Published February 15, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

High pT Measurements at the CERN SPS

Creators

  • 1. Institut fuer Kernphysik, J.W. Goethe Universitaet, Frankfurt (Germany)

Description

The current experimental situation concerning high pt observables at the CERN SPS is reviewed. Recent data from the NA45, NA49 and NA57 collaborations are discussed and compared to earlier measurements by WA98 and NA45 at the same center-of-mass energies, as well as to measurements at the higher energies by the RHIC experiments. The observables include new p+p, A+A spectra, nuclear modification factors (R AA, RCP), two particle azimuthal correlations, and baryon to meson ratios at moderately high p t. Generally, the interpretation of the SPS data suffers from the lack of reliable baseline measurements (p+p and p+A). However, the overall picture that is emerging suggests that already at SPS energies medium effects similar to those observed at RHIC are present

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2006.11.025;
arXiv
arXiv:nucl-ex/0609022v1;
PII
S0375-9474(06)00802-5;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. A
Journal Volume
783
Journal Issue
1-4
Journal Page Range
p. 65-72
ISSN
0375-9474
CODEN
NUPABL

Conference

Title
2. international conference on hard and electromagnetic probes of high-energy nuclear collisions
Dates
9-16 Jun 2006
Place
Pacific Grove, CA (United States)

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Copyright
Copyright (c) 2006 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.