B. Cheynis

Publication List Details

Period

1978 - 2007

Number

586

Co-Authors

$\psi'$ production in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 GeV/nucleon (2007)

Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Beole, S., Boldea, V., ...

psi' production is studied in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 GeV/c per nucleon incident momentum. Absolute cross-sections are measured and production rates are investigated as a function of the centrality...

$J/\psi$ and $\psi'$ production and their normal nuclear absorption in proton-nucleus collisions at 400 GeV (2006)

Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Beole, S., Boldea, V., ...

We report a new measurement of J/psi, psi' and Drell-Yan cross-sections, in the kinematical domain $-0.425

psi' production in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 GeV/nucleon (2006)

Alessandro, B, Alexa, C, Arnaldi, R, Atayan, M, Beolè, S, Boldea, V, ...

psi' production is studied in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 GeV/c per nucleon incident momentum. Absolute cross-sections are measured and production rates are investigated as a function of the centrality...

$J/\psi$ and $\psi'$ production and their normal nuclear absorption in proton-nucleus collisions at 400 GeV (2006)

Alessandro, B, Alexa, C, Arnaldi, R, Atayan, M, Beolè, S, Boldea, V, ...

We report a new measurement of J/psi, psi' and Drell-Yan cross-sections, in the kinematical domain $-0.425

$\psi^'$ production in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 GeV/nucleon (2006)

Alessandro, B, Alexa, C, Arnaldi, R, Atayan, M, Beolè, S, Boldea, V, ...

\psi^' production is studied in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 GeV/c per nucleon incident momentum. Absolute cross-sections are measured and production rates are investigated as a function of the centrality...

$J/\psi$ and $\psi'$ production and their normal nuclear absorption inproton-nucleus collisions at 400 GeV (2006)

Alessandro, B, Alexa, C, Arnaldi, R, Atayan, M, Beolè, S, Boldea, V, ...

We report a new measurement of J$/\psi$, $\psi'$ and Drell-Yan cross-sections, in the kinematical domain -0.425 < $Y$cm < 0.575 and -0.5 < cos$\theta$_{CS} < 0.5, performed at the CERN-SPS using 400...

Bottomonium and Drell-Yan production in p-A collisions at 450 GeV (2006)

Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Beole, S., Boldea, V., ...

The NA50 Collaboration has measured heavy-quarkonium production in p-A collisions at 450 GeV incident energy (sqrt(s) = 29.1 GeV). We report here results on the production of the Upsilon states and...

Bottomonium and Drell-Yan production in p-A collisions at 450 GeV (2006)

Alessandro, B, Alexa, C, Arnaldi, R, Atayan, M, Beolè, S, Boldea, V, ...

The NA50 Collaboration has measured heavy-quarkonium production in p-A collisions at 450 GeV incident energy (sqrt(s) = 29.1 GeV). We report here results on the production of the Upsilon states and...

Bottomonium and Drell-Yan production in p-A collisions at 450 GeV (2006)

Alessandro, B, Alexa, C, Arnaldi, R, Atayan, M, Beolè, S, Boldea, V, ...

The NA50 Collaboration has measured heavy-quarkonium production in p-A collisions at 450 GeV incident energy (sqrt(s) = 29.1 GeV). We report here results on the production of the Upsilon states and...

Bottomonium and Drell-Yan production in p-A collisions at 450 GeV (2006)

Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Beole, S., Boldea, V., ...

The NA50 Collaboration has measured heavy-quarkonium production in p-A collisions at 450 GeV incident energy (sqrt(s) = 29.1 GeV). We report here results on the production of the Upsilon states and...

Bottomonium and Drell-Yan production in p-A collisions at 450 GeV (2006)

Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Beole, S., Boldea, V., ...

The NA50 Collaboration has measured heavy-quarkonium production in p-A collisions at 450 GeV incident energy (sqrt(s) = 29.1 GeV). We report here results on the production of the Upsilon states and...

NA50 final results on charmonia suppression (2006)

Quintans, C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Beolè, S., ...

The last results from the NA50 experiment on charmonia production in Pb-Pb interactions at 158 GeV/c per nucleon are presented. A strong J/$\psi$ suppression is observed, which increases with the...

Radiation effects on ALICE V0 detector components (2006)

Cheynis, B., Ducroux, L., Guichard, A., Pillot, P., Rapp, B., ...

The 60 MeV proton beam delivered by the RADEF facility of the University of Jyväskylä (Finland) was used to measure the radiation effects on the counter components of the V0 detector of ALICE....

NA50 final results on charmonia suppression (2006)

Quintans, C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Beolè, S., ...

The last results from the NA50 experiment on charmonia production in Pb-Pb interactions at 158 GeV/c per nucleon are presented. A strong J/$\psi$ suppression is observed, which increases with the...

Radiation effects on ALICE V0 detector components (2006)

Cheynis, B., Ducroux, L., Guichard, A., Pillot, P., Rapp, B., ...

The 60 MeV proton beam delivered by the RADEF facility of the University of Jyväskylä (Finland) was used to measure the radiation effects on the counter components of the V0 detector of ALICE....

NA50 final results on charmonia suppression (2006)

Quintans, C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Beolè, S., ...

The last results from the NA50 experiment on charmonia production in Pb-Pb interactions at 158 GeV/c per nucleon are presented. A strong J/$\psi$ suppression is observed, which increases with the...

Radiation effects on ALICE V0 detector components (2006)

Cheynis, B., Ducroux, L., Guichard, A., Pillot, P., Rapp, B., ...

The 60 MeV proton beam delivered by the RADEF facility of the University of Jyväskylä (Finland) was used to measure the radiation effects on the counter components of the V0 detector of ALICE....

Charmonia Production at the CERN/SPS (2005)

Borges, G., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Beole, S., ...

We present the final results of experiment NA50 on charmonia production in Pb-Pb interactions at 158 A GeV. A strong increasing suppression is observed with increasing centrality, for both the jpsi...

A new measurement of J/$\psi$ suppression in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 GeV per nucleon (2005)

Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Beolè, S., Boldea, V., ...

We present a new measurement of $J/\psi$ production in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 GeV/nucleon, from the data sample collected in year 2000 by the NA50 Collaboration, under improved experimental...

Dimuon production in p-nucleus and nucleus-nucleus collisions: the NA60 experiment (2005)

Arnaldi, R., Usai, G., Banicz, K., Borer, K., Buytaert, J., Castor, J., ...

In this paper we present the preliminary results obtained by the NA60 experiment in Indium-Indium collisions at 158 GeV.

First results from the NA60 experiment at CERN (2005)

Arnaldi, R., Usai, G., Banicz, K., Borer, K., Buytaert, J., Castor, J., ...

Since 1986, several heavy ion experiments have studied some signatures of the formation of the quark-gluon plasma and a few exciting results have been found. However, some important questions are...

Test results for the V0 detector in ALICE (2005)

Cheynis, B, Alfaro, R, Becerril, A D, Belomont-Moreno, E, Ducroux, L, Grossiord, J Y, ...

In this report, we describe the V0 detector, a device made of two arrays of scintillating counters (V0L and V0R) installed on both sides of the ALICE interaction vertex. The light yield and the time...

First results from NA60 on low mass muon pair production in In-In collisions at 158 GeV/nucleon (2005)

Damjanovic, S., Arnaldi, R., Averbeck, R., Banicz, K., Borer, K., Buytaert, J., ...

The NA60 experiment at the CERN SPS studies dimuon production in proton-nucleus and nucleus-nucleus collisions. The combined information from a novel vertex telescope made of radiation-tolerant...

Test results for the V0 detector in ALICE (2005)

Cheynis, B, Alfaro, R, Becerril, A D, Belomont-Moreno, E, Ducroux, L, Grossiord, J Y, ...

In this report, we describe the V0 detector, a device made of two arrays of scintillating counters (V0L and V0R) installed on both sides of the ALICE interaction vertex. The light yield and the time...

Charmonia Production at the CERN/SPS (2005)

Borges, G, Borgesforthe, G, Alessandro, B, Alexa, C, Arnaldi, R, Atayan, M, ...

We present the final results of experiment NA50 on charmonia production in Pb-Pb interactions at 158 A GeV. A strong increasing suppression is observed with increasing centrality, for both the jpsi...

Charmonia Production at the CERN/SPS (2005)

Borges, G, Borgesforthe, G, Alessandro, B, Alexa, C, Arnaldi, R, Atayan, M, ...

We present the final results of experiment NA50 on charmonia production in Pb-Pb interactions at 158 A GeV. A strong increasing suppression is observed with increasing centrality, for both the jpsi...

First results from NA60 on low mass muon pair production in In-In collisions at 158 GeV/nucleon (2005)

Damjanovic, S, Arnaldi, R, Averbeck, R, Banicz, K, Borer, K, Buytaert, J, ...

The NA60 experiment at the CERN SPS studies dimuon production in proton-nucleus and nucleus-nucleus collisions. The combined information from a novel vertex telescope made of radiation-tolerant...

Charmonia Production at the CERN/SPS (2005)

Borges, G., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Beole, S., ...

We present the final results of experiment NA50 on charmonia production in Pb-Pb interactions at 158 A GeV. A strong increasing suppression is observed with increasing centrality, for both the jpsi...

The production of $\rho$, $\omega$ and$ \phi$ vector-mesons by protons and sulphur ions with incident momentum of 200 GeV/c per nucleon (2005)

Abreu, M.C., Astruc, J., Baglin, C., Baldit, A., Bedjidian, M., Bordalo, P., ...

The production of $\rho$ , $\omega$ and $\phi$ vector-mesons, detected through their $\mu\mu$ decay channel, is studied in p-W, S-S, S-Cu and S-U reactions at 200 GeV/c per nucleon incident momentum....

First results of the NA60 experiment at the CERN SPS (2005)

Borer, K., Chen, W., Li, Z., Cicalo, C., De Falco, A., Serci, S., ...

The NA60 experiment at the CERN SPS studies dimuon production in proton and heavy ion collisions. Its silicon pixel vertex telescope allows tracking of muon pairs in the vertex region, complementing...

Study of the J/$\psi$ production and suppression in In–In collisions at the CERN SPS (2005)

Colla, A., Arnaldi, R., Averbeck, R., Banicz, K., Borer, K., Buytaert, J., ...

The NA60 experiment aims at measuring the kinematics of the muon pairs produced in ultra-relativistic nuclear collisions. The use of dileptonic probes in the search for quark–gluon plasma formation...

J/$\psi$ production in indium–indium collisions (2005)

Ohnishi, H., Arnaldi, R., Averbeck, R., Banicz, K., Borer, K., Buytaert, J., ...

Dilepton measurements are one of the most powerful tools for investigating the quark–gluon plasma formation in high-energy heavy-ion collisions. The NA60 experiment, taking place at the CERN SPS,...

First results from NA60 on low mass muon pair production in In-In collisions at 158 GeV/nucleon (2005)

Damjanovic, S., Arnaldi, R., Averbeck, R., Banicz, K., Borer, K., Buytaert, J., ...

The NA60 experiment at the CERN SPS studies dimuon production in proton-nucleus and nucleus-nucleus collisions. The combined information from a novel vertex telescope made of radiation-tolerant...

NA50 final results on charmonia suppression (2005)

Quintans, C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Beolè, S., ...

The last results from the NA50 experiment on charmonia production in Pb-Pb interactions at 158 GeV/c per nucleon are presented. A strong J/$\psi$ suppression is observed, which increases with the...

The J/$\psi$ normal nuclear absorption (2005)

Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Beolè, S., Boldea, V., ...

We present a new determination of the ratio of cross-sections (J/$\psi$)/DY as expected for nucleus-nucleus reactions if J/$\psi$ would only be normally absorbed by nuclear matter. This anticipated...

J/$\psi$ production and suppression at SPS energies (2005)

Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Beolè, S., Boldea, V., ...

We present the set of measurements carried out by the NA50 experiment to study J$\psi$ production in proton- and ion-induced reactions. We also make use of results obtained previously under similar...

The NA60 silicon pixel telescope (2005)

Keil, M., Arnaldi, R., Banicz, K., Borer, K., Buytaert, J., Castor, J., ...

The NA60 experiment studies the production of open charm and prompt dimuons in proton–nucleus and nucleus–nucleus collisions at the CERN SPS. The main goal of NA60 is the study of various possible...

Charged particle multiplicity in Pb-Pb collisions from the NA50 experiment (2005)

Prino, F., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Baglin, C., ...

Angular distributions of charged particles produced in Pb-Pb collisions at the CERN SPS have been measured by the NA50 experiment. Measurements have been performed with a silicon microstrip detector...

Charged particle multiplicity measurements in NA60 (2005)

Floris, M., Borer, K., Chen, W., Li, Z., Cicalo, C., De Falco, A., ...

The NA60 experiment at the CERN SPS studies dimuon production in nucleusnucleus and proton-nucleus collisions. One of the main detectors in the apparatus is the silicon pixel vertex telescope, which...

Transverse momentum dependence of charmonium suppression in Pb-Pb collisions at the CERN SPS (2005)

Kurepin, A.B., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Beolè, S., ...

Charmonium suppression in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 GeV/c per nucleon is investigated in detail with the study of the transverse momentum distributions of J/ψ as a function of the centrality of...

A new measurement of J/$\psi$ suppression in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 GeV per nucleon (2005)

Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Beolè, S., Boldea, V., ...

We present a new measurement of $J/\psi$ production in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 GeV/nucleon, from the data sample collected in year 2000 by the NA50 Collaboration, under improved experimental...

Charmonia Production at the CERN/SPS (2005)

Borges, G., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Beole, S., ...

We present the final results of experiment NA50 on charmonia production in Pb-Pb interactions at 158 A GeV. A strong increasing suppression is observed with increasing centrality, for both the jpsi...

The production of $\rho$, $\omega$ and$ \phi$ vector-mesons by protons and sulphur ions with incident momentum of 200 GeV/c per nucleon (2005)

Abreu, M.C., Astruc, J., Baglin, C., Baldit, A., Bedjidian, M., Bordalo, P., ...

The production of $\rho$ , $\omega$ and $\phi$ vector-mesons, detected through their $\mu\mu$ decay channel, is studied in p-W, S-S, S-Cu and S-U reactions at 200 GeV/c per nucleon incident momentum....

First results of the NA60 experiment at the CERN SPS (2005)

Borer, K., Chen, W., Li, Z., Cicalo, C., De Falco, A., Serci, S., ...

The NA60 experiment at the CERN SPS studies dimuon production in proton and heavy ion collisions. Its silicon pixel vertex telescope allows tracking of muon pairs in the vertex region, complementing...

Study of the J/$\psi$ production and suppression in In–In collisions at the CERN SPS (2005)

Colla, A., Arnaldi, R., Averbeck, R., Banicz, K., Borer, K., Buytaert, J., ...

The NA60 experiment aims at measuring the kinematics of the muon pairs produced in ultra-relativistic nuclear collisions. The use of dileptonic probes in the search for quark–gluon plasma formation...

J/$\psi$ production in indium–indium collisions (2005)

Ohnishi, H., Arnaldi, R., Averbeck, R., Banicz, K., Borer, K., Buytaert, J., ...

Dilepton measurements are one of the most powerful tools for investigating the quark–gluon plasma formation in high-energy heavy-ion collisions. The NA60 experiment, taking place at the CERN SPS,...

First results from NA60 on low mass muon pair production in In-In collisions at 158 GeV/nucleon (2005)

Damjanovic, S., Arnaldi, R., Averbeck, R., Banicz, K., Borer, K., Buytaert, J., ...

The NA60 experiment at the CERN SPS studies dimuon production in proton-nucleus and nucleus-nucleus collisions. The combined information from a novel vertex telescope made of radiation-tolerant...

NA50 final results on charmonia suppression (2005)

Quintans, C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Beolè, S., ...

The last results from the NA50 experiment on charmonia production in Pb-Pb interactions at 158 GeV/c per nucleon are presented. A strong J/$\psi$ suppression is observed, which increases with the...

The J/$\psi$ normal nuclear absorption (2005)

Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Beolè, S., Boldea, V., ...

We present a new determination of the ratio of cross-sections (J/$\psi$)/DY as expected for nucleus-nucleus reactions if J/$\psi$ would only be normally absorbed by nuclear matter. This anticipated...

J/$\psi$ production and suppression at SPS energies (2005)

Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Beolè, S., Boldea, V., ...

We present the set of measurements carried out by the NA50 experiment to study J$\psi$ production in proton- and ion-induced reactions. We also make use of results obtained previously under similar...

The NA60 silicon pixel telescope (2005)

Keil, M., Arnaldi, R., Banicz, K., Borer, K., Buytaert, J., Castor, J., ...

The NA60 experiment studies the production of open charm and prompt dimuons in proton–nucleus and nucleus–nucleus collisions at the CERN SPS. The main goal of NA60 is the study of various possible...

Charged particle multiplicity in Pb-Pb collisions from the NA50 experiment (2005)

Prino, F., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Baglin, C., ...

Angular distributions of charged particles produced in Pb-Pb collisions at the CERN SPS have been measured by the NA50 experiment. Measurements have been performed with a silicon microstrip detector...

Charged particle multiplicity measurements in NA60 (2005)

Floris, M., Borer, K., Chen, W., Li, Z., Cicalo, C., De Falco, A., ...

The NA60 experiment at the CERN SPS studies dimuon production in nucleusnucleus and proton-nucleus collisions. One of the main detectors in the apparatus is the silicon pixel vertex telescope, which...

Transverse momentum dependence of charmonium suppression in Pb-Pb collisions at the CERN SPS (2005)

Kurepin, A.B., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Beolè, S., ...

Charmonium suppression in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 GeV/c per nucleon is investigated in detail with the study of the transverse momentum distributions of J/ψ as a function of the centrality of...

A new measurement of J/$\psi$ suppression in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 GeV per nucleon (2005)

Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Beolè, S., Boldea, V., ...

We present a new measurement of $J/\psi$ production in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 GeV/nucleon, from the data sample collected in year 2000 by the NA50 Collaboration, under improved experimental...

A new measurement of $J/\psi$ suppression in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 GeV per nucleon (2004)

Alessandro, B, Alexa, C, Arnaldi, R, Atayan, M, Beolè, S, Boldea, V, ...

We present a new measurement of J/psi production in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 GeV/nucleon, from the data sample collected in year 2000 by the NA50 Collaboration, under improved experimental conditions...

Dimuon production in p-nucleus and nucleus-nucleus collisions : the NA60 experiment (2004)

Arnaldi, R, Averbeck, R, Banicz, K, Borer, K, Buytaert, J, Castor, J, ...

In this paper we present the preliminary results obtained by the NA60 experiment in Indium-Indium collisions at 158 GeV.

Results on $\psi'$ production in nucleus-nucleus collisions at CERN-SPS (2004)

Sitta, M, Alessandro, B, Alexa, C, Arnaldi, R, Atayan, M, Beolè, S, ...

We report results on $\psi'$ production as a function of centrality as measured by experiment NA50, at the CERN/SPS, in Pb-Pb collisions at an incident energy of 158 GeV per nucleon.

The NA60 experiment: results and perspectives (2004)

Heuser, J M, Arnaldi, R, Banicz, K, Borer, K, Buytaert, J, Castor, J I, ...

The NA60 experiment takes place at the SPS at CERN, to study the production of open charm and prompt dimuons in collisions induced by proton and heavy ion beams on nuclear targets. For this task,...

J/$\psi$ and $\psi'$ nuclear absorption in p–A and S–U collisions at the CERN/SPS (2004)

Borges, C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Beole, S., ...

We present preliminary NA50 results on J/$\psi$ and $\psi'$ production by 400 GeV/c incident protons on various targets. Production cross sections are determined for each p-target system. Their...

The production of $\phi$, $\omega$ and $\rho$ mesons in p-, d-, S-. and Pb-induced reactions at the CERN SPS (2004)

Jouan, D., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Baglin, C., ...

From proton, deuteron, S- and Pb-induced reactions, experiments NA38 and NA50 have measured muon pair production with various targets. In particular, the production rates of the $\phi, \omega$ and...

$\psi'$ production in nucleus–nucleus collisions at CERN SPS (2004)

Santos, H., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Beole, S., ...

We report results on $\psi'$ production in Pb–Pb interactions at 158 GeV/c per nucleon incident momentum, from data collected by the NA50 experiment at CERN SPS. A comparison of proton- and...

Pioneering instrumentation aspects of NA60 (2004)

David, A., Arnaldi, R., Averbeck, R., Banicz, K., Borer, K., Buytaert, J., ...

NA60 is taking data with proton and heavy-ion beams at the CERN SPS. Altough building up on previous experiments, the dimuon physics programme of NA60 places very demanding requirements on its new...

Dimuon production in p-nucleus and nucleus-nucleus collisions: the NA60 experiment (2004)

Arnaldi, R., Usai, G., Banicz, K., Borer, K., Buytaert, J., Castor, J., ...

In this paper we present the preliminary results obtained by the NA60 experiment in Indium-Indium collisions at 158 GeV.

Accurate measurements of dimuon production in the NA60 experiment (2004)

Sonderegger, P., Arnaldi, R., Averbeck, R., Banicz, K., Borer, K., Buytaert, J., ...

Thanks to newly developed radiation-tolerant silicon pixel detectors, NA60 can measure dilepton production with unprecedented accuracy, by tracking the hundreads of charged particles produced in a...

ALICE: Physics performance report, Volume 1 (2004)

Carminati, F., Foka, P., Giubellino, P., Morsch, A., Paic, G., ...

ALICE is a general-purpose heavy-ion experiment designed to study the physics of strongly interacting matter and the quark–gluon plasma in nucleus–nucleus collisions at the LHC. It currently...

The NA60 experiment: results and perspectives (2004)

Heuser, J., Arnaldi, R., Banicz, K., Borer, K., Buytaert, J., Castor, J., ...

The NA60 experiment takes place at the SPS at CERN, to study the production of open charm and prompt dimuons in collisions induced by proton and heavy ion beams on nuclear targets. For this task,...

J/$\psi$ and $\psi'$ nuclear absorption in p–A and S–U collisions at the CERN/SPS (2004)

Borges, C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Beole, S., ...

We present preliminary NA50 results on J/$\psi$ and $\psi'$ production by 400 GeV/c incident protons on various targets. Production cross sections are determined for each p-target system. Their...

The production of $\phi$, $\omega$ and $\rho$ mesons in p-, d-, S-. and Pb-induced reactions at the CERN SPS (2004)

Jouan, D., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Baglin, C., ...

From proton, deuteron, S- and Pb-induced reactions, experiments NA38 and NA50 have measured muon pair production with various targets. In particular, the production rates of the $\phi, \omega$ and...

$\psi'$ production in nucleus–nucleus collisions at CERN SPS (2004)

Santos, H., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Beole, S., ...

We report results on $\psi'$ production in Pb–Pb interactions at 158 GeV/c per nucleon incident momentum, from data collected by the NA50 experiment at CERN SPS. A comparison of proton- and...

Pioneering instrumentation aspects of NA60 (2004)

David, A., Arnaldi, R., Averbeck, R., Banicz, K., Borer, K., Buytaert, J., ...

NA60 is taking data with proton and heavy-ion beams at the CERN SPS. Altough building up on previous experiments, the dimuon physics programme of NA60 places very demanding requirements on its new...

Dimuon production in p-nucleus and nucleus-nucleus collisions: the NA60 experiment (2004)

Arnaldi, R., Usai, G., Banicz, K., Borer, K., Buytaert, J., Castor, J., ...

In this paper we present the preliminary results obtained by the NA60 experiment in Indium-Indium collisions at 158 GeV.

Accurate measurements of dimuon production in the NA60 experiment (2004)

Sonderegger, P., Arnaldi, R., Averbeck, R., Banicz, K., Borer, K., Buytaert, J., ...

Thanks to newly developed radiation-tolerant silicon pixel detectors, NA60 can measure dilepton production with unprecedented accuracy, by tracking the hundreads of charged particles produced in a...

ALICE: Physics performance report, Volume 1 (2004)

Carminati, F., Foka, P., Giubellino, P., Morsch, A., Paic, G., ...

ALICE is a general-purpose heavy-ion experiment designed to study the physics of strongly interacting matter and the quark–gluon plasma in nucleus–nucleus collisions at the LHC. It currently...

The NA60 experiment: results and perspectives (2004)

Heuser, J., Arnaldi, R., Banicz, K., Borer, K., Buytaert, J., Castor, J., ...

The NA60 experiment takes place at the SPS at CERN, to study the production of open charm and prompt dimuons in collisions induced by proton and heavy ion beams on nuclear targets. For this task,...

Charmonium production and nuclear absorption in p-A interactions at 450 GeV (2003)

Alessandro, B, Alexa, C, Arnaldi, R, Atayan, M, Baglin, C, Baldit, A, ...

The production of J/psi and psi' charmonium states in proton-nucleus interactions has been investigated by the NA50 experiment, at the CERN SPS. High statistics data sets were collected with...

Charmonia and Drell-Yan production in proton-nucleus collisions at the CERN SPS (2003)

Alessandro, B, Alexa, C, Arnaldi, R, Atayan, M, Baglin, C, Beolè, S, ...

Charmonium production in p-A collisions is a unique tool for the study of the interaction of bound ccbar in nuclear matter. It can provide details on the basic features of the resonance formation...

First results from the NA60 experiment at CERN (2003)

Arnaldi, R., Usai, G., Banicz, K., Borer, K., Buytaert, J., Castor, J., ...

Since 1986, several heavy ion experiments have studied some signatures of the formation of the quark-gluon plasma and a few exciting results have been found. However, some important questions are...

First results from the NA60 experiment at CERN (2003)

Arnaldi, R., Usai, G., Banicz, K., Borer, K., Buytaert, J., Castor, J., ...

Since 1986, several heavy ion experiments have studied some signatures of the formation of the quark-gluon plasma and a few exciting results have been found. However, some important questions are...

Pseudorapidity distributions of charged particles as a function of centrality in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 and 40 GeV per nucleon incident energy (2002)

Abreu, M C, Alessandro, B, Alexa, C, Arnaldi, R, Ataian, M R, Baglin, C, ...

The charged particle distributions $dN_{ch}/d\eta$ have been measured by the NA50 experiment in Pb--Pb collisions at the CERN SPS. Measurements have been done at incident energies of 158 and 40 GeV...

Scaling of charged particle multiplicity in Pb-Pb collisions at SPS energies (2002)

Abreu, M C, Alessandro, B, Alexa, C, Arnaldi, R, Ataian, M R, Baglin, C, ...

The charged particle multiplicity distribution $dN_{ch}/d\eta$ has been measured by the NA50 experiment in Pb--Pb collisions at the CERN SPS. Measurements were done at incident energies of 40 and 158...

The dependence of the anomalous $J/\psi$ suppression on the number of participant nucleons (2001)

Abreu, M C, Alessandro, B, Alexa, C, Arnaldi, R, Ataian, M R, Baglin, C, ...

The observation of an anomalous \jpsi\ suppression in \mbox{Pb-Pb} collisions by the NA50 collaboration can be considered as the most striking indication for the deconfinement of quarks and gluons at...

The dependence of the anomalous $J/\psi$ suppression on the number of participant nucleons (2001)

Abreu, M C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Baglin, C., ...

The observation of an anomalous \jpsi\ suppression in \mbox{Pb-Pb} collisions by the NA50 collaboration can be considered as the most striking indication for the deconfinement of quarks and gluons at...

Transverse momentum distributions of $J/\psi,\psi'$, Drell-Yan and continuum dimuons produced in Pb-Pb interactions at the SPS (2001)

Abreu, M C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Baglin, C., ...

Muon pairs produced in Pb-Pb interactions at 158~GeV/$c$ per nucleon are used to study the transverse momentum distributions of the \jpsi, \psip\ and dimuons in the mass continuum. In particular, the...

The dependence of the anomalous $J/\psi$ suppression on the number of participant nucleons (2001)

Abreu, M C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Baglin, C., ...

The observation of an anomalous \jpsi\ suppression in \mbox{Pb-Pb} collisions by the NA50 collaboration can be considered as the most striking indication for the deconfinement of quarks and gluons at...

Transverse momentum distributions of $J/\psi,\psi'$, Drell-Yan and continuum dimuons produced in Pb-Pb interactions at the SPS (2001)

Abreu, M C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Baglin, C., ...

Muon pairs produced in Pb-Pb interactions at 158~GeV/$c$ per nucleon are used to study the transverse momentum distributions of the \jpsi, \psip\ and dimuons in the mass continuum. In particular, the...

The dependence of the anomalous $J/\psi$ suppression on the number of participant nucleons (2001)

Abreu, M C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Baglin, C., ...

The observation of an anomalous \jpsi\ suppression in \mbox{Pb-Pb} collisions by the NA50 collaboration can be considered as the most striking indication for the deconfinement of quarks and gluons at...

Transverse momentum distributions of $J/\psi,\psi'$, Drell-Yan and continuum dimuons produced in Pb-Pb interactions at the SPS (2001)

Abreu, M C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Baglin, C., ...

Muon pairs produced in Pb-Pb interactions at 158~GeV/$c$ per nucleon are used to study the transverse momentum distributions of the \jpsi, \psip\ and dimuons in the mass continuum. In particular, the...

The dependence of the anomalous $J/\psi$ suppression on the number of participant nucleons (2001)

Abreu, M C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Baglin, C., ...

The observation of an anomalous \jpsi\ suppression in \mbox{Pb-Pb} collisions by the NA50 collaboration can be considered as the most striking indication for the deconfinement of quarks and gluons at...

Transverse momentum distributions of $J/\psi,\psi'$, Drell-Yan and continuum dimuons produced in Pb-Pb interactions at the SPS (2001)

Abreu, M C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Baglin, C., ...

Muon pairs produced in Pb-Pb interactions at 158~GeV/$c$ per nucleon are used to study the transverse momentum distributions of the \jpsi, \psip\ and dimuons in the mass continuum. In particular, the...

The dependence of the anomalous $J/\psi$ suppression on the number of participant nucleons (2001)

Abreu, M C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Baglin, C., ...

The observation of an anomalous \jpsi\ suppression in \mbox{Pb-Pb} collisions by the NA50 collaboration can be considered as the most striking indication for the deconfinement of quarks and gluons at...

Transverse momentum distributions of $J/\psi,\psi'$, Drell-Yan and continuum dimuons produced in Pb-Pb interactions at the SPS (2001)

Abreu, M C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Baglin, C., ...

Muon pairs produced in Pb-Pb interactions at 158~GeV/$c$ per nucleon are used to study the transverse momentum distributions of the \jpsi, \psip\ and dimuons in the mass continuum. In particular, the...

Transverse momentum distributions of $J/\psi, \psi'$, Drell-Yan and continuum dimuons produced in Pb-Pb interactions at the SPS (2000)

Abreu, M C, Alessandro, B, Alexa, C, Arnaldi, R, Ataian, M R, Baglin, C, ...

Muon pairs produced in Pb-Pb interactions at 158~GeV/$c$ per nucleon are used to study the transverse momentum distributions of the \jpsi, \psip\ and dimuons in the mass continuum. In particular, the...

Dimuon and charm production in nucleus-nucleus collisions at the CERN-SPS (2000)

Abreu, M C, Alessandro, B, Alexa, C, Arnaldi, R, Astruc, J, Ataian, M R, ...

Muon pair production in \mbox{p-A}, \mbox{S-U} and \mbox{Pb-Pb}collisions has been studied by the NA38 and NA50 collaborations at theCERN SPS. In this paper we present an analysis of the dimuon...

Evidence for Deconfinement of Quarks and Gluons from the $J/\psi$ Suppression Pattern Measured in $Pb-Pb$ Collisions at the CERN SPS (2000)

Abreu, M C, Alessandro, B, Alexa, C, Arnaldi, R, Ataian, M R, Baglin, C, ...

The analysis of the data collected by the NA50 experiment in 1998, reported in this paper, extends and clarifies the pattern of thepreviously observed \jpsi\ anomalous suppression. This...

Segmented Cathode Strip Chambers for high occupancy experiments (SCSC Prototype for ALICE) (2000)

Astashkin, S V, Cheynis, B, Gertsenstein, V, Grossiord, J Y, Komkov, B, Kozlov, V, ...

Proposal of Abstract for the Wire Chamber Conference '98 A tracking chamber for the ALICE muon spectrometer should meeta combination of rather severe requirements: good spatial resolutionof the order...

Dimuon and charm production in nucleus-nucleus collisions at the CERN-SPS (2000)

Abreu, M.C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Astruc, J., Atayan, M., ...

Muon pair production in \mbox{p-A}, \mbox{S-U} and \mbox{Pb-Pb}collisions has been studied by the NA38 and NA50 collaborations at theCERN SPS. In this paper we present an analysis of the dimuon...

Low mass dimuon production in proton and ion induced interactions at SPS (2000)

Abreu, M C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Astruc, J., Atayan, M., ...

The low mass dimuon spectra collected in p-U collisions by the NA38 experiment significantly exceeds the total cross section expected from previous analysis, done by other experiments. The `excess'...

Evidence for deconfinement of quarks and gluons from the $J/psi$ suppression pattern measured in Pb-Pb collisions at the CERN-SPS (2000)

Abreu, M.C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Baglin, C., ...

The analysis of the data collected by the NA50 experiment in 1998, reported in this paper, extends and clarifies the pattern of thepreviously observed \jpsi\ anomalous suppression. This...

Dimuon and charm production in nucleus-nucleus collisions at the CERN-SPS (2000)

Abreu, M.C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Astruc, J., Atayan, M., ...

Muon pair production in \mbox{p-A}, \mbox{S-U} and \mbox{Pb-Pb}collisions has been studied by the NA38 and NA50 collaborations at theCERN SPS. In this paper we present an analysis of the dimuon...

Low mass dimuon production in proton and ion induced interactions at SPS (2000)

Abreu, M C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Astruc, J., Atayan, M., ...

The low mass dimuon spectra collected in p-U collisions by the NA38 experiment significantly exceeds the total cross section expected from previous analysis, done by other experiments. The `excess'...

Evidence for deconfinement of quarks and gluons from the $J/psi$ suppression pattern measured in Pb-Pb collisions at the CERN-SPS (2000)

Abreu, M.C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Baglin, C., ...

The analysis of the data collected by the NA50 experiment in 1998, reported in this paper, extends and clarifies the pattern of thepreviously observed \jpsi\ anomalous suppression. This...

Dimuon and charm production in nucleus-nucleus collisions at the CERN-SPS (2000)

Abreu, M.C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Astruc, J., Atayan, M., ...

Muon pair production in \mbox{p-A}, \mbox{S-U} and \mbox{Pb-Pb}collisions has been studied by the NA38 and NA50 collaborations at theCERN SPS. In this paper we present an analysis of the dimuon...

Low mass dimuon production in proton and ion induced interactions at SPS (2000)

Abreu, M C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Astruc, J., Atayan, M., ...

The low mass dimuon spectra collected in p-U collisions by the NA38 experiment significantly exceeds the total cross section expected from previous analysis, done by other experiments. The `excess'...

Evidence for deconfinement of quarks and gluons from the $J/psi$ suppression pattern measured in Pb-Pb collisions at the CERN-SPS (2000)

Abreu, M.C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Baglin, C., ...

The analysis of the data collected by the NA50 experiment in 1998, reported in this paper, extends and clarifies the pattern of thepreviously observed \jpsi\ anomalous suppression. This...

Dimuon and charm production in nucleus-nucleus collisions at the CERN-SPS (2000)

Abreu, M.C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Astruc, J., Atayan, M., ...

Muon pair production in \mbox{p-A}, \mbox{S-U} and \mbox{Pb-Pb}collisions has been studied by the NA38 and NA50 collaborations at theCERN SPS. In this paper we present an analysis of the dimuon...

Evidence for deconfinement of quarks and gluons from the $J/psi$ suppression pattern measured in Pb-Pb collisions at the CERN-SPS (2000)

Abreu, M.C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Baglin, C., ...

The analysis of the data collected by the NA50 experiment in 1998, reported in this paper, extends and clarifies the pattern of thepreviously observed \jpsi\ anomalous suppression. This...

Low mass dimuon production in proton and ion induced interactions at SPS (2000)

Abreu, M C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Astruc, J., Atayan, M., ...

The low mass dimuon spectra collected in p-U collisions by the NA38 experiment significantly exceeds the total cross section expected from previous analysis, done by other experiments. The `excess'...

Dimuon and charm production in nucleus-nucleus collisions at the CERN-SPS (2000)

Abreu, M.C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Astruc, J., Atayan, M., ...

Muon pair production in \mbox{p-A}, \mbox{S-U} and \mbox{Pb-Pb}collisions has been studied by the NA38 and NA50 collaborations at theCERN SPS. In this paper we present an analysis of the dimuon...

Evidence for deconfinement of quarks and gluons from the $J/psi$ suppression pattern measured in Pb-Pb collisions at the CERN-SPS (2000)

Abreu, M.C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Baglin, C., ...

The analysis of the data collected by the NA50 experiment in 1998, reported in this paper, extends and clarifies the pattern of thepreviously observed \jpsi\ anomalous suppression. This...

Low mass dimuon production in proton and ion induced interactions at SPS (2000)

Abreu, M C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Astruc, J., Atayan, M., ...

The low mass dimuon spectra collected in p-U collisions by the NA38 experiment significantly exceeds the total cross section expected from previous analysis, done by other experiments. The `excess'...

Low mass dimuon production in proton and ion induced interactions at SPS (1999)

Abreu, M C, Alessandro, B, Alexa, C, Arnaldi, R, Astruc, J, Ataian, M R, ...

The low mass dimuon spectra collected in p-U collisions by the NA38 experiment significantly exceeds the total cross section expected from previous analysis, done by other experiments. The `excess'...

Observation of a threshold effect in the anomalous $J/\psi$ suppression (1999)

Abreu, M C, Alessandro, B, Alexa, C, Arnaldi, R, Astruc, J, Ataian, M R, ...

We report on a search for a phase transition from ordinary nuclear matter to a state of deconfined quarks and gluons as predicted by lattice QCD calculations. A new measurement of charmonium...

Intermediate mass dimuons in NA38/NA50 (1999)

Abreu, M C, Alessandro, B, Alexa, C, Arnaldi, R, Astruc, J, Ataian, M R, ...

The NA38/NA50 experiments have measured, at the CERN SPS, the dimuon production in proton--nucleus and nucleus--nucleus collisions. In this paper it is shown that the mass continuum between the...

Intermediate mass dimuons in NA38/NA50 (1999)

Abreu, M C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Astruc, J., Atayan, M., ...

Abstract: The NA38/NA50 experiments have measured, at the CERN SPS, the dimuon production in proton--nucleus and nucleus--nucleus collisions. In this paper it is shown that the mass continuum between...

Intermediate mass dimuons in NA38/NA50 (1999)

Abreu, M C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Astruc, J., Atayan, M., ...

Abstract: The NA38/NA50 experiments have measured, at the CERN SPS, the dimuon production in proton--nucleus and nucleus--nucleus collisions. In this paper it is shown that the mass continuum between...

Intermediate mass dimuons in NA38/NA50 (1999)

Abreu, M C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Astruc, J., Atayan, M., ...

The NA38/NA50 experiments have measured, at the CERN SPS, the dimuon production in proton--nucleus and nucleus--nucleus collisions. In this paper it is shown that the mass continuum between the...

Intermediate mass dimuons in NA38/NA50 (1999)

Abreu, M C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Astruc, J., Atayan, M., ...

The NA38/NA50 experiments have measured, at the CERN SPS, the dimuon production in proton--nucleus and nucleus--nucleus collisions. In this paper it is shown that the mass continuum between the...

Intermediate mass dimuons in NA38/NA50 (1999)

Abreu, M C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Astruc, J., Atayan, M., ...

The NA38/NA50 experiments have measured, at the CERN SPS, the dimuon production in proton--nucleus and nucleus--nucleus collisions. In this paper it is shown that the mass continuum between the...

The search for the quark-gluon plasma study of production of charmed bound states in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 GeV/nucleon. (1998)

Abreu, M.C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Astruc, J., Atayan, M., ...

The NA50 Collaboration has studied the production of dimuons originating from J/psi, psi' and Drell-Yan virtual photons in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 GeV/nucleon. The J/psi production differs from what...

Directed and elliptic flow in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions. (1998)

Abreu, M.C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Astruc, J., Atayan, M., ...

Results on elliptic flow in sulfur induced collisions at 200 GeV/c per nucleon in NA38 and in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 GeV/c per nucleon in NA50. Elliptic flow is seen in Pb-Pb collisions but not in...

The search for the quark-gluon plasma study of production of charmed bound states in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 GeV/nucleon. (1998)

Abreu, M.C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Astruc, J., Atayan, M., ...

The NA50 Collaboration has studied the production of dimuons originating from J/psi, psi' and Drell-Yan virtual photons in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 GeV/nucleon. The J/psi production differs from what...

Directed and elliptic flow in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions. (1998)

Abreu, M.C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Astruc, J., Atayan, M., ...

Results on elliptic flow in sulfur induced collisions at 200 GeV/c per nucleon in NA38 and in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 GeV/c per nucleon in NA50. Elliptic flow is seen in Pb-Pb collisions but not in...