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News from the strong interaction program of NA61/SHINE

Nuclear Experiment 2025-07-08 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

The NA61/SHINE experiment at the CERN SPS is a multipurpose fixed-target spectrometer for charged and neutral hadron measurements. Its research program includes studies of strong interactions as well as reference measurements for neutrino and cosmic-ray physics. This contribution summarizes a selected set of new results from our strong interaction program, including system-size and energy dependence of charged kaon to pion production, ϕ\phi(1020) spectra in Ar+Sc collisions and enhancement over p+p reactions, femtoscopy of like-sign pions 0 in Ar+Sc and Be+Be collisions, D0+D0D^0+\overline{D}^0 (open charm) yield in Xe+La interactions, and finally an unexpected excess of charged over neutral kaon production indicating a strong violation of isospin symmetry in Ar+Sc collisions.

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@article{arxiv.2507.03419,
  title  = {News from the strong interaction program of NA61/SHINE},
  author = {Antoni Marcinek},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.03419},
  year   = {2025}
}

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contribution to the 2025 QCD session of the 59th Rencontres de Moriond