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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

J/psi azimuthal anisotropy relative to the reaction plane in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 GeV per nucleon

The J/$\psi$ azimuthal distribution relative to the reaction plane has been measured by the NA50 experiment in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 GeV/nucleon. Various physical mechanisms related to charmonium dissociation in the medium created in the…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 F. Prino

Nuclear dependence of light neutral meson production in p-A collisions at 400 GeV with NA60

The NA60 experiment has studied low-mass muon pair production in proton-nucleus collisions with a system of Be, Cu, In, W, Pb and U targets, using a 400 GeV proton beam at the CERN SPS. The transverse momentum spectra of the $\rho/\omega$…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2020-12-29 R. Arnaldi , K. Banicz , K. Borer , J. Castor , B. Chaurand , W. Chen , C. Cicalò , A. Colla , P. Cortese , S. Damjanovic , A. David , A. De Falco , A. Devaux , L. Ducroux , H. En'yo , J. Fargeix , A. Ferretti , M. Floris , A. Förster , P. Force , N. Guettet , A. Guichard , H. Gulkanian , J. M. Heuser , P. Jarron , M. Keil , L. Kluberg , Z. Li , C. Lourenço , J. Lozano , F. Manso , P. Martins , A. Masoni , A. Neves , H. Ohnishi , C. Oppedisano , P. Parracho , P. Pillot , T. Poghosyan , G. Puddu , E. Radermacher , P. Ramalhete , P. Rosinsky , E. Scomparin , J. Seixas , S. Serci , R. Shahoyan , P. Sonderegger , H. J. Specht , R. Tieulent , A. Uras , G. Usai , R. Veenhof , H. K. Wöhri

Charmonia Production at the CERN/SPS

We present the final results of experiment NA50 on charmonia production in Pb-Pb interactions at 158 A GeV. A strong increasing suppression is observed with increasing centrality, for both the jpsi and psiprime resonances. We also present…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 G. Borges

The onset of the anomalous J/psi suppression in Pb-Pb collisions at the CERN SPS

The J/psi suppression observed by the NA50 experiment is one of the most striking signatures for quark gluon plasma formation in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 AGeV. The J/psi production has been studied as a function of the centrality of the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 Roberta Arnaldi

Enhanced Production of Low-Mass Electron Pairs in 40 AGeV Pb-Au Collisions at the CERN SPS

We report on first measurements of low-mass electron pairs in Pb-Au collisions at the lower SPS beam energy of 40 AGeV. The pair yield integrated over the range of invariant masses 0.2<m<1 GeV/c^2 is enhanced by a factor of…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2011-08-17 D. Adamova , CERES/NA45 Collaboration

Results on angular distributions of thermal dileptons in nuclear collisions

The NA60 experiment at the CERN SPS has studied dimuon production in 158 AGeV In-In collisions. The strong pair excess above the known sources found in the mass region $0.2<M<2.5$ GeV has been previously interpreted as thermal radiation. In…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Gianluca Usai

First results on angular distributions of thermal dileptons in nuclear collisions

The NA60 experiment at the CERN SPS has studied dimuon production in 158A GeV In-In collisions. The strong excess of pairs above the known sources found in the complete mass region 0.2<M<2.6 GeV has previously been interpreted as thermal…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2014-11-18 NA60 Collaboration , R. Arnaldi , K. Banicz , K. Borer , J. Castor , B. Chaurand , W. Chen , C. Cicalo , A. Colla , P. Cortese , S. Damjanovic , A. David , A. de Falco , A. Devaux , L. Ducroux , H. En'yo , J. Fargeix , A. Ferretti , M. Floris , A. Foerster , P. Force , N. Guettet , A. Guichard , H. Gulkanian , J. M. Heuser , M. Keil , L. Kluberg , Z. Li , C. Lourenco , J. Lozano , F. Manso , P. Martins , A. Masoni , A. Neves , H. Ohnishi , C. Oppedisano , P. Parracho , P. Pillot , T. Poghosyan , G. Puddu , E. Radermacher , P. Ramalhete , P. Rosinsky , E. Scomparin , J. Seixas , S. Serci , R. Shahoyan , P. Sonderegger , H. J. Specht , R. Tieulent , G. Usai , R. Veenhof , H. K. Woehri

$J/\psi$ suppression in Pb+Pb collisions, a conventional description

We have analyzed the latest NA50 data on $J/\psi$ suppression in Pb + Pb collisions. $J/\psi$ production is assumed to be a two step process, (i) formation of $c\bar{c}$ pair, which is accurately calculable in QCD and (ii) formation of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-07 A. K. Chaudhuri

Semi-central In-In collisions and Brown-Rho scaling

In connection with the claim made at the Quark Matter 2005 Conference that the Brown-Rho scaling is ruled out by NA60 data we consider dimuon production from semi-central In+In collisions in a full dynamical model. It is shown that if only…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 V. V. Skokov , V. D. Toneev

Comments concerning the paper "Measurement of negatively charged pion spectra in inelastic p+p interactions at 20, 31, 40, 80 and 158 GeV/c" by the NA61 collaboration

New data from the NA61 collaboration on the production of negative pions in p+p interactions at beam momenta between 20 and 158 GeV/c are critically compared to available results in the same energy range. It is concluded that the NA61 data…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2014-01-15 H. G. Fischer , M. Makariev , D. Varga , S. Wenig

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

Statistical coalescence model of J/psi production at the SPS and RHIC

A recently developed statistical coalescence model of the J/psi production is presented. The NA50 data on the J/psi suppression pattern and the transverse mass spectra in Pb+Pb collisions at the SPS are analyzed. The model predictions for…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Mark I. Gorenstein

J/psi suppression in Pb-Pb collisions at CERN SPS

The NA38 and NA50 experiments at the CERN SPS have measured charmonium production in different colliding systems with the aim of observing a phase transition from ordinary hadronic matter towards a state in which quarks and gluons are…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2012-08-27 NA50 collaboration

Muon pairs from In+In collision at SPS energy

NA60 collaboration has extracted the inverse slope parameters, T_{eff} of the dimuon spectra originating from the In+In collisions at root(s_NN)=17.3 GeV for various invariant mass region. They have observed that the inverse slope parameter…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2012-06-19 Jajati K Nayak , Jan-e Alam , Tetsufumi Hirano , Sourav Sarkar , Bikash Sinha

Measurements of hadron production in $\pi^{+}$ + C and $\pi^{+}$ + Be interactions at 60 GeV/$c$

Precise knowledge of hadron production rates in the generation of neutrino beams is necessary for accelerator-based neutrino experiments to achieve their physics goals. NA61/SHINE, a large-acceptance hadron spectrometer, has recorded…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2020-01-20 SHINE Collaboration , A. Aduszkiewicz , 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 , M. Golubeva , K. Grebieszkow , F. Guber , A. Haesler , S. N. Igolkin , S. Ilieva , A. Ivashkin , S. R. Johnson , K. Kadija , E. Kaptur , N. Kargin , E. Kashirin , M. Kiełbowicz , V. A. Kireyeu , V. Klochkov , V. I. Kolesnikov , D. Kolev , A. Korzenev , V. N. Kovalenko , K. Kowalik , S. Kowalski , M. Koziel , A. Krasnoperov , W. Kucewicz , M. Kuich , A. Kurepin , D. Larsen , A. László , T. V. Lazareva , M. Lewicki , K. Łojek , B. Łysakowski , V. V. Lyubushkin , M. Maćkowiak-Pawłowska , Z. Majka , B. Maksiak , A. I. Malakhov , A. Marchionni , A. Marcinek , A. D. Marino , K. Marton , H. -J. Mathes , T. Matulewicz , V. Matveev , G. L. Melkumov , A. O. Merzlaya , B. Messerly , Ł. Mik , G. B. Mills , S. Morozov , S. Mrówczyński , Y. Nagai , M. Naskręt , V. Ozvenchuk , V. Paolone , M. Pavin , 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 , E. Richter-Wąs , D. Röhrich , E. Rondio , M. Roth , B. T. Rumberger , M. Rumyantsev , A. Rustamov , M. Rybczynski , A. Rybicki , A. Sadovsky , K. Schmidt , I. Selyuzhenkov , A. Yu. Seryakov , P. Seyboth , M. Słodkowski , A. Snoch , 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 , F. F. Valiev , D. Veberič , V. V. Vechernin , A. Wickremasinghe , Z. Włodarczyk , A. Wojtaszek-Szwarc , K. Wójcik , O. Wyszyński , L. Zambelli , E. D. Zimmerman , R. Zwaska

Energy dependence of phi meson production in central Pb+Pb collisions at sqrt(s_nn) = 6 to 17 GeV

Phi meson production is studied by the NA49 Collaboration in central Pb+Pb collisions at 20A, 30A, 40A, 80A and 158A GeV beam energy. The data are compared with measurements at lower and higher energies and to microscopic and thermal…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 C. Alt , T. Anticic , B. Baatar , D. Barna , J. Bartke , L. Betev , H. Bialkowska , C. Blume , B. Boimska , M. Botje , J. Bracinik , R. Bramm , P. Buncic , V. Cerny , P. Christakoglou , P. Chung , O. Chvala , J. G. Cramer , P. Csato , P. Dinkelaker , V. Eckardt , D. Flierl , Z. Fodor , P. Foka , V. Friese , J. Gal , M. Gazdzicki , V. Genchev , G. Georgopoulos , E. Galadysz , K. Grebieszkow , S. Hegyi , C. Hoehne , K. Kadija , A. Karev , D. Kikola , M. Kliemant , S. Kniege , V. I. Kolesnikov , T. Kollegger , E. Kornas , R. Korus , M. Kowalski , I. Kraus , M. Kreps , D. Kresan , A. Laszlo , R. Lacey , M. van Leeuwen , P. Levai , L. Litov , B. Lungwitz , M. Makariev , A. I. Malakhov , M. Mateev , G. L. Melkumov , A. Mischke , M. Mitrovski , J. Molnar , St. Mrowczynski , V. Nicolic , G. Palla , A. D. Panagiotou , D. Panayotov , A. Petridis , W. Peryt , M. Pikna , J. Pluta , D. Prindle , F. Puehlhofer , R. Renfordt , C. Roland , G. Roland , M. Rybczynski , A. Rybicki , A. Sandoval , N. Schmitz , T. Schuster , P. Seyboth , F. Sikler , B. Sitar , E. Skrzypczak , M. Slodkowski , G. Stefanek , R. Stock , C. Strabel , H. Stroebele , T. Susa , I. Szentpetery , J. Sziklai , M. Szuba , P. Szymanski , V. Trubnikov , D. Varga , M. Vassiliou , G. I. Veres , G. Vesztergombi , D. Vranic , A. Wetzler , Z. Walodarczyk , I. K. Yoo , J. Zimanyi

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

Nuclear absorption of Charmoniums in pA and AA collisions

We have analysed the latest NA50 data on $J/\psi$ production in pA and AA collisions. The $J/\psi$ production is assumed to be a two step process, (i) formation of $c\bar{c}$ pairs, perturbatively calculable, and (ii) formation of $J/\psi$…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 A. K. Chaudhuri

Statistical Coalescence Model Analysis of J/psi Production in Pb+Pb Collisions at 158 A GeV

Production of J/\psi mesons in heavy ion collisions is considered within the statistical coalescence model. The model is in agreement with the experimental data of the NA50 Collaboration for Pb+Pb collisions at 158 A GeV in a wide…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-07 A. P. Kostyuk , M. I. Gorenstein , H. Stoecker , W. Greiner