Multistrange baryon production in Au-Au collisions at sqrt[s(NN)]=130 GeV

Phys Rev Lett. 2004 May 7;92(18):182301. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.182301. Epub 2004 May 5.

Abstract

The transverse mass spectra and midrapidity yields for Xis and Omegas are presented. For the 10% most central collisions, the (-)Xi(+)/h(-) ratio increases from the Super Proton Synchrotron to the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider energies while the Xi(-)/h(-) stays approximately constant. A hydrodynamically inspired model fit to the Xi spectra, which assumes a thermalized source, seems to indicate that these multistrange particles experience a significant transverse flow effect, but are emitted when the system is hotter and the flow is smaller than values obtained from a combined fit to pi, K, p, and Lambdas.