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Search for the quark-gluon plasma (1989): The NA35 experiment at the CERN SPS

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Results from the NA35 experiment at the CERN SPS are described in the context of possible formation and identification of a quark-gluon plasma (QGP). Evidence is presented that the initial energy density and temperature are sufficient for the QGP to be produced, and that hydrodynamic flow occurs in the expansion stage. Evidence for an unexpectedly large pion source size and for enhanced strangeness production is presented, and discussed in terms of QGP formation. Plans for experiments in 1990--91 with an expanded set up are presented, and prospects for a program with Pb beams at the SPS are discussed. 39 refs., 12 figs

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MF available from INIS under the Report Number; Available from NTIS, PC A03/MF A01 as DE90002070; OSTI; INIS; US Govt. Printing Office Dep.

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Imprint Pagination
37 p.
Report number
LBL--27833

Conference

Title
6. Nordic meeting on nuclear physics.
Dates
10-15 Aug 1989.
Place
Kopervik (Norway).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
21017538
Subject category
S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
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Conference
Descriptors DEI
CERN SPS SYNCHROTRON; CORRELATION FUNCTIONS; CRITICAL TEMPERATURE; ENERGY DENSITY; EXPERIMENT PLANNING; GOLD 194 TARGET; LEAD; OXYGEN 16 REACTIONS; QUARK-GLUON INTERACTIONS; STRANGE PARTICLES; SULFUR; SULFUR 32 REACTIONS; TRANSVERSE MOMENTUM
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ELEMENTS; FUNCTIONS; HEAVY ION REACTIONS; INTERACTIONS; LINEAR MOMENTUM; METALS; NONMETALS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PLANNING; SYNCHROTRONS; TARGETS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE

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Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract AC03-76SF00098
Secondary number(s)
CONF-8908173--2.