Hadron distributions: Recent results from the CERN experiment NA44

The NA44 collaboration Xu, Nu ; Bearden, I.G. ; Bøggild, H. ; et al.
Nucl.Phys.A 610 (1996) 175C-187C, 1996.
Inspire Record 432743 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.36469

Proton distributions at midrapidity have been measured for 158A·GeV Pb+Pb collisions in the focusing spectrometer experiment NA44 at CERN. A high degree of nuclear stopping is found in the truly heavy ion collisions. Systematic results of single particle transverse momentum distributions of pions, kaons, and protons, of 200A·GeV S+S and 158A·GeV Pb+Pb central collisions will be addressed within the context of thermalization. By comparing these data with thermal and transport models, freeze-out parameters such as the temperature parameter T fo and mean collective flow velocity 〈β〉 are extracted. Preliminary results of the particle ratios of K − K + and p p are discussed in the context of cascade models of RQMD and VENUS.

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CENTRAL COLLISIONS: SIG(TRIG)/SIG(GEOM)=10%.