We present results of a search for strange quark matter (strangelets) in 11.5A GeV/c Au + Pb collisions from the 1994 and 1995 runs of experiment E864 at Brookhaven's Alternating Gradient Synchrotron. We observe no strangelet candidates and set a 90% confidence level upper limit of approximately 3 X 10(-8) per 10% central interaction for the production of \Z\ = 1 and \Z\ = 2 strangelets over a large mass range and with metastable lifetimes of about 50 ns or more. These results place constraints primarily on quark-gluon plasma based production models for strangelets

Search for Charged Strange Quark Matter Produced in 11.5AGeV/cAu+Pb Collisions / Armstrong, T.A., Barish, K.N., Bennett, M.J., Bennett, S.J., Chikanian, A., Coe, S.D., Cormier, T.M., Davies, R., de Cataldo, G., Dee, P., Diebold, G.E., Dover, C.B., Fachini, P., Finch, L.E., George, N.K., Giglietto, N., Greene, S.V., Haridas, P., Hill, J.C., Hirsch, A.S., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - STAMPA. - 79:19(1997), pp. 3612-3616. [10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.3612]

Search for Charged Strange Quark Matter Produced in 11.5AGeV/cAu+Pb Collisions

Giglietto, N.;
1997

Abstract

We present results of a search for strange quark matter (strangelets) in 11.5A GeV/c Au + Pb collisions from the 1994 and 1995 runs of experiment E864 at Brookhaven's Alternating Gradient Synchrotron. We observe no strangelet candidates and set a 90% confidence level upper limit of approximately 3 X 10(-8) per 10% central interaction for the production of \Z\ = 1 and \Z\ = 2 strangelets over a large mass range and with metastable lifetimes of about 50 ns or more. These results place constraints primarily on quark-gluon plasma based production models for strangelets
1997
Search for Charged Strange Quark Matter Produced in 11.5AGeV/cAu+Pb Collisions / Armstrong, T.A., Barish, K.N., Bennett, M.J., Bennett, S.J., Chikanian, A., Coe, S.D., Cormier, T.M., Davies, R., de Cataldo, G., Dee, P., Diebold, G.E., Dover, C.B., Fachini, P., Finch, L.E., George, N.K., Giglietto, N., Greene, S.V., Haridas, P., Hill, J.C., Hirsch, A.S., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - STAMPA. - 79:19(1997), pp. 3612-3616. [10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.3612]
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