• NA57 Collaboration

Results are presented on hyperon and antihyperon production in Pb-Pb, pPb and pBe collisions at 158 GeV/c per nucleon. Λ, Ξ and Ω yields have been measured at central rapidity and medium transverse momentum as functions of the centrality of the collision. Comparing the yields in Pb-Pb to those in pBe interactions, strangeness enhancement is observed. The enhancement increases with the centrality and with the strangeness content of the hyperons, reaching a factor of about 20 for the Ω in the central Pb-Pb collisions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)427-441
Number of pages15
JournalJournal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics
Volume32
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Apr 2006

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  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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