Abstract
The AGS Experiment 896 was designed to study strangeness production in Au - Au collisions at 11.6A GeV/c, in particular the formation of a six-quark di-baryon the H0. Heavy ion collisions provide favorable conditions for the H0 formation either via coalescence of two Λ particles (owing to the large Λ production cross section) or direct production from the possible formation of a quark-gluon plasma. E896 also measured strange meson and baryon distributions from mid-rapidity. Preliminary results from this experiment are presented as well as details of the expected sensitivity for the H0 search.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 170-176 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Nuclear Physics A |
Volume | 661 |
Issue number | 1-4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 27 1999 |
Externally published | Yes |