Published September 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Signatures of the deconfinement transition in nucleus-nucleus collisions at the CERN SPS

  • 1. National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics (Ukraine)

Description

The energy dependence of hadron production in relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions reveals anomalies-kink, horn, and step. They have been predicted as the signals of the deconfinement phase transition and observed recently by the NA49 Collaboration in Pb + Pb collisions at the CERN SPS. This indicates the onset of deconfinement in nucleus-nucleus collisions at about 30 A GeV.

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Journal Title
Physics of Atomic Nuclei
Journal Volume
71
Journal Issue
9
Journal Page Range
p. 1594-1599
ISSN
1063-7788
CODEN
PANUEO

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41130653
Subject category
S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ATOM-ATOM COLLISIONS; CERN SPS SYNCHROTRON; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; GEV RANGE; LEAD; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; RELATIVISTIC RANGE
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; ATOM COLLISIONS; COLLISIONS; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; ELEMENTS; ENERGY RANGE; METALS; SYNCHROTRONS

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