Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Experiment
Scientific paper
2000-10-27
Phys.Rev.C63:054903,2001
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Experiment
35 pages, 18 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. C
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevC.63.054903
We present the final results from Experiment 864 of a search for charged and neutral strange quark matter produced in interactions of 11.5 GeV/c per nucleon Au beams with Pt or Pb targets. Searches were made for strange quark matter with A>4. Approximately 30 billion 10% most central collisions were sampled and no strangelet states with A<100 were observed. We find 90% confidence level upper limits of approximately 10^{-8} per central collision for both charged and neutral strangelets. These limits are for strangelets with proper lifetimes greater than 50 ns. Also limits for H^{0}-d and pineut production are given. The above limits are compared with the predictions of various models. The yields of light nuclei from coalescence are measured and a penalty factor for the addition of one nucleon to the coalescing nucleus is determined. This is useful in gauging the significance of our upper limits and also in planning future searches for strange quark matter.
No associations
LandOfFree
Search for Strange Quark Matter Produced in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.
If you have personal experience with Search for Strange Quark Matter Produced in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Search for Strange Quark Matter Produced in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-234425