First results from the H-0 di-baryon search and hyperon production measurements by the AGS Experiment 896.

Authors
Caines, H Albergo, S Bellwied, R Bennett, M Boemi, D Bonner, B Caccia, Z Christie, W Cina, G Costa, S Crawford, H Cronqvist, M Debbe, R Engelage, J Flores, I Greiner, L Hallman, T Hoffman, G Huang, H Humanic, TJ Igo, G Insolia, A Jensen, P Judd, E Kainz, K Kaplan, M Kelly, S Kotov, I Kunde, G Lindstrom, P Ljubicic, T Llope, W Lo Curto, G Longacre, R Lynn, D Madansky, L Mahzeh, N Milosevich, Z Mitchell, JT Mitchell, J Nehmeh, S Nociforo, C Paganis, S Pandey, SU Potenza, R Platner, E Riley, P Russ, D Saulys, A Schambach, J Sheen, J Stokley, C Sugarbaker, E Takahashi, J Tang, J Trentalange, S Tricomi, A Tull, C Tuve, C Whitfield, J Wilson, K
Citation
H. Caines et al., First results from the H-0 di-baryon search and hyperon production measurements by the AGS Experiment 896., NUCL PHYS A, 661, 1999, pp. 170C-176C
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
NUCLEAR PHYSICS A
ISSN journal
03759474 → ACNP
Volume
661
Year of publication
1999
Pages
170C - 176C
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9474(199912)661:<170C:FRFTHD>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
The AGS Experiment 896 was designed to study strangeness production in Au-A u collisions at 11.6A GeV/c, in particular the formation of a six-quark di- baryon the H-0. Heavy ion collisions provide favorable conditions for the H -0 formation either via coalescence of two Lambda particles (owing to the l arge Lambda production cross section) or direct production from the possibl e formation of a quark-gluon plasma. E896 also measured strange meson and b aryon distributions from mid-rapidity. Preliminary results from this experi ment are presented as well as details of the expected sensitivity for the H -0 search.