The high-acceptance dielectron spectrometer HADES

European Physical Journal A

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 243-277

  Agakichiev, G ^h   Agodi, C ^b   Alvarez Pol, H ^p   Atkin, E ^s   Badura, E ^d   Balanda, A ^c,u   Bassi, A ⁱ   Bassini, R ⁱ   Bellia, G ^b,v   Belver, D ^p   Belyaev, A V ^f   Benovic, M ^a   Bertini, D ^d   Bielcik, J ^d   Bohmer M ^l   Boiano, C ⁱ   Bokemeyer, H ^d   Bartolotti, A ⁱ   Boyard, J L ⁿ   Brambilla, S ⁱ   Braun Munzinger, P ^d,t   Cabanelas, P ^p   Castro, E ^p   Chepurnov, V ^f   Chernenko, S ^f   Christ, T ^l   Coniglione, R ^b   Cosentino, L ^b   Dahlinger, M ^d   Daues, H W ^d   Destefanis, M ^h   Diaz J ^q   Dohrmann, F ^e   Dressler, R ^e   Duran I ^p   Dybczak, A ^c   Eberl, T ^l   Enghardt, W ^e   Fabbietti, L ^l   Fateev, O V ^f   Fernandez C ^p   Finocchiaro, P ^b   Friese, J ^l   Frohlich I ^g   Fuentes, B ^p   Galatyuk, T ^d   Garabatos, C ^d   Garzon J A ^p   Genolini, B ⁿ   Gernhauser R ^l   Gilardi, C ^h   Gilg, H ^l   Golubeva, M ^j   Gonzalez Diaz D ^d   Grosse, E ^e,w   Guber, F ^j   Hehner, J ^d   Heidel, K ^e   Heinz, T ^d   Hennino, T ⁿ   Hlavac, S ^a   Hoffmann, J ^d   Holzmann, R ^d   Homolka, J ^l   Hutsch, J ^e   Ierusalimov, A P ^f   Iori, I ^i,x   Ivashkin, A ^j   Jaskula, M ^c   Jourdain, J C ⁿ   Jurkovic, M ^l   Kampfer B ^e,w   Kajetanowicz, M ^c   Kanaki, K ^e   Karavicheva, T ^j   Kastenmuller A ^l   Kidon, L ^c   Kienle, P ^l   Kirschner, D ^h   Koenig, I ^d   Koenig, W ^d   Korner H J ^l   Kolb, B W ^d   Kopf, U ^d   Korcyl, K ^c   Kotte, R ^e   Kozuch, A ^c,u   Krizek, F ^o   Krucken R ^l   Kuhn W ^h   Kugler, A ^o   Kulessa, R ^c   Kurepin, A ^j   Kurtukian Nieto, T ^p   Lang, S ^d   Lange, J S ^h   Lapidus, K ^j   Lehnert, J ^h   Leinberger, U ^d   Lichtblau, C ^h   Lins, E ^h   Lippmann, C ^g   Lorenz, M ^g   Magestro, D ^d   Maier, L ^l   Maier Komor, P ^l   Maiolino, C ^b   Malarz, A ^c   Marek, T ^o   Markert, J ^g   Metag, V ^h   Michalska, B ^c   Michel, J ^g   Migneco, E ^b,v   Mishra, D ^h   Moriniere E ⁿ   Mousa, J ^m   Munch M ^d   Muntz C ^g   Naumann, L ^e   Nekhaev, A ^k   Niebur, W ^d   Novotny, J ^o   Novotny, R ^h   Ott, W ^d   Otwinowski, J ^c   Pachmayer, Y C ^g   Palka, M ^c,d   Parpottas, Y ^m   Pechenov, V ^h   Pechenova, O ^h   Cavalcanti, T Pérez ^h   Petri, M ^h   Piattelli, P ^b   Pietraszko, J ^d   Pleskac, R ^o   Ploskon, M ^c   Pospisil V ^o   Pouthas, J ⁿ   Prokopowicz, W ^c   Przygoda, W ^c,u   Ramstein, B ⁿ   Reshetin, A ^j   Ritman, J ^h   Roche, G ^r   Rodriguez Prieto, G ^p   Rosenkranz, K ^g   Rosier, P ⁿ   Roy Stephan, M ⁿ   Rustamov, A ^d   Sabin Fernandez, J ^p   Sadovsky, A ^j   Sailer, B ^l   Salabura, P ^c   Salz, C ^h   Sanchez M ^p   Sapienza, P ^b   Schafer D ^h   Schicker, R M ^d   Schmah, A ^d,l   Schon H ^d   Schon W ^d   Schroeder, C ^d   Schroeder, S ^l   Schwab, E ^d   Senger, P ^d   Shileev, K ^j   Simon, R S ^d   Skoda, M ^h   Smolyankin, V ^k   Smykov, L ^f   Sobiella, M ^e   Sobolev, Yu G ^o   Spataro, S ^h   Spruck, B ^h   Stelzer, H ^d   Strobele H ^g   Stroth, J ^d,g   Sturm, C ^g   Sudol M ⁿ   Suk, M ^o   Szczybura, M ^c   Taranenko, A ^o   Tarantola, A ^g   Teilab, K ^g   Tiflov, V ^j   Tikhonov, A ^o   Tlusty, P ^o   Toia, A ^h   Traxler, M ^d   Trebacz, R ^c   Troyan, A Yu ^f   Tsertos, H ^m   Turzo, I ^a   Ulrich, A ^l   Vassiliev, D ^b   Vazquez A ^p   Volkov, Y ^s   Wagner, V ^o   Wallner, C ^l   Walus, W ^c   Wang, Y ^g   Weber, M ^l   Wieser, J ^l   Winkler, S ^l   Wisniowski, M ^c   Wojcik, T ^c   Wustenfeld J ^e   Yurevich, S ^d   Zanevsky, Y V ^f   Zeitelhack, K ^l   Zentek, A ^g   Zhou, P ^e   Zovinec, D ^d   Zumbruch, P ^d   more..

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Slovakia)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI CATANIA   (Italy)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^d GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^g GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁱ INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^j INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^k INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^l TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

ⁿ CENTRE DE CALCUL DE L INSTITUT NATIONAL DE PHYSIQUE NUCLEAIRE ET DE PHYSIQUE DES PARTICULES   (France)

^o NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^p UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^q UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^r UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^s NATIONAL RESEARCH NUCLEAR UNIVERSITY MEPHI   (Russian Federation)

^t DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^u Pantwowa Wyzsza Szkola Zawodowa   (Poland)

^v UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^w DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^x UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

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Author keywords

21.65.Jk Mesons in nuclear matter; 25.75.Cj Photon, lepton, and heavy quark production in relativistic heavy ion collisions; 29.30. h Spectrometers and spectroscopic techniques; 29.85.Ca Data acquisition and sorting

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349334158     PISSN: 14346001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2009-10807-5     Document Type: Article

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