Year: 2004
Type: article
Abstract: We report on a measurement of $\ensuremath{\phi}$-meson production in $\text{Au}+\text{Au}$ collisions at a beam momentum of $11.7A\phantom{\rule{0.3em}{0ex}}\text{GeV}∕c$ by experiment 917 at the alternating gradient synchroton. The measurement covers the midrapidity region $1.2<y<1.6$. Transverse-mass spectra and rapidity distributions are presented as functions of centrality characterized by the number of participant projectile nucleons. The yield of $\ensuremath{\phi}$'s per participant projectile nucleon increases strongly in central collisions in a manner similar to that observed for kaons.
Source: Physical Review C
Authors: B. B. Back, R. R. Betts, J. Chang, W. C. Chang, C. Y. Chi, Y. Y. Chu, J. B. Cumming, J. C. Dunlop, W. Eldredge, S. Y. Fung, R. Ganz, E. Garcia, A. Gillitzer, G. Heintzelman, W. F. Henning, D. J. Hofman, B. Holzman, J. H. Kang, E. J. Kim, S. Y. Kim, Y. Kwon, D. McLeod, A. C. Mignerey, M. Moulson, V. Nanal, C. A. Ogilvie, R. Pak, A. Ruangma, D. E. Russ, R. K. Seto, P. J. Stanskas, G. S. F. Stephans, H. Q. Wang, F. L. H. Wolfs, A. H. Wuosmaa, H. Xiang, G. H. Xu, H. B. Yao, C. M. Zou
Institutions: Argonne National Laboratory, University of Illinois Chicago, University of California, Riverside, Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Academia Sinica, Columbia University, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research, Yonsei University, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Iowa State University, University of Rochester, National Institutes of Health
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1997371574