STRANGE CLUSTER FORMATION IN RELATIVISTIC HEAVY-ION COLLISIONS

Authors
BALTZ AJ DOVER CB KAHANA SH PANG Y SCHLAGEL TJ SCHNEDERMANN E
Citation
Aj. Baltz et al., STRANGE CLUSTER FORMATION IN RELATIVISTIC HEAVY-ION COLLISIONS, Physics letters. Section B, 325(1-2), 1994, pp. 7-12
Citations number
36
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. Section B → ACNP
ISSN journal
03702693
Volume
325
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
7 - 12
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-2693(1994)325:1-2<7:SCFIRH>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
The production rate of strange clusters in relativistic heavy ion coll isions is estimated using a simplified coalescence model and the casca de code ARC, adjusting parameters to fit ordinary composite particle p roduction. We predict that a hypothetical (LAMBDALAMBDA)b would be pro duced at a rate dN/dy of order 0.1 for central Au + Au collisions at B rookhaven AGS energies and midrapidity. The corresponding rate for the (LAMBDALAMBDA)He-6 is 2 x 10(-5). We also suggest some experimental p ossibilities for detecting such clusters.