Recent results from NA57 on strangeness production in p-A and Pb-Pb collisions at 40 and 158 A GeV/c

TL;DR

This paper reports on measurements of hyperon production and strangeness enhancement in Pb-Pb and p-Be collisions at 40 and 158 A GeV/c, analyzing spectra and multiplicities to understand collision dynamics.

Contribution

It provides new experimental data on hyperon production at different energies and compares strangeness enhancement between 40 and 158 A GeV/c.

Findings

Strangeness enhancement observed at both energies.

Transverse mass spectra fitted with blast-wave model.

Charged particle multiplicity analyzed as a function of energy.

Abstract

The production of hyperons in Pb-Pb and p-Be interaction at 40 $A$ GeV/$c$\ beam momentum has been measured by the NA57 experiment. Strange particle enhancements at 40 $A$ GeV/$c$ are presented and compared to those measured at 158 $A$ GeV/$c$. Their transverse mass spectra have been studied in the framework of the blast-wave model. The multiplicity of charged particles as a function of the energy is also discussed.