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φ, ϱ, and ω production in pU, OU and SU reactions at 200 GeV per nucleon

  • C. Baglin
  • , A. Baldisseri
  • , A. Bussière
  • , J. P. Guillaud
  • , R. Kossakowski
  • , P. Liaud
  • , F. Staley
  • , A. Baldit
  • , J. Castor
  • , T. Chambon
  • , A. Devaux
  • , J. Fargeix
  • , X. Felgeyrolles
  • , P. Force
  • , L. Fredj
  • , G. Landaud
  • , F. Vazeille
  • , P. Sonderegger
  • , M. C. Abreu
  • , P. Bordalo
  • R. Ferreira, J. M. Gago, C. Lourenço, L. Peralta, S. Ramos, S. Silva, J. Varela, C. Gerschel, D. Jouan, S. Papillon, X. Tarrago, P. Busson, C. Charlot, B. Chaurand, L. Kluberg, A. Romana, P. Gorodetzky, B. Grosdidier, C. Racca, R. Cases, M. Bedjidian, D. Contardo, E. Descroix, O. Drapier, J. Y. Grossiord, A. Guichard, R. Haroutunian, J. R. Pizzi
  • Université Paris-Sud
  • Université Blaise Pascal
  • European Organization for Nuclear Research
  • LIP - Lisboa
  • Centre de Recherches Nucléaires
  • CSIC-UV - Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC)
  • IGFL, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1

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Abstract

Low mass muon pair production at high PT and low XF studied in pU, OU and SU 200 GeV per nucleon react ions. When energy density or projectile mass are increased, φ production is enhanced as compared with the yield of muon pairs in the mass continuum (1.7<Mμμ< 2.4 GeV/c2), whereas the production of ω and ρ{variant}, experimentally unresolved, remains approximately constant. This φ enhancement is in agreement with predictions based on quark-gluon plasma formation and, together with the previously reported J/Ψ suppression, puts severe constraints on a purely hadronic description of nucleus-nucleus collisions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)449-454
Number of pages6
JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume272
Issue number3-4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Dec 1991

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