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.; Hoversten, R. A.; Huang, H. Z.; Kim, B.; Kumar, B. S.; Lainis, T.; Lajoie, J. G.; Lewis, R. A.; Li, Q.; Libby, B.; Majka, R. D.; Munhoz, M. G.; Nagle, J. L.; Pless, I. A.; Pope, J. K.; Porile, N. T.; Pruneau, C. A.; Rabin, M. S.; Raino, A.; Reid, J. D.; Rimai, A.; Rotondo, F. S.; Sandweiss, J.; Scharenberg, R. P.; Slaughter, A. J.; Smith, G. A.; Spinelli, P.; Srivastava, B. K.; Tincknell, M. L.; Toothacker, W. S.; van Buren, G.; Wilson, W. K.; Wohn, F. K.; Wolin, E. J.; Xu, Z.; Zhao, K.. - 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.;
1997-01-01

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.; Hoversten, R. A.; Huang, H. Z.; Kim, B.; Kumar, B. S.; Lainis, T.; Lajoie, J. G.; Lewis, R. A.; Li, Q.; Libby, B.; Majka, R. D.; Munhoz, M. G.; Nagle, J. L.; Pless, I. A.; Pope, J. K.; Porile, N. T.; Pruneau, C. A.; Rabin, M. S.; Raino, A.; Reid, J. D.; Rimai, A.; Rotondo, F. S.; Sandweiss, J.; Scharenberg, R. P.; Slaughter, A. J.; Smith, G. A.; Spinelli, P.; Srivastava, B. K.; Tincknell, M. L.; Toothacker, W. S.; van Buren, G.; Wilson, W. K.; Wohn, F. K.; Wolin, E. J.; Xu, Z.; Zhao, K.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - STAMPA. - 79:19(1997), pp. 3612-3616. [10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.3612]
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