Related papers: NA61/SHINE overview

The onsets of deconfinement and fireball of NA61/SHINE

The NA61/SHINE experiment at the CERN SPS is pursuing a rich programme on strong interactions, covering the study of onset of deconfinement and aims to discover the critical point of strongly interacting matter by performing an energy and…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-02-20 Dag Larsen

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

Charm Program of NA61/SHINE: Motivation and Measurements

Recently, the NA61/SHINE experiment at the CERN SPS has extended its program on physics of strong interactions by measurements of charm hadron production in nucleus-nucleus collisions. This charm program is here briefly summarized.

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2018-03-06 Aleksandra Snoch , the NA61/SHINE collaboration

Hadron production measurement from NA61/SHINE

New results of NA61/SHINE on determination of charged hadron yields in proton-carbon interactions are presented. They aim to improve predictions of the neutrino flux in the T2K experiment. The data were recorded using a secondary-proton…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 A. Korzenev

NA61/SHINE low energy program at SPS

Status of the new experimental program to study hadron production in hadron-nucleus and nucleus-nucleus collisions at the CERN SPS will be presented. A physics motivation will be given for the part of the program related to the physics of…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Grzegorz Stefanek

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

NA61-SHINE: Hadron Production Measurements for Cosmic Ray and Neutrino Experiments

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

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-03-17 Nicolas Abgrall

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

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

Hard and electromagnetic probes: plans for future measurements at the CERN SPS

The CERN SuperProtoSynchrotron (SPS) represents an ideal facility for fixed-target heavy-ion experiments exploring the phase diagram of strongly interacting matter in the region $200\le\mu_{\rm B}\le500$ MeV. It can deliver high-intensity…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2023-07-24 E. Scomparin

Heavy-ion physics at the CERN SPS H2: NA35, NA49 and NA61/SHINE (with personal recollections)

This review presents a unified account of the NA35, NA49, and NA61/SHINE experiments, which together form a continuous programme of heavy-ion studies conducted at the H2 beamline of the CERN North Area using the SPS accelerator. The…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2026-03-10 Marek Gazdzicki

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

News on strangeness production from the NA61/SHINE experiment

Strangeness production in high-energy hadronic and nuclear collisions continues to be one of the central topics in the study of strongly interacting matter. The data collected by the NA61/SHINE experiment at the CERN SPS North Area allow…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2025-08-22 Yuliia Balkova , Tatjana Šuša

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

$N-N$, $P_{T}-N$ and $P_{T}-P_{T}$ fluctuations in nucleus-nucleus collisions at the NA61/SHINE experiment

The NA61/SHINE experiment aims to discover the critical point of strongly interacting matter and study the properties of the onset of deconfinement. For these goals a scan of the two dimensional phase diagram ($T-\mu_{B}$) is being…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2018-07-01 Evgeny Andronov

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

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

NA49 and NA61/SHINE experiments: results and perspectives

The Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) covers one of the most interesting regions of the QCD phase diagram $(T - \mu_B)$. On the one hand there are indications that the energy threshold for deconfinement is reached already at low SPS energies.…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2010-05-05 Katarzyna Grebieszkow

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

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