. Yang, Phys. Rev. C PRVCAN 0556-2813 10.1103/PhysRevC.56.2210 56, 2210 (1997);
60. F. Becattini and U. W. Heinz, Z. Phys. C ZPCFD2 0170-9739 10.1007/s002880050551 76, 269 (1997);
61. G. D. Yen and M. I. Gorenstein, Phys. Rev. C PRVCAN 0556-2813 10.1103/PhysRevC.59.2788 59, 2788 (1999).
62. J. Cleymans and K. Redlich, Phys. Rev. C PRVCAN 0556-2813 10.1103/PhysRevC.60.054908 60, 054908 (1999);
63. P. Braun-Munzinger, Nucl. Phys. NUPABL 0375-9474 10.1016/S0375-9474(01) 01257-X A697, 902 (2002).
64. F. Becattini, M. Gaździcki, and J. Sollfrank, Eur. Phys. J. C EPCFFB 1434-6044 10.1007/s100529800831 5, 143 (1998).
65. F. Becattini, M. Gaździcki, A. Keranen, J. Manninen, and R. Stock, Phys. Rev. C PRVCAN 0556-2813 10.1103/PhysRevC.69.024905 69, 024905 (2004).
66. F. Becattini, J. Manninen, and M. Gaździcki, Phys. Rev. C PRVCAN 0556-2813 10.1103/PhysRevC.73.044905 73, 044905 (2006).
67. J. Cleymans, H. Oeschler, K. Redlich, and S. Wheaton, Phys. Lett. PYLBAJ 0370-2693 10.1016/j.physletb.2005.03.074 B615, 50 (2005).
68. H. Sorge, H. Stocker, and W. Greiner, Nucl. Phys. NUPABL 0375-9474 10.1016/0375-9474(89)90641-6 A498, 567 (1989).
69. S. A. Bass, Prog. Part. Nucl. Phys. PPNPDB 0146-6410 10.1016/S0146- 6410(98)00058-1 41, 225 (1998).
70. W. Cassing, E. L. Bratkovskaya, and S. Juchem, Nucl. Phys. NUPABL 0375-9474 10.1016/S0375-9474(00)00163-9 A674, 249 (2000).
71. F. Wang, H. Liu, H. Sorge, N. Xu, and J. Yang, Phys. Rev. C PRVCAN 0556-2813 10.1103/PhysRevC.61.064904 61, 064904 (2000).
72. H. Weber, E. L. Bratkovskaya, and H. Stoecker, Phys. Lett. PYLBAJ 0370-2693 10.1016/S0370-2693(02)02623-0 B545, 285 (2002).
73. E. L. Bratkovskaya, Phys. Rev. C PRVCAN 0556-2813 10.1103/PhysRevC.69. 054907 69, 054907 (2004).
74. B. Tomasik and E. E. Kolomeitsev, Eur. Phys. J. C EPCFFB 1434-6044 10.1140/epjc/s10052-006-0067-8 49, 115 (2007).
75. S. Kniege (NA49 Collaboration), J. Phys. G JPGPED 0954-3899 10.1088/0954-3899/30/8/061 30, S1073 (2004).
76. C. Alt (NA49 Collaboration), arXiv: 0709.4507 [nucl-ex].
77. Yu. B. Ivanov and V. N. Russkikh, arXiv: nucl-th/0607070.