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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