Published August 10, 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Strangeness enhancement in p-A collisions: Consequences for the interpretation of strangeness production in A-A collisions

  • 1. Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 (United States)
  • 2. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 (United States)
  • 3. Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 (United States)
  • 4. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550 (United States)
  • 5. Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50010 (United States)
  • 6. Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973 (United States)
  • 7. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996 (United States)

Description

Published measurements of semi-inclusive Λ production in p-Au collisions at the AGS are used to estimate the yields of singly strange hadrons in nucleus-nucleus (A-A) collisions. Results of a described extrapolation technique are shown and compared to measurements of K+ production in Si-Al, Si-Au, and Au-Au collisions at the AGS and net Λ production in S-S, S-Ag, Pb-Pb, and inclusive p-A collisions at the SPS. The extrapolations can account for more than 75% of the measured strange particle yields in all of the studied systems except for very central Au + Au collisions at the AGS where RQMD comparisons suggest large re-scattering contributions

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2006.06.059;
arXiv
arXiv:nucl-ex/0503009v1;
PII
S0370-2693(06)00815-X;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
639
Journal Issue
3-4
Journal Page Range
p. 210-213
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBAJ

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