M. A. Bloomer

Strange particle production in nuclear collisions at 200 GeV per nucleon

AbstractMultiplicities and spectra of strange particles (n

Antibaryon production in sulphur-nucleus collisions at 200 GeV per nucleon

Lambda ,bar Lambda ,K_S^0 ,K^ +

Target fragmentation in proton and heavy-ion induced reactions at high energies

n andK− produced in central32S+S,32S+Ag and32S+Au collisions at 200 GeV per nucleon are presented and compared with data on strange particle production in protonnucleus and nucleon-nucleon interactions. It is shown that strangeness production in32S+Ag collisions is enhanced by a factor of two, similar to that found previously in central32S+S collisions.

Transverse Energy Production inPb208+ Pb Collisions at 158 GeV per Nucleon

Abstract Recent results on hadron production in central nucleus-nucleus collisions obtained by the experiment NA35 at the CERN SPS are reviewed. The first preliminary results on central Pb+Pb collisions obtained by the NA49 experiment, the successor of NA35, are also discussed. Their impact on our understanding of the properties of strongly interacting matter at different stages of the collision is underlined.

Single Photon Production in 200 A•GeV Sulphur on Gold Collisions WA80 Collaboration

Abstract Antiproton production near midrapidity has been studied in central collisions of 32 S with sulphur, silver and gold nuclei at 200 GeV per nucleon. The measured transverse mass distributions can be described by an exponential with inverse slope parameters of about 200 MeV, similar to those obtained from Λ spectra. The rapidity density increases weakly with the target mass, ranging from 0.4 to 0.7. The ratio Λ p near midrapidity is approximately 1.4 on average, significantly larger than the corresponding ratio observed in proton-proton and proton-nucleus collisions.

Single photon and neutral meson production in nuclear collisions at 200 AGeV

Correlations between positive pions are investigated in the target fragmentation region of 200A GeV16O+nucleus collisions. The pions are measured with the Plastic Ball detector in the WA80 experiment at the CERN SPS. The target mass dependence of the radii and the correlation strength extracted by interferometry is studied. A new approach to the fit of the correlation function is introduced. The correlation strength and both invariant and transverse radii increase with decreasing target mass. The transverse radius for16O+C reactions appears to be much larger than the geometrical radius of the nuclei involved. For the Au target only a small fraction of the measured pions contributes to the apparent correlation. Hints for a much larger second component in16O+Au reactions are observed. Rescattering phenomena may provide a clue to understand these phenomena.

Rapidity and centrality dependence of photon and neutral pion transverse momentum distributions in 200 A.GeV

Results on pseudorapidity distributions, azimuthal correlations, and on two particle interferometry for identified protons and pions measured in the target fragmentation region of high energy proton-nucleus and nucleus-nucleus collisions are presented. Full participation of the whole target nucleus is observed even for 200 GeV p + Au collisions. Incorporation of strong rescattering phenomena into string models, including pion absorption effects in excited target matter, provides a good description of most experimental data.

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Author(s): Margetis, S.; Alber, T.; Appelshauser, H.; Bachler, J.; Bartke, J.; Bialkowska, H.; Bieser, F.; Bloomer, M.A.; Blyth, C.O.; Bock, R.; Bormann, C.; Brady, F.P.; Brockmann, R.; Buncic, P.; Caines, H.L.; Cebra, D.; Chan, P.; Cooper, G.E.; Cramer, J.G.; Cramer, P.B.; Csato, P.; Derado, I.; Dunn, J.; Eckardt, V.; Eckhardt, F.; Euler, S.; Ferguson, M.I.; Fischer, H.G.; Fodor, Z.; Foka, P.; Freund, P.; Fuchs, M.; Gal, J.; Gasdzicki, M.; Gladysz, E.; Grebieszkow, J.; Gunther, J.; Harris, J.W.; Heck, W.; Hegyi, S.; Hill, L.A.; Huang, I.; Howe, M.A.; Igo, G.; Irmscher, D.; Jacobs, P.; Jones, P.G.; Kadija, K.; Kecskemeti, J.; Kowalski, M.; Kuhmichel, A.; Lsdiuk, B.; Margetis, S.; Mitchell, J.W.; Mock, A.; Nelson, J.M.; Odyniec, G.J.; Palinkas, J.; Palla, G.; Panagiotou, A.D.; Petridis, A.; Piper, A.; Poskanzer, A.M.; Prindle, D.J.; Puhlhofer, F.; Rauch, W.; Renfordt, R.; Retyk, W.; Ritter, Hans G.; Rohrich, D.; Rudolph, H.; Runge, K.; Sandoval, A.; Sann, H.; Schafer, E.; Schmitz, N.; Schonfelder, S.; Seyboth, P.; Seyerlein, J.; Sikler, F.; Skrzypczak, E.; Stock, R.; Stroebele, H.; Szentpetery, I.; Sziklai, J.