2019/12/31 by SHINE Collaboration, A. Aduszkiewicz, Evgeny Andronov +161 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Beam (structure) #Beam energy #Condensed matter physics #Deconfinement #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Large Hadron Collider #Nuclear physics #Nuclear physics research studies #Observable #Particle physics #Phase (matter) #Phase diagram #Phase transition #Physics #Proton #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Quantum mechanics #Quark #Range (aeronautics) #Super Proton Synchrotron #hep-ex #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevc.102.011901
published as Phys. Rev. C 102, 011901 (2020)
arxiv created 2020/01/02 · openalex publication_date 2020/07/15 · arxiv updated 2020/07/22 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The experiment of the NA61/SHINE Collaboration at the CERN SPS is performing a unique study of the phase diagram of strongly interacting matter by varying collision energy and nuclear mass number of colliding nuclei. In central Pb+Pb collisions, the experiment of the NA49 Collaboration found structures in the energy dependence of several observables in the energy range of the CERN SPS that had been predicted for the transition to a deconfined phase. New measurements of the NA61/SHINE Collaboration find intriguing similarities in p+p interactions for which no deconfinement transition is expected at the energies of the SPS. Possible implications will be discussed.