| Hem > E917 results on strangeness production in Au+Au collisions at AGS |
| Article | |
| Title | E917 results on strangeness production in Au+Au collisions at AGS |
| Author(s) |
Chang, W C ; Back, B B ; Betts, R R ; Chang, J ; Chang, W C ; Chi, C Y ; Chu, Y Y ; Cumming, J B ; Dunlop, J C ; Eldredge, W ; Fung, S Y ; Ganz, R E ; García, E ; Gillitzer, A ; Heintzelman, G ; Henning, W F ; Hofman, D J ; Holzman, B ; Kang, J H ; Kim, E J ; Kim, S Y ; Kwon, Y ; McLeod, D ; Mignerey, A C ; Moulson, M ; Nanal, V ; Ogilvie, C A ; Pak, R ; Ruangma, A ; Russ, D E ; Seto, R K ; Stanskas, P J ; Stephans, G S F ; Wang, H Q ; Wolfs, F L H ; Wuosmaa, A H ; Xiang, H ; Xu G H ; Yao, H B ; Zou, C M |
| Affiliation | (Brookhaven Nat Lab) |
| Publication | 2001 |
| In: | 30th International Conference on High-energy Physics, Osaka, Japan, 27 Jul - 2 Aug 2000, pp.573-7 (vol.1) |
| Subject category | Nuclear Physics |
| Abstract | The strangeness production in Au+Au collisions at beam energies of 6, 8, and 108 A GeV is reported from AGS Experiment E917. We present the excitation function of the K/ pi ratio as well as the yield of phi mesons and particle ratios as a function of centrality at the highest beam energy. With reference to pp collisions, we observe a strong enhancement in the production of strangeness carrying particles in heavy ion collisions, which is demonstrated in terms of various particle production ratios. |