Published March 2001 | Version v1
Journal article

The NA52 strangelet search

Creators

  • 1. Laboratory for High Energy Physics, University of Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, CH-3012 Bern (Switzerland).

Description

The NA52 experiment searches for long-lived charged strangelets in 158 A GeV c-1 Pb + Pb collisions at CERN SPS. The experiment is able to identify single particles coming from the collisions at pt = 0. We collected 1013 Pb + Pb interactions looking for negatively charged strangelets and 3x1011 Pb + Pb interactions for positively charged ones. No evidence for the production of strangelets has been observed. We present here resulting experimental differential and total upper production limits. (author)

Availability note (English)

Available online at the Web site for the journal Journal of Physics. G, Nuclear and Particle Physics (ISSN 1361-6471) http://www.iop.org/

Additional details

Identifiers

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. G, Nuclear and Particle Physics
Journal Volume
27
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 487-493
ISSN
0954-3899

Conference

Title
5. international conference on strangeness in quark matter
Dates
20-25 Jul 2000
Place
Berkeley, CA (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
32011030
Subject category
S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CERN SPS SYNCHROTRON; GEV RANGE 100-1000; HEAVY ION REACTIONS; LEAD; STRANGE PARTICLES
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ELEMENTS; ENERGY RANGE; GEV RANGE; METALS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; SYNCHROTRONS