Strangeness enhancement in p-A collisions: Consequences for the interpretation of strangeness production in A-A collisions

B. A. Cole, X. H. Yang, V. Cianciolo, A. Frawley, E. P. Hartouni, H. Hiejima, A. Lebedev, N. Maeda, S. Mioduszewski, K. Read, M. Rosati, R. A. Soltz, S. Sorensen, J. H. Thomas, Y. Torun, D. Winter, W. A. Zajc

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Abstract

Published measurements of semi-inclusive Λ production in p-Au collisions at the AGS are used to estimate the yields of singly strange hadrons in nucleus-nucleus (A-A) collisions. Results of a described extrapolation technique are shown and compared to measurements of K+ production in Si-Al, Si-Au, and Au-Au collisions at the AGS and net Λ production in S-S, S-Ag, Pb-Pb, and inclusive p-A collisions at the SPS. The extrapolations can account for more than 75% of the measured strange particle yields in all of the studied systems except for very central Au + Au collisions at the AGS where RQMD comparisons suggest large re-scattering contributions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)210-213
Number of pages4
JournalPhysics Letters B
Volume639
Issue number3-4
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 10 2006

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