Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 182301 (2004) [6 pages]

Multistrange Baryon Production in Au-Au Collisions at sqrt[sNN]=130   GeV

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J. Adams et al. STAR Collaboration
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Received 30 July 2003; published 5 May 2004

The transverse mass spectra and midrapidity yields for Ξs and Ωs are presented. For the 10% most central collisions, the Ξ̅ +/h- ratio increases from the Super Proton Synchrotron to the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider energies while the Ξ-/h- stays approximately constant. A hydrodynamically inspired model fit to the Ξ spectra, which assumes a thermalized source, seems to indicate that these multistrange particles experience a significant transverse flow effect, but are emitted when the system is hotter and the flow is smaller than values obtained from a combined fit to π, K, p, and Λs.


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URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.182301
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.182301
PACS: 25.75.Dw, 25.75.Ld

* Electronic address: www.star.bnl.gov

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