Acta Physica Polonica B

Vol. 35, No. 1, January 2004, page 197


Strange Baryon Production in Pb--Pb Interactions at CERN SPS

L. Sandor, F. Antinori, P.A. Bacon, A. Badala, R. Barbera, A. Belogianni, A. Bhasin, I.J. Bloodworth, M. Bombara, G.E. Bruno, S.A. Bull, R. Caliandro, M. Campbell, W. Carena, N. Carrer, R.F. Clarke, A. Dainese, A.P. de Haas, P. de Rijke, D. Di Bari, S. Di Liberto, R. Divia, D. Elia, D. Evans, K. Fanebust, F. Fayazzadeh, G.A. Feofilov, R.A. Fini, P. Ganoti, B. Ghidini, G. Grella, H. Helstrup, M. Henriquez, A.K. Holme, A. Jacholkowski, G.T. Jones, P. Jovanovic, A. Jusko, R. Kamermans, J.B. Kinson, K. Knudson, A.A. Kolozhvari, V. Kondratiev, I. Kralik, A. Kravcakova, P. Kuijer, V. Lenti, R. Lietava, G. Lovhoiden, V. Manzari, G. Martinska, M.A. Mazzoni, F. Meddi, A. Michalon, M. Morando, E. Nappi, F. Navach, P.I. Norman, A. Palmeri, G.S. Pappalardo, B. Pastircak, J. Pisut, N. Pisutova, F. Posa, E. Quercigh, F. Riggi, D. Roehrich, G. Romano, K. Safar ik, E. Schillings, G. Segato, M. Sene, R. Sene, W. Snoeys, F. Soramel, M. Spyropoulou-Stassinaki, P. Staroba, T.A. Toulina, R. Turrisi, T.S. Tveter, J. Urban, F.F. Valiev, A. van den Brink, P. van de Ven, P. Vande Vyvre, N. van Eijndhoven, J. van Hunen, A. Vascotto, T. Vik, O. Villalobos, L. Vinogradov, T. Virgili, M.F. Votruba, J. Vrlakova, P. Zavada

Recent results on strange baryon and antibaryon production in Pb-Pb collisions at 160 GeV per nucleon from the NA57 experiment are reported. Strangeness enhancements and the transverse mass spectra properties are described. 

PACS numbers: 25.75.Dw, 25.75.Ld


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