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Recent results from NA61/SHINE

The research programme of the NA61 collaboration covers a wide range of hadronic physics in the CERN SPS energy range, encompassesing measurements of hadron-hadron, hadron-nucleus as well as nucleus-nucleus collisions. The latter are…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-11-06 Szymon Pulawski

Search for the QCD critical point by NA61/SHINE at the CERN SPS

The existence and location of the QCD critical point is an object of both experimental and theoretical studies. The comprehensive data collected by the NA61/SHINE during a two-dimensional scan in beam momentum (13A-150A GeV/c) and system…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2023-08-10 Haradhan Adhikary

Measurements of $\pi^\pm$, $K^\pm$, $p$ and $\bar{p}$ spectra in $^{40}$Ar+$^{45}$Sc collisions at 13$A$ to 150$A$ GeV/$c$

The NA61/SHINE experiment at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron studies the onset of deconfinement in strongly interacting matter through a beam energy scan of particle production in collisions of nuclei of varied sizes. This paper presents…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2024-04-25 SHINE Collaboration , H. Adhikary , P. Adrich , K. K. Allison , N. Amin , E. V. Andronov , T. Antićić , I. -C. Arsene , M. Bajda , Y. Balkova , M. Baszczyk , D. Battaglia , A. Bazgir , S. Bhosale , M. Bielewicz , A. Blondel , M. Bogomilov , Y. Bondar , N. Bostan , A. Brandin , W. Bryliński , J. Brzychczyk , M. Buryakov , A. F. Camino , M. Ćirković , M. Csanád , J. Cybowska , T. Czopowicz , C. Dalmazzone , N. Davis , A. Dmitriev , P. von Doetinchem , W. Dominik , P. Dorosz , J. Dumarchez , R. Engel , G. A. Feofilov , L. Fields , Z. Fodor , M. Friend , M. Gaździcki , O. Golosov , V. Golovatyuk , M. Golubeva , K. Grebieszkow , F. Guber , S. N. Igolkin , S. Ilieva , A. Ivashkin , A. Izvestnyy , K. Kadija , N. Kargin , N. Karpushkin , E. Kashirin , M. Kiełbowicz , V. A. Kireyeu , H. Kitagawa , R. Kolesnikov , D. Kolev , Y. Koshio , V. N. Kovalenko , S. Kowalski , B. Kozłowski , A. Krasnoperov , W. Kucewicz , M. Kuchowicz , M. Kuich , A. Kurepin , A. László , M. Lewicki , G. Lykasov , V. V. Lyubushkin , M. Maćkowiak-Pawłowska , Z. Majka , A. Makhnev , B. Maksiak , A. I. Malakhov , A. Marcinek , A. D. Marino , H. -J. Mathes , T. Matulewicz , V. Matveev , G. L. Melkumov , A. Merzlaya , Ł. Mik , A. Morawiec , S. Morozov , Y. Nagai , T. Nakadaira , M. Naskret , S. Nishimori , V. Ozvenchuk , O. Panova , V. Paolone , O. Petukhov , I. Pidhurskyi , R. Płaneta , P. Podlaski , B. A. Popov , B. Pórfy , M. Posiadała-Zezula , D. S. Prokhorova , D. Pszczel , S. Puławski , J. Puzović , R. Renfordt , L. Ren , V. Z. Reyna Ortiz , D. Röhrich , E. Rondio , M. Roth , Ł. Rozpłochowski , B. T. Rumberger , M. Rumyantsev , A. Rustamov , M. Rybczynski , A. Rybicki , K. Sakashita , K. Schmidt , A. Yu. Seryakov , P. Seyboth , U. A. Shah , Y. Shiraishi , A. Shukla , M. Słodkowski , P. Staszel , G. Stefanek , J. Stepaniak , M. Strikhanov , H. Ströbele , T. Šuša , L. Swiderski , J. Szewiński , R. Szukiewicz , A. Taranenko , A. Tefelska , D. Tefelski , V. Tereshchenko , A. Toia , R. Tsenov , L. Turko , T. S. Tveter , M. Unger , M. Urbaniak , F. F. Valiev , D. Veberič , V. V. Vechernin , V. Volkov , A. Wickremasinghe , K. Wójcik , O. Wyszyński , A. Zaitsev , E. D. Zimmerman , A. Zviagina , R. Zwaska

New Results from the Cosmic-Ray Program of the NA61/SHINE facility at the CERN SPS

The NA61/SHINE experiment at the SPS accelerator at CERN is a unique facility for the study of hadronic interactions at fixed target energies. The data collected with NA61/SHINE is relevant for a broad range of topics in cosmic-ray physics…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-09-17 Michael Unger , NA61 Collaboration

Recent results from NA61/SHINE

This paper briefly presents the NA61/SHINE facility at the CERN SPS and its measurements motivated by physics of strong interactions, neutrinos and cosmic rays.

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2018-11-15 Marek Gazdzicki

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

Search for a critical point of strongly-interacting matter in central $^{40}$Ar +$^{45}$Sc collisions at 13$A$-75$A$ GeV/$c$ beam momentum

The critical point of strongly interacting matter is searched for at the CERN SPS by the NA61/SHINE experiment in central $^{40}$Ar +$^{45}$Sc collisions at 13$A$, 19$A$, 30$A$, 40$A$, and 75$A$ GeV/$c$. The dependence of the second-order…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2024-01-09 SHINE Collaboration , H. Adhikary , P. Adrich , K. K. Allison , N. Amin , E. V. Andronov , T. Antićić , I. -C. Arsene , M. Bajda , Y. Balkova , M. Baszczyk , D. Battaglia , A. Bazgir , S. Bhosale , M. Bielewicz , A. Blondel , M. Bogomilov , Y. Bondar , N. Bostan , A. Brandin , W. Bryliński , J. Brzychczyk , M. Buryakov , A. F. Camino , M. Ćirković , M. Csanad , J. Cybowska , T. Czopowicz , C. Dalmazzone , N. Davis , A. Dmitriev , P. von Doetinchem , W. Dominik , P. Dorosz , J. Dumarchez , R. Engel , G. A. Feofilov , L. Fields , Z. Fodor , M. Friend , A. Garibov , M. Gaździcki , O. Golosov , V. Golovatyuk , M. Golubeva , K. Grebieszkow , F. Guber , S. N. Igolkin , S. Ilieva , A. Ivashkin , A. Izvestnyy , K. Kadija , N. Kargin , N. Karpushkin , E. Kashirin , M. Kiełbowicz , V. A. Kireyeu , H. Kitagawa , R. Kolesnikov , D. Kolev , Y. Koshio , V. N. Kovalenko , S. Kowalski , B. Kozłowski , A. Krasnoperov , W. Kucewicz , M. Kuchowicz , M. Kuich , A. Kurepin , A. László , M. Lewicki , G. Lykasov , V. V. Lyubushkin , M. Maćkowiak-Pawłowska , Z. Majka , A. Makhnev , B. Maksiak , A. I. Malakhov , A. Marcinek , A. D. Marino , K. Marton , H. J. Mathes , T. Matulewicz , V. Matveev , G. L. Melkumov , A. Merzlaya , Ł. Mik , A. Morawiec , S. Morozov , Y. Nagai , T. Nakadaira , M. Naskręt , S. Nishimori , V. Ozvenchuk , O. Panova , V. Paolone , O. Petukhov , I. Pidhurskyi , R. Płaneta , P. Podlaski , B. A. Popov , B. Porfy , M. Posiadała-Zezula , D. S. Prokhorova , D. Pszczel , S. Puławski , J. Puzović , R. Renfordt , L. Ren , V. Z. Reyna Ortiz , D. Röhrich , E. Rondio , M. Roth , Ł. Rozpłochowski , B. T. Rumberger , M. Rumyantsev , A. Rustamov , M. Rybczynski , A. Rybicki , K. Sakashita , K. Schmidt , A. Yu. Seryakov , P. Seyboth , U. A. Shah , Y. Shiraishi , A. Shukla , M. Słodkowski , P. Staszel , G. Stefanek , J. Stepaniak , M. Strikhanov , H. Ströbele , T. Šuša , Ł. Świderski , J. Szewiński , R. Szukiewicz , A. Taranenko , A. Tefelska , D. Tefelski , V. Tereshchenko , A. Toia , R. Tsenov , L. Turko , T. S. Tveter , M. Unger , M. Urbaniak , F. F. Valiev , D. Veberič , V. V. Vechernin , V. Volkov , A. Wickremasinghe , K. Wójcik , O. Wyszyński , A. Zaitsev , E. D. Zimmerman , A. Zviagina , R. Zwaska

NA49 results on hadron production: indications of the onset of deconfinement ?

The NA49 experiment at the CERN SPS measured the energy and system size dependence of particle production in A+A collisions. A change of the energy dependence of several hadron production properties at low SPS energies is observed which…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2009-11-11 Benjamin Lungwitz

Results of charged pions cross-section in proton carbon interaction at 31 GeV/c measured with the NA61/SHINE detector

Among other goals, the NA61/SHINE (SHINE=SPS Heavy Ion and Neutrino Experiment) detector at CERN SPS aims at precision hadro-production measurements to characterise the neutrino beam of the T2K experiment at J-PARC. These measurements are…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Sebastien Murphy

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

Measurements of $\pi^-$ production in $^7$Be+$^9$Be collisions at beam momenta from 19$A$ to 150$A$GeV/$c$ in the NA61/SHINE experiment at the CERN SPS

The NA61/SHINE collaboration studies at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) the onset of deconfinement in hadronic matter by the measurement of particle production in collisions of nuclei with various sizes at a set of energies covering…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2021-01-21 SHINE Collaboration , A. Acharya , H. Adhikary , A. Aduszkiewicz , K. K. Allison , E. V. Andronov , T. Antićić , V. Babkin , M. Baszczyk , S. Bhosale , A. Blondel , M. Bogomilov , A. Brandin , A. Bravar , W. Bryliński , J. Brzychczyk , M. Buryakov , O. Busygina , A. Bzdak , H. Cherif , M. Ćirković , M. Csanad , J. Cybowska , T. Czopowicz , A. Damyanova , N. Davis , M. Deliyergiyev , M. Deveaux , A. Dmitriev , W. Dominik , P. Dorosz , J. Dumarchez , R. Engel , G. A. Feofilov , L. Fields , Z. Fodor , A. Garibov , M. Gaździcki , O. Golosov , V. Golovatyuk , M. Golubeva , K. Grebieszkow , F. Guber , A. Haesler , S. N. Igolkin , S. Ilieva , A. Ivashkin , S. R. Johnson , K. Kadija , N. Kargin , E. Kashirin , M. Kiełbowicz , V. A. Kireyeu , V. Klochkov , V. I. Kolesnikov , D. Kolev , A. Korzenev , V. N. Kovalenko , S. Kowalski , M. Koziel , A. Krasnoperov , W. Kucewicz , M. Kuich , A. Kurepin , D. Larsen , A. László , T. V. Lazareva , M. Lewicki , K. Łojek , V. V. Lyubushkin , M. Maćkowiak-Pawłowska , Z. Majka , B. Maksiak , A. I. Malakhov , A. Marcinek , A. D. Marino , K. Marton , H. -J. Mathes , T. Matulewicz , V. Matveev , G. L. Melkumov , A. O. Merzlaya , B. Messerly , Ł. Mik , S. Morozov , S. Mrówczyński , Y. Nagai , M. Naskręt , V. Ozvenchuk , V. Paolone , O. Petukhov , R. Płaneta , P. Podlaski , B. A. Popov , B. Porfy , M. Posiadała-Zezula , D. S. Prokhorova , D. Pszczel , S. Puławski , J. Puzović , M. Ravonel , R. Renfordt , D. Röhrich , E. Rondio , M. Roth , B. T. Rumberger , M. Rumyantsev , A. Rustamov , M. Rybczynski , A. Rybicki , S. Sadhu , A. Sadovsky , K. Schmidt , I. Selyuzhenkov , A. Yu. Seryakov , P. Seyboth , M. Słodkowski , P. Staszel , G. Stefanek , J. Stepaniak , M. Strikhanov , H. Ströbele , T. Šuša , A. Taranenko , A. Tefelska , D. Tefelski , V. Tereshchenko , A. Toia , R. Tsenov , L. Turko , R. Ulrich , M. Unger , D. Uzhva , F. F. Valiev , D. Veberič , V. V. Vechernin , A. Wickremasinghe , Z. Włodarczyk , K. Wojcik , O. Wyszyński , E. D. Zimmerman , R. Zwaska

NA61/SHINE shining more light on the onset of deconfinement

NA61/SHINE has recently completed data acquisition for its original programme on strong interactions. The Collaboration has gathered rich data on collisions of ions in a two-dimensional scan: varying the beam energy and the sizes of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2020-02-04 Maciej P. Lewicki , Ludwik Turko

Measurements of $\pi^\pm$, K$^\pm$, p and $\bar{\textrm{p}}$ spectra in proton-proton interactions at 20, 31, 40, 80 and 158 GeV/c with the NA61/SHINE spectrometer at the CERN SPS

Measurements of inclusive spectra and mean multiplicities of $\pi^\pm$, K$^\pm$, p and $\bar{\textrm{p}}$ 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,…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2018-03-06 SHINE Collaboration , A. Aduszkiewicz , Y. Ali , E. Andronov , T. Antićić , B. Baatar , M. Baszczyk , S. Bhosale , A. Blondel , M. Bogomilov , A. Brandin , A. Bravar , J. Brzychczyk , S. A. Bunyatov , O. Busygina , H. Cherif , M. Ćirković , T. Czopowicz , A. Damyanova , N. Davis , H. Dembinski , M. Deveaux , W. Dominik , P. Dorosz , J. Dumarchez , R. Engel , A. Ereditato , G. A. Feofilov , Z. Fodor , C. Francois , A. Garibov , M. Gaździcki , M. Golubeva , K. Grebieszkow , F. Guber , A. Haesler , A. E. Hervé , J. Hylen , S. Igolkin , A. Ivashkin , S. R. Johnson , K. Kadija , E. Kaptur , M. Kiełbowicz , V. A. Kireyeu , V. Klochkov , N. Knezević , V. I. Kolesnikov , D. Kolev , V. P. Kondratiev , A. Korzenev , V. Kovalenko , K. Kowalik , S. Kowalski , M. Koziel , A. Krasnoperov , W. Kucewicz , M. Kuich , A. Kurepin , D. Larsen , A. László , M. Lewicki , B. Lundberg , V. V. Lyubushkin , B. Łysakowski , M. Maćkowiak-Pawłowska , B. Maksiak , A. I. Malakhov , D. Manić , A. Marchionni , A. Marcinek , A. D. Marino , K. Marton , H. -J. Mathes , T. Matulewicz , V. Matveev , G. L. Melkumov , A. Merzlaya , B. Messerly , Ł. Mik , G. B. Mills , S. Morozov , S. Mrówczyński , Y. Nagai , M. Naskręt , V. Ozvenchuk , V. Paolone , M. Pavin , O. Petukhov , C. Pistillo , R. Płaneta , P. Podlaski , B. A. Popov , M. Posiadała , S. Puławski , J. Puzović , R. Rameika , W. Rauch , M. Ravonel , R. Renfordt , E. Richter-Wąs , D. Röhrich , E. Rondio , M. Roth , B. T. Rumberger , A. Rustamov , M. Rybczynski , A. Rybicki , A. Sadovsky , K. Schmidt , I. Selyuzhenkov , A. Seryakov , P. Seyboth , M. Słodkowski , A. Snoch , P. Staszel , G. Stefanek , J. Stepaniak , M. Strikhanov , H. Ströbele , T. Šuša , M. Szuba , A. Taranenko , A. Tefelska , D. Tefelski , V. Tereshchenko , A. Toia , R. Tsenov , L. Turko , R. Ulrich , M. Unger , D. Veberič , V. V. Vechernin , G. Vesztergombi , L. Vinogradov , M. Walewski , A. Wickremasinghe , C. Wilkinson , Z. Włodarczyk , A. Wojtaszek-Szwarc , O. Wyszyński , L. Zambelli , E. D. Zimmerman , R. Zwaska

Overview of results from NA61/SHINE

NA61/SHINE is a multipurpose, fixed-target spectrometer operating at the CERN SPS. The studied regime of collision energies, 5.1<\sqrt{s_{NN}}<16.8/27.4 GeV, places the project in-between the two main European heavy ion activities of the…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2026-04-23 Andrzej Rybicki

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

As neutrino long baseline experiments enter a new domain of precision, the careful study of systematic errors due to poor knowledge of production cross sections for pions and kaons require more dedicated measurements for precise neutrino…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 L. S. Esposito