2005
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.94.052301
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System-Size Dependence of Strangeness Production in Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions atsNN=17.3   GeV

Abstract: Emission of pi+/-, K+/-, phi, and Lambda was measured in near-central C+C and Si+Si collisions at 158 AGeV beam energy. Together with earlier data for p+p, S+S, and Pb+Pb, the system-size dependence of relative strangeness production in nucleus-nucleus collisions is obtained. Its fast rise and the saturation observed at about 60 participating nucleons can be understood as the onset of the formation of coherent systems of increasing size.

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“…In addition, if production is dominantly from coalescence, one expects the width of the rapidity distribution of mesons to be related to those for charged kaons as 1/ 2 = 1/ 2 − + 1/ 2 + . Measurements at SPS energies show a clear deviation of the data from the above expectation [55]. Finally, if production is dominantly from coalescence it would be reflected in elliptic flow (V 2 ) measurements.…”
Section: Particle Ratiosmentioning
confidence: 71%
“…In addition, if production is dominantly from coalescence, one expects the width of the rapidity distribution of mesons to be related to those for charged kaons as 1/ 2 = 1/ 2 − + 1/ 2 + . Measurements at SPS energies show a clear deviation of the data from the above expectation [55]. Finally, if production is dominantly from coalescence it would be reflected in elliptic flow (V 2 ) measurements.…”
Section: Particle Ratiosmentioning
confidence: 71%
“…The K − /π − ratio scales with dN ch /dη at both energies and there is no hint of an additional strangeness enhancement of charged kaons in the smaller Cu + Cu system compared to the larger Au + Au system. Early works from Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) energies reported such additional relative strangeness enhancement in the K/π ratio for smaller systems, although no final confirmation of this observation is available [17,18]. The pion and kaon enhancement factors are compared in Fig.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the last part of this paper, we will discuss the results on the centrality dependence of different hadronic observables and compare them to data [79,[90][91][92][93] (the centrality selection with regard to the number of wounded nucleons is taken from [94]). Figure 9 displays the midrapidity (|y| < 0.5) yields of pions and 's divided by the number of wounded nucleons as a function of N W .…”
Section: Centrality Dependencementioning
confidence: 99%