Measurements of multiplicity fluctuations of identified hadrons produced in inelastic p+p interactions at 31, 40, 80, and 158 Formula omitted beam momentum are presented. Three different measures of ...multiplicity fluctuations are used: the scaled variance Formula omitted and strongly intensive measures Formula omitted and Formula omitted. These fluctuation measures involve second and first moments of joint multiplicity distributions. Data analysis is preformed using the Identity method which corrects for incomplete particle identification. Strongly intensive quantities are calculated in order to allow for a direct comparison to corresponding results on nucleus-nucleus collisions. The results for different hadron types are shown as a function of collision energy. A comparison with predictions of string-resonance Monte-Carlo models: Epos, Smash and Venus, is also presented.
The critical point of dense, strongly interacting matter is searched for at the CERN SPS in
40
Ar +
45
Sc collisions at 150
A
Ge V /
c
. The dependence of second-order scaled factorial moments of ...proton multiplicity distribution on the number of subdivisions of transverse momentum space is measured. The intermittency analysis is performed using both transverse momentum and cumulative transverse momentum. For the first time, statistically independent data sets are used for each subdivision number. The obtained results do not indicate any statistically significant intermittency pattern. An upper limit on the fraction of correlated proton pairs and the power of the correlation function is obtained based on a comparison with the Power-law Model developed for this purpose.
Abstract
The measurement of
$$K^{*}(892)^0$$
K
∗
(
892
)
0
resonance production via its
$$K^{+}\pi ^{-}$$
K
+
π
-
decay mode in inelastic p+p collisions at beam momentum 158
$$\text{ Ge }\text{ V ...}\!/\!c$$
Ge
V
/
c
(
$$\sqrt{s_{NN}}=17.3$$
s
NN
=
17.3
$$\text{ Ge }\text{ V }$$
Ge
V
) is presented. The data were recorded by the NA61/SHINE hadron spectrometer at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron. The
template
method was used to extract the
$$K^{*}(892)^0$$
K
∗
(
892
)
0
signal and double-differential transverse momentum and rapidity spectra were obtained. The full phase-space mean multiplicity of
$$K^{*}(892)^0$$
K
∗
(
892
)
0
mesons was found to be
$$(78.44 \pm 0.38 \mathrm {(stat)} \pm 6.0 \mathrm {(sys)) \cdot 10^{-3}}$$
(
78.44
±
0.38
(
stat
)
±
6.0
(
sys
)
)
·
10
-
3
. The NA61/SHINEresults are compared with the
Epos1.99
and Hadron Resonance Gas models as well as with world data from p+p and nucleus–nucleus collisions.
Measurements of inclusive spectra and mean multiplicities of
π
±
, K
±
, p and
p
¯
produced in inelastic p + p interactions at incident projectile momenta of 20, 31, 40, 80 and 158
GeV
/
c
(
s
=
...6.3, 7.7, 8.8, 12.3 and 17.3
GeV
, respectively) were performed at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron using the large acceptance NA61/SHINE hadron spectrometer. Spectra are presented as function of rapidity and transverse momentum and are compared to predictions of current models. The measurements serve as the baseline in the NA61/SHINE study of the properties of the onset of deconfinement and search for the critical point of strongly interacting matter.
The critical point of strongly interacting matter is searched for at the CERN SPS by the NA61/SHINE experiment in central
40
Ar +
45
Sc collisions at 13
A
, 19
A
, 30
A
, 40
A
, and 75
A
GeV/
...c
. The dependence of the second-order scaled factorial moments of proton multiplicity distributions on the number of subdivisions in transverse momentum space is measured. The intermittency analysis uses statistically independent data sets for every subdivision in transverse and cumulative-transverse momentum variables. The results obtained do not indicate the searched intermittent pattern. An upper limit on the fraction of correlated protons and the intermittency index is obtained based on a comparison with the Power-law Model.
This paper presents multiplicity measurements of charged hadrons produced in 120 GeV/$c$ proton-carbon interactions. The measurements were made using data collected at the NA61/SHINE experiment ...during two different data-taking periods, with increased phase space coverage in the second configuration due to the addition of new subdetectors. Particle identification via $dE/dx$ was employed to obtain double-differential production multiplicities of $\pi^+$, $\pi^-$, $p$, $\bar{p}$, $K^+$ and $K^-$. These measurements are presented as a function of laboratory momentum in intervals of laboratory polar angle covering the range from 0 to 450 mrad. They provide crucial inputs for current and future long-baseline neutrino experiments, where they are used to estimate the initial neutrino flux.
The NA61/SHINE experiment at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron studies the onset of deconfinement in strongly interacting matter through a beam energy scan of particle production in collisions of ...nuclei of varied sizes. This paper presents results on inclusive double-differential spectra, transverse momentum and rapidity distributions and mean multiplicities of
π
±
,
K
±
,
p
and
p
¯
produced in
40
Ar+
45
Sc
collisions at beam momenta of 13
A
, 19
A
, 30
A
, 40
A
, 75
A
and 150
A
Ge
V
/
c
. The analysis uses the 10% most central collisions, where the observed forward energy defines centrality. The energy dependence of the
K
±
/
π
±
ratios as well as of inverse slope parameters of the
K
±
transverse mass distributions are placed in between those found in inelastic
p
+
p
and central Pb + Pb collisions. The results obtained here establish a system-size dependence of hadron production properties that so far cannot be explained either within statistical or dynamical models.
Abstract The critical point of strongly interacting matter is searched for at the CERN SPS by the NA61/SHINE experiment in central $$^{40}$$ 40 Ar + $$^{45}$$ 45 Sc collisions at 13 A , 19 A , 30 ...A , 40 A , and 75 A GeV/ c . The dependence of the second-order scaled factorial moments of proton multiplicity distributions on the number of subdivisions in transverse momentum space is measured. The intermittency analysis uses statistically independent data sets for every subdivision in transverse and cumulative-transverse momentum variables. The results obtained do not indicate the searched intermittent pattern. An upper limit on the fraction of correlated protons and the intermittency index is obtained based on a comparison with the Power-law Model.
The production of
K
S
0
mesons in inelastic
p+p
collisions at beam momentum 158
GeV
/
c
(
s
NN
=
17.3
GeV
) was measured with the NA61/SHINE spectrometer at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron. ...Double-differential distributions were obtained in transverse momentum and rapidity. The mean multiplicity of
K
S
0
was determined to be
0.162
±
0.001
(
s
t
a
t
.
)
±
0.011
(
s
y
s
.
)
. The results on
K
S
0
production are compared with model predictions (
EPOS 1.99
, SMASH 2.0, PHSD and UrQMD 3.4 models) as well as with published world data.
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