First results from the H0 di-baryon search and hyperon production measurements by the AGS Experiment 896.

H. Caines, S. Albergo, R. Bellwied, M. Bennett, D. Boemi, B. Bonner, Z. Caccia, W. Christie, G. Cinà, S. Costa, H. Crawford, M. Cronqvist, R. Debbe, J. Engelage, I. Flores, L. Greiner, T. Hallman, G. Hoffman, H. Huang, T. J. HumanicG. Igo, A. Insolia, P. Jensen, E. Judd, K. Kainz, M. Kaplan, S. Kelly, I. Kotov, G. Kunde, P. Lindstrom, T. Ljubicic, W. Llope, G. Lo Curto, R. Longacre, D. Lynn, L. Madansky, N. Mahzeh, Z. Milosevich, J. T. Mitchell, J. Mitchell, S. Nehmeh, C. Nociforo, S. Paganis, S. U. Pandey, R. Potenza, E. Platner, P. Riley, D. Russ, A. Saulys, J. Schambach, J. Sheen, C. Stokley, E. Sugarbaker, J. Takahashi, J. Tang, S. Trentalange, A. Tricomi, C. Tull, C. Tuvè, J. Whitfield, K. Wilson

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)170-176
Number of pages7
JournalNuclear Physics A
Volume661
Issue number1-4
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 27 1999
Externally publishedYes

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