KAON AND PROTON RATIOS FROM CENTRAL PB+PB COLLISIONS AT THE CERN SPS

Authors
Citation
M. Kaneta, KAON AND PROTON RATIOS FROM CENTRAL PB+PB COLLISIONS AT THE CERN SPS, Nuclear physics. A, 638(1-2), 1998, pp. 419-422
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear
Journal title
ISSN journal
03759474
Volume
638
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
419 - 422
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9474(1998)638:1-2<419:KAPRFC>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
K-/K+ and (p) over bar/p ratios measured in 158 A.GeV Pb+Pb collisions are shown as a function of transverse momentum P-T and centrality in top 8.5% central region. Little centrality dependence of the K-/K+ and (p) over bar/p ratios is observed. The transverse mass m(T) distribut ion anti dN/dy of K+, K-, p and (p) over bar around mid-rapidity are o btained. The temperature T-ch and the chemical potentials for both lig ht and strange quarks (mu(q),mu(s)) at chemical freeze-out are determi ned by applying simple thermodynamical model to the present data. The resultant mu(q),mu(s) and T-ch are compared with those obtained from s imilar analysis of SPS S+A and AGS Si+A data. The chemical freeze-out temperature T-ch at CERN energies is higher than thermal freeze-out te mperature T-fo which is extracted from m(T) distribution of charged ha drons. At AGS energies T-ch is close to T-fo.