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Measurements of Cross Sections and Charged Pion Spectra in Proton-Carbon Interactions at 31 GeV/c

Interaction cross sections and charged pion spectra in p+C interactions at 31 GeV/c were measured with the large acceptance NA61/SHINE spectrometer at the CERN SPS. These data are required to improve predictions of the neutrino flux for the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-03-18 N. Abgrall , A. Aduszkiewicz , B. Andrieu , T. Anticic , N. Antoniou , J. Argyriades , A. G. Asryan , B. Baatar , A. Blondel , J. Blumer , M. Bogusz , L. Boldizsar , A. Bravar , W. Brooks , J. Brzychczyk , A. Bubak , S. A. Bunyatov , O. Busygina , T. Cetner , K. -U. Choi , P. Christakoglou , P. Chung , T. Czopowicz , N. Davis , F. Diakonos , S. Di Luise , W. Dominik , J. Dumarchez , R. Engel , A. Ereditato , L. S. Esposito , G. A. Feofilov , Z. Fodor , A. Ferrero , A. Fulop , X. Garrido , M. Gazdzicki , M. Golubeva , K. Grebieszkow , A. Grzeszczuk , F. Guber , H. Hakobyan , T. Hasegawa , S. Igolkin , A. S. Ivanov , Y. Ivanov , A. Ivashkin , K. Kadija , A. Kapoyannis , N. Katrynska , D. Kielczewska , D. Kikola , J. -H. Kim , M. Kirejczyk , J. Kisiel , T. Kobayashi , O. Kochebina , V. I. Kolesnikov , D. Kolev , V. P. Kondratiev , A. Korzenev , S. Kowalski , S. Kuleshov , A. Kurepin , R. Lacey , J. Lagoda , A. Laszlo , V. V. Lyubushkin , M. Mackowiak , Z. Majka , A. I. Malakhov , A. Marchionni , A. Marcinek , I. Maris , V. Marin , T. Matulewicz , V. Matveev , G. L. Melkumov , A. Meregaglia , M. Messina , St. Mrowczynski , S. Murphy , T. Nakadaira , P. A. Naumenko , K. Nishikawa , T. Palczewski , G. Palla , A. D. Panagiotou , W. Peryt , O. Petukhov , R. Planeta , J. Pluta , B. A. Popov , M. Posiadala , S. Pulawski , W. Rauch , M. Ravonel , R. Renfordt , A. Robert , D. Rohrich , E. Rondio , B. Rossi , M. Roth , A. Rubbia , M. Rybczynski , A. Sadovsky , K. Sakashita , T. Sekiguchi , P. Seyboth , M. Shibata , A. N. Sissakian , E. Skrzypczak , M. Slodkowski , A. S. Sorin , P. Staszel , G. Stefanek , J. Stepaniak , C. Strabel , H. Strobele , T. Susa , P. Szaflik , M. Szuba , M. Tada , A. Taranenko , R. Tsenov , R. Ulrich , M. Unger , M. Vassiliou , V. V. Vechernin , G. Vesztergombi , A. Wilczek , Z. Wlodarczyk , A. Wojtaszek , J. -G. Yi , I. -K. Yoo , W. Zipper

Recent results from the cosmic ray program of the NA61/SHINE experiment

NA61/SHINE is a fixed target experiment designed to study hadron-proton, hadron-nucleus and nucleus-nucleus interactions at the CERN Super-Proton-Synchrotron. In this paper we summarize the results from pion-carbon collisions recorded at…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-05-22 Raul R. Prado

Onset of deconfinement and search for the critical point of strongly interacting matter at CERN SPS energies

The exploration of the QCD phase diagram particularly the search for a phase transition from hadronic to partonic degrees of freedom and possibly a critical endpoint, is one of the most challenging tasks in present heavy-ion physics. As…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Maciej Rybczynski

The SPS ion program and the first LHC data

For the first time in the CERN history two experimental programs devoted to study nucleus-nucleus collisions at high energies are performed in parallel. In the SPS ion program, carried out by NA61/SHINE, interactions of light and medium…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-05-30 M. Gazdzicki

Measurements of $\pi^\pm$, $K^\pm$, $K^0_S$, $\Lambda$ and proton production in proton-carbon interactions at 31 GeV/$c$ with the NA61/SHINE spectrometer at the CERN SPS

Measurements of hadron production in p+C interactions at 31 GeV/c are performed using the NA61/ SHINE spectrometer at the CERN SPS. The analysis is based on the full set of data collected in 2009 using a graphite target with a thickness of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-02-25 N. Abgrall , A. Aduszkiewicz , Y. Ali , E. Andronov , T. Antićić , N. Antoniou , B. Baatar , F. Bay , A. Blondel , J. Blümer , M. Bogomilov , A. Brandin , A. Bravar , J. Brzychczyk , S. A. Bunyatov , O. Busygina , P. Christakoglou , T. Czopowicz , A. Damyanova , N. Davis , S. Debieux , H. Dembinski , M. Deveaux , F. Diakonos , S. Di Luise , W. Dominik , T. Drozhzhova , J. Dumarchez , K. Dynowski , R. Engel , A. Ereditato , G. A. Feofilov , Z. Fodor , M. Gaździcki , M. Golubeva , K. Grebieszkow , A. Grzeszczuk , F. Guber , A. Haesler , T. Hasegawa , A. Herve , M. Hierholzer , S. Igolkin , A. Ivashkin , D. Joković , S. R. Johnson , K. Kadija , A. Kapoyannis , E. Kaptur , D. Kiełczewska , J. Kisiel , T. Kobayashi , V. I. Kolesnikov , D. Kolev , V. P. Kondratiev , A. Korzenev , K. Kowalik , S. Kowalski , M. Koziel , A. Krasnoperov , M. Kuich , A. Kurepin , D. Larsen , A. László , M. Lewicki , V. V. Lyubushkin , M. Maćkowiak-Pawłowska , Z. Majka , B. Maksiak , A. I. Malakhov , A. Marchionni , D. Manić , A. Marcinek , A. D. Marino , K. Marton , H. -J. Mathes , T. Matulewicz , V. Matveev , G. L. Melkumov , B. Messerly , G. B. Mills , S. Morozov , S. Mrówczyński , S. Murphy , Y. Nagai , T. Nakadaira , M. Naskret , M. Nirkko , K. Nishikawa , T. Palczewski , A. D. Panagiotou , V. Paolone , M. Pavin , O. Petukhov , C. Pistillo , R. Płaneta , J. Pluta , B. A. Popov , M. Posiadała-Zezula , S. Puławski , J. Puzović , W. Rauch , M. Ravonel , A. Redij , R. Renfordt , E. Richter-Was , A. Robert , D. Röhrich , E. Rondio , M. Roth , A. Rubbia , B. T. Rumberger , A. Rustamov , M. Rybczynski , A. Sadovsky , K. Sakashita , R. Sarnecki , K. Schmidt , T. Sekiguchi , I. Selyuzhenkov , A. Seryakov , P. Seyboth , D. Sgalaberna , M. Shibata , M. Słodkowski , P. Staszel , G. Stefanek , J. Stepaniak , H. Ströbele , T. Šuša , M. Szuba , M. Tada , A. Taranenko , A. Tefelska , D. Tefelski , V. Tereshchenko , R. Tsenov , L. Turko , R. Ulrich , M. Unger , M. Vassiliou , D. Veberič , V. V. Vechernin , G. Vesztergombi , L. Vinogradov , A. Wilczek , Z. Wlodarczyk , A. Wojtaszek-Szwarc , O. Wyszyński , K. Yarritu , L. Zambelli , E. D. Zimmerman

Pion Production Cross-section Measurements in p+C Collisions at the CERN SPS for Understanding Extensive Air Showers

An important approach to studying high-energy cosmic rays is the investigation of the properties of extensive air showers; however, the lateral distribution of particles in simulations of such showers strongly depends on the applied model…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Marek Szuba

New results on $\phi$(1020) production from the NA61/SHINE experiment at CERN SPS

NA61/SHINE is a multipurpose, fixed-target hadron spectrometer at the CERN SPS. Its research program includes studies of strong interactions as well as reference measurements for neutrino and cosmic-ray physics. A significant advantage of…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2025-12-09 Antoni Marcinek

Measurement of negatively charged pion spectra in inelastic p+p interactions at $p_{lab}$ = 20, 31, 40, 80 and 158 GeV/c

We present experimental results on inclusive spectra and mean multiplicities of negatively charged pions produced in inelastic p+p interactions at incident projectile momenta of 20, 31, 40, 80 and 158 GeV/c ($\sqrt{s} = $ 6.3, 7.7, 8.8,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2014-04-08 SHINE Collaboration , N. Abgrall , A. Aduszkiewicz , Y. Ali , T. Anticic , N. Antoniou , B. Baatar , F. Bay , A. Blondel , J. Blumer , M. Bogomilov , A. Bravar , J. Brzychczyk , S. A. Bunyatov , O. Busygina , P. Christakoglou , T. Czopowicz , N. Davis , S. Debieux , H. Dembinski , F. Diakonos , S. Di Luise , W. Dominik , T. Drozhzhova , J. Dumarchez , K. Dynowski , R. Engel , A. Ereditato , G. A. Feofilov , Z. Fodor , A. Fulop , M. Gaździcki , M. Golubeva , K. Grebieszkow , A. Grzeszczuk , F. Guber , A. Haesler , T. Hasegawa , M. Hierholzer , R. Idczak , S. Igolkin , A. Ivashkin , D. Joković , K. Kadija , A. Kapoyannis , E. Kaptur , D. Kiełczewska , M. Kirejczyk , J. Kisiel , T. Kiss , S. Kleinfelder , T. Kobayashi , V. I. Kolesnikov , D. Kolev , V. P. Kondratiev , A. Korzenev , P. Kovesarki , S. Kowalski , A. Krasnoperov , A. Kurepin , D. Larsen , A. László , V. V. Lyubushkin , M. Maćkowiak-Pawłowska , Z. Majka , B. Maksiak , A. I. Malakhov , D. Manić , A. Marcinek , V. Marin , K. Marton , H. -J. Mathes , T. Matulewicz , V. Matveev , G. L. Melkumov , St. Mrówczyński , S. Murphy , T. Nakadaira , M. Nirkko , K. Nishikawa , T. Palczewski , G. Palla , A. D. Panagiotou , T. Paul , C. Pistillo , W. Peryt , O. Petukhov , R. Płaneta , J. Pluta , B. A. Popov , M. Posiadała , S. Puławski , J. Puzović , W. Rauch , M. Ravonel , A. Redij , R. Renfordt , A. Robert , D. Röhrich , E. Rondio , M. Roth , A. Rubbia , A. Rustamov , M. Rybczynski , A. Sadovsky , K. Sakashita , M. Savić , K. Schmidt , T. Sekiguchi , P. Seyboth , D. Sgalaberna , M. Shibata , R. Sipos , E. Skrzypczak , M. Słodkowski , P. Staszel , G. Stefanek , J. Stepaniak , H. Ströbele , T. Šuša , M. Szuba , M. Tada , V. Tereshchenko , T. Tolyhi , R. Tsenov , L. Turko , R. Ulrich , M. Unger , M. Vassiliou , D. Veberič , V. V. Vechernin , G. Vesztergombi , L. Vinogradov , A. Wilczek , Z. Włodarczyk , A. Wojtaszek-Szwarc , O. Wyszyński , L. Zambelli , W. Zipper

Hadron Production at Fixed Target Energies and Extensive Air Showers

NA61/SHINE is a fixed-target experiment to study hadron production in hadron-nucleus and nucleus-nucleus collisions at the CERN SPS. Due to the very good acceptance and particle identification in forward direction, NA61/SHINE is well suited…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 M. Unger

Multiplicity fluctuations of identified hadrons in p+p interactions at SPS energies

Study of energy and system size fluctuations of identified hadrons is one of the key goals of NA61/SHINE at the CERN SPS. Results may allow to discover the critical point (CP) of strongly interacting matter as well as to uncover properties…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Maja Maćkowiak-Pawłowska , Andrzej Wilczek

Onset of Deconfinement in Pb+Pb Collisions at the Cern SPS

The NA49 fixed-target experiment studied high energy-density matter produced in nucleus-nucleus reactions at the CERN SPS. In central Pb+Pb collisions at 158A GeV the energy density at the early stage substantially exceeds the threshold for…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Peter Seyboth