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Status and plans of the ion program of NA61 at the CERN SPS

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The NA61/SHINE at the CERN SPS is a new experiment to study hadron production in p+p, p+A, h+A and A+A interactions. The main goal of the NA61 ion program is to explore the phase diagram (T − µ B ) of strongly interacting matter. In particular, we plan to study the properties of the onset of deconfinement and to search for the signatures of the critical point. A two-dimensional scan of the phase diagram will be performed by varying the energy (13A–158A GeV) and system size (p+p, Be+Be, Ar+Ca, Xe+La) of collisions. This paper summarizes the status and plans of the NA61/SHINE ion program. In particular the detector upgrades, data taking schedule and the first results on spectra and correlations are discussed.

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    Katarzyna Grebieszkow

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Grebieszkow, K. Status and plans of the ion program of NA61 at the CERN SPS. centr.eur.j.phys. 10, 1333–1337 (2012). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11534-012-0059-2

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