Published December 27, 1999 | Version v1
Journal article

Hadron production in nuclear collisions from the NA49 experiment at 158GeV/c · A

Description

With its large acceptance and particle identification coverage the NA49 experiment (Fig. 1) can study hadron production in a wide range of high energy reactions [1]. Originally aimed at examining central Pb+Pb collisions for signatures of quark-gluon plasma formation, the scope of the experiment has been enhanced with a systematic study of impact parameter and projectile size dependence, as well as the inclusion of the more elementary p+p and p+A interactions. The question is: are predicted signals of the quark-gluon plasma observed and are there discontinuities which would support the concept of hadronic phase transition?

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S0375947499850076;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. A
Journal Volume
661
Journal Issue
1-4
Journal Page Range
p. 45-54
ISSN
0375-9474
CODEN
NUPABL

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Copyright (c) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.