System size dependence of strange particle yields and spectra at sqrt(s)=17.3 GeV

Details System size dependence of strange particle yields and spectra at sqrt(s)=17.3 GeV System size dependence of strange particle yields and spectra at sqrt(s)=17.3 GeV

2004-12-22

arxiv.org/abs/nucl-ex/0412050v1

J.Phys. G31 (2005) S147-S154

Physics

Nuclear Physics

Nuclear Experiment

8 pages, 6 figures, Proceedings of the Hot Quarks 2004 workshop

Scientific paper

10.1088/0954-3899/31/4/018

Yields and spectra of strange hadrons (K+, K-, phi, Lambda and Antilambda) as well as of charged pions were measured in near central C+C and Si+Si collisions at 158 AGeV beam energy with the NA49 detector. Together with earlier data for p+p, S+S and Pb+Pb reactions the system size dependence can be studied. Relative strangeness production rises fast and saturates at about 60 participating nucleons; the net hyperon spectra show an increasing shift towards midrapidity for larger colliding nuclei. An interpretation based on the formation of coherent systems of increasing volume is proposed. The transverse mass spectra can be described by a blast wave ansatz. Increasing flow velocity is accompanied by decreasing temperatures for both kinetic and chemical freeze out. The increasing gap between inelastic and elastic decoupling leaves space for rescattering.

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