학술논문

Semi-Inclusive Lambda and Kshort Production in p-Au Collisions at 17.5 GeV/c
Document Type
Working Paper
Source
Phys.Rev.Lett.85:4868-4871,2000
Subject
Nuclear Experiment
Language
Abstract
The first detailed measurements of the centrality dependence of strangeness production in p-A collisions are presented. Lambda and Kshort dn/dy distributions from 17.5 GeV/c p-Au collisions are shown as a function of "grey" track multiplicity and the estimated number of collisions, nu, made by the proton. The nu dependence of the Lambda yield deviates from a scaling of p-p data by the number of participants, increasing faster than this scaling for nu<=5 and saturating for larger nu. A slower growth in Kshort multiplicity with nu is observed, consistent with a weaker nu dependence of K-Kbar production than Y-K production.
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