Search for strange quark matter with AGS E864

Journal Article · Tue May 20 04:00:00 EDT 1997 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.54338· OSTI ID:21175407

Hill, John C ^[1]

---

1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 (United States)

The E864 experiment at the AGS uses a large acceptance spectrometer in sensitive searches for strange quark matter (strangelets) produced in the collision of 11.6 A GeV/c Au beams with Pb or Pt targets. Such heavy ion collisions may provide conditions favorable to strangelet formation due to the high baryon density and strange quark content of the fireball formed in the collision. Strangelets could be formed by coalescence or formation of a quark-gluon plasma droplet that could evolve into a strangelet. The results of searches for strangelets with Z={+-}1 and Z={+-}2 using the 1994 and 1995 data sets are presented and plans are discussed for searches for positive, negative and neutral strangelets using the larger data set taken in 1996-7.

• OSTI ID: 21175407
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 412; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BARYONS
FIREBALL MODEL
GEV RANGE
GOLD 197 REACTIONS
LEAD 208 TARGET
MULTIPARTICLE SPECTROMETERS
PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION
PLATINUM 195 TARGET
QUARK MATTER
S QUARKS