Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Experiment
Scientific paper
2009-11-10
Acta Phys.Polon.B41:427-440,2010
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Experiment
Lecture given at XXXI Mazurian Conference on Physics (August 30 - September 6, 2009, Piaski, Poland); first paragraph of page
Scientific paper
The Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) covers one of the most interesting regions of the QCD phase diagram $(T - \mu_B)$. On the one hand there are indications that the energy threshold for deconfinement is reached already at low SPS energies. On the other hand theoretical calculations locate the QCD critical end-point at energies accessible at the SPS. In this paper the NA49 signatures of the onset of deconfinement are presented. Results are shown on pion production, the kaon to pion ratio, slopes of transverse mass spectra ("temperature"), and event-by-event particle ratio fluctuations versus collision energy, for central $Pb+Pb$ interactions. Next we show possible indications of the critical point in event-by-event mean transverse momentum and multiplicity fluctuations. Finally we discuss the future ion program of the NA61/SHINE experiment (energy scan with light ions).
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