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Measurements of $\pi^\pm$, $K^\pm$, $p$ and $\bar{p}$ spectra in $^7$Be+$^9$Be collisions at beam momenta from 19$A$ to 150$A$ GeV/$c$ with the NA61/SHINE spectrometer at the CERN SPS

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

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-01-30 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 , B. Kozłowski , 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. Wójcik , O. Wyszyński , E. D. Zimmerman , R. Zwaska

New baryonic and mesonic observables from NA61/SHINE

One of the main objectives of the NA61/SHINE experiment at the CERN SPS is to study properties of strongly interacting matter. This paper presents new results on observables relevant for this part of the NA61/SHINE programme. These include…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-21 Antoni Marcinek

Pion production in p+p interactions and Be+Be collisions at the CERN SPS energies

Evidence for the onset of deconfinement in central Pb+Pb collisions was reported by NA49 in fixed target measurements at beam momentum 30A GeV/c. This observation motivated the NA61/SHINE program started in 2009 at the CERN SPS, which, in…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Antoni Aduszkiewicz

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

NA61/SHINE results on Bose-Einstein correlations

One of the main goals of NA61/SHINE is the investigation of the phase diagram of strongly interacting matter. NA61/SHINE observes collisions of various nuclei at different energies, allowing to study the same phenomena and observables in…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-11-12 Barnabas Porfy

Preliminary results of charged pions cross-section in proton carbon interaction at 30 GeV measured with the NA61/SHINE detector

As the intensity of neutrino beams produced at accelerators increases, important systematic errors due to poor knowledge of production cross sections for pions and kaons arise. Among other goals, the NA61/SHINE (SHINE=SPS Heavy Ion and…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-03-17 Sebastien Murphy

NA61/SHINE results on multiplicity and net-charge fluctuations at CERN SPS energies

This contribution presents final results on the energy dependence of multiplicity and net-electric charge fluctuations in Ar+Sc interactions collected by the NA61/SHINE experiment. Fluctuations were analyzed using higher-order cumulant…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2025-10-02 Maćkowiak-Pawłowska

News from NA61/SHINE

The main goal of the NA61/SHINE strong interaction program is to search for the critical point in the phase diagram of strongly interacting matter and to investigate phenomena related to the onset of deconfinement. In recent years, the…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2026-02-05 Katarzyna Grebieszkow

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

News on mean pion multiplicity from NA61/SHINE

NA61/SHINE is a large acceptance fixed target experiment at the CERN SPS which studies final hadronic states in interactions between various particles and nuclei. The main topic of this contribution are preliminary results for mean…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-21 Michał Naskręt

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

Event-by-Event Fluctuations and the Search for the Critical Point within the NA49 Experiment

In heavy-ion collisions in the energy regime probed at the CERN SPS, experimental hints for the deconfinement phase transition have been seen in numerous inclusive hadronic observables. In order to further characterize this transition, and…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Tim Schuster

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

Search for Deconfinement in NA49 at the CERN SPS

Experiment NA49 at the Cern SPS uses a large acceptance detector for a systematic study of particle yields and correlations in nucleus-nucleus, nucleon-nucleus and nucleon-nucleon collisions. Preliminary results for Pb+Pb collisions at 40,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-11-07 P. Seyboth

NA61/SHINE facility at the CERN SPS: beams and detector system

NA61/SHINE (SPS Heavy Ion and Neutrino Experiment) is a multi-purpose experimental facility to study hadron production in hadron-proton, hadron-nucleus and nucleus-nucleus collisions at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron. It recorded the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-07-03 N. Abgrall , O. Andreeva , A. Aduszkiewicz , Y. Ali , T. Anticic , N. Antoniou , B. Baatar , F. Bay , A. Blondel , J. Blumer , M. Bogomilov , M. Bogusz , A. Bravar , J. Brzychczyk , S. A. Bunyatov , P. Christakoglou , T. Czopowicz , N. Davis , S. Debieux , H. Dembinski , F. Diakonos , S. DiLuise , W. Dominik , T. Drozhzhova , J. Dumarchez , K. Dynowski , R. Engel , I. Efthymiopoulos , A. Ereditato , A. Fabich , G. A. Feofilov , Z. Fodor , A. Fulop , M. Gazdzicki , M. Golubeva , K. Grebieszkow , A. Grzeszczuk , F. Guber , A. Haesler , T. Hasegawa , M. Hierholzer , R. Idczak , S. Igolkin , A. Ivashkin , D. Jokovic , K. Kadija , A. Kapoyannis , E. Kaptur , D. Kielczewska , M. Kirejczyk , J. Kisiel , T. Kiss , S. Kleinfelder , T. Kobayashi , V. I. Kolesnikov , D. Kolev , V. P. Kondratiev , A. Korzenev , P. Koversarski , S. Kowalski , A. Krasnoperov , A. Kurepin , D. Larsen , A. Laszlo , V. V. Lyubushkin , M. Mackowiak-Pawlowska , Z. Majka , B. Maksiak , A. I. Malakhov , D. Maletic , D. Manglunki , D. Manic , A. Marchionni , A. Marcinek , V. Marin , K. Marton , H. -J. Mathes , T. Matulewicz , V. Matveev , G. L. Melkumov , M. Messina , St. Mrowczynski , S. Murphy , T. Nakadaira , M. Nirkko , K. Nishikawa , T. Palczewski , G. Palla , A. D. Panagiotou , T. Paul , W. Peryt , O. Petukhov , C. Pistillo , R. Planeta , J. Pluta , B. A. Popov , M. Posiadala , S. Pulawski , J. Puzovic , W. Rauch , M. Ravonel , A. Redij , R. Renfordt , E. Richter-Was , A. Robert , D. Rohrich , E. Rondio , B. Rossi , M. Roth , A. Rubbia , A. Rustamov , M. Rybczynski , A. Sadovsky , K. Sakashita , M. Savic , K. Schmidt , T. Sekiguchi , P. Seyboth , D. Sgalaberna , M. Shibata , R. Sipos , E. Skrzypczak , M. Slodkowski , Z. Sosin , P. Staszel , G. Stefanek , J. Stepaniak , H. Stroebele , T. Susa , M. Szuba , M. Tada , V. Tereshchenko , T. Tolyhi , R. Tsenov , L. Turko , R. Ulrich , M. Unger , M. Vassiliou , D. Veberic , V. V. Vechernin , G. Vesztergombi , L. Vinogradov , A. Wilczek , Z. Wlodarczyk , A. Wojtaszek-Szwarz , O. Wyszynski , L. Zambelli , W. Zipper

Systematic Study of Hadronic Observables in Nucleus Nucleus Collisions at CERN SPS

The possible transition of nuclear matter to a deconfined phase in relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions is explored by a systematic variation of the collision system by means of system size, beam energy and centrality of the collision…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Ganz

Search for the critical point of strongly interacting matter

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

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-11-22 Haradhan Adhikary

The NA61/SHINE long target pilot analysis for T2K

The NA61/SHINE collaboration performed measurements of pC interactions at 31 GeV/c beam momentum with a full size replica of the T2K target (1.9 interaction length) during a pilot run in 2007. Larger statistics runs were also conducted in…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2011-11-24 Nicolas Abgrall

The NA61/SHINE Experiment at the CERN SPS

The physics goals, the detector and its performance as well as status and plans of the NA61/SHINE experiment at the CERN SPS accelerator are presented.

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Andras Laszlo

Hadro-production measurements for T2K by NA61/SHINE at the CERN SPS

In this article the NA61/SHINE detector will be presented which is a large acceptance hadron spectrometer at the CERN SPS. It allows for a precise study of particle production from interactions of a 30 GeV proton beam in a carbon target in…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Claudia Strabel