The NA60 experiment studies open charm and prompt dimuon production in proton-nucleus and nucleus-nucleus collisions at the CERN SPS. During 2003 the experiment collected data in Indium-Indium collisions at 158 GeV per nucleon. Almost 240 million dimuon events were recorded. New results on J/ $\psi$ suppression, open-charm production and low mass dimuons should help clarify some interesting questions left open by previous experiments. After a brief detector description, this paper focuses on the analysis of the low mass dimuons. Preliminary results are presented on the $\phi/\omega$ production cross section ratios and on the $\phi$ transverse momentum distributions, both as a function of collision centrality.

Low mass dimuon production in indium-indium collisions at 158 A GeV

FERRETTI, Alessandro;
2005-01-01

Abstract

The NA60 experiment studies open charm and prompt dimuon production in proton-nucleus and nucleus-nucleus collisions at the CERN SPS. During 2003 the experiment collected data in Indium-Indium collisions at 158 GeV per nucleon. Almost 240 million dimuon events were recorded. New results on J/ $\psi$ suppression, open-charm production and low mass dimuons should help clarify some interesting questions left open by previous experiments. After a brief detector description, this paper focuses on the analysis of the low mass dimuons. Preliminary results are presented on the $\phi/\omega$ production cross section ratios and on the $\phi$ transverse momentum distributions, both as a function of collision centrality.
2005
International Conference on Hard and Electromagnetic Probes of High Energy Nuclear Collisions (HP 2004)
Ericeira, Portugal,
4-10 Nov 2004
43
415
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USAI G; ARNALDI R; AVERBECK R; BANICZ K; CASTOR J; CHAURAND B; CICALO C; COLLA A; CORTESE P; DAMJANOVIC S; DAVID A; DE FALCO A; DEVAUX A; DREES A; DUCROUX L; EN'YO H; A. FERRETTI; FLORIS M; FORCE P; GUETTET N; GUICHARD A; GULKANIAN H; HEUSER J; KEIL M; KLUBERG L; LOZANO J; LOURENCO C; MANSO F; MASONI A; MARTINS P; NEVES A; OHNISHI H; OPPEDISANO C; PARRACHO P; PILLOT P; PUDDU G; RADERMACHER E; RAMALHETE P; ROSINSKY P; SCOMPARIN E; SEIXAS J; SERCI S; SHAHOYAN R; SONDEREGGER P; SPECHT HJ; TIEULENT R; VEENHOF R; WOHRI HK
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