Xi-, anti-xi-, Lambda and anti-Lambda production in sulphur - tungsten interactions at 200-GeV/c per nucleon

The WA85 collaboration Abatzis, S. ; Antinori, F. ; Barnes, R.P. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 270 (1991) 123-127, 1991.
Inspire Record 318147 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.29306

Multi-strange baryon and antibaryon production is expected to be a useful probe in the search for quark-gluon plasma formation. We present the transverse mass distributions of negative particles, Λ' s , Λ ' s and Ξ − ' s produced in sulphur-tungsten interactions at 200 GeV/ c per nucleon and give the corrected rations Λ /Λ, Ξ − /Λ and Ξ − / Λ . Our ratio Ξ − / Λ appears to be larger than that from pp interactions.

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Inverse slopes for different particle production.

Data from this and other WA85 publications.

Data from this and other WA85 publications.


Production of multistrange baryons and anti-baryons in sulphur - tungsten interactions at 200-GeV/c per nucleon

The WA85 collaboration Abatzis, S. ; Antinori, F. ; Barnes, R.P. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 259 (1991) 508-510, 1991.
Inspire Record 300857 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.29452

Production of Ξ − and Ξ − has been observed for the first time in heavy ion interactions by the WA85 Experiment. Multistrange baryon and antibaryon production is expected to be a useful probe in the search for quark-gluon plasma formation. We describe the procedure used to select these cascade candidates and show that Ξ − and Ξ − decays can be identified. The ratio of Ξ Ξ production, corrected for geometrical acceptances and reconstruction efficiencies, is 0.39 ± 0.07 for sulphur-tungsten interactions in the central rapidity interval 2.3< Y lab <3.0 and p T >1.1 GeV/ c .

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