European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields (Jul 2024)
Search for a critical point of strongly-interacting matter in central $$^{40}$$ 40 Ar + $$^{45}$$ 45 Sc collisions at 13 A–75 A GeV/c beam momentum
- NA61/SHINE Collaboration,
- H. Adhikary,
- P. Adrich,
- K. K. Allison,
- N. Amin,
- E. V. Andronov,
- T. Antićić,
- I.-C. Arsene,
- M. Bajda,
- Y. Balkova,
- M. Baszczyk,
- D. Battaglia,
- A. Bazgir,
- S. Bhosale,
- M. Bielewicz,
- A. Blondel,
- M. Bogomilov,
- Y. Bondar,
- N. Bostan,
- A. Brandin,
- W. Bryliński,
- J. Brzychczyk,
- M. Buryakov,
- A. F. Camino,
- P. Christakoglou,
- M. Ćirković,
- M. Csanád,
- J. Cybowska,
- T. Czopowicz,
- C. Dalmazzone,
- N. Davis,
- F. Diakonos,
- A. Dmitriev,
- P. von Doetinchem,
- W. Dominik,
- P. Dorosz,
- J. Dumarchez,
- R. Engel,
- G. A. Feofilov,
- L. Fields,
- Z. Fodor,
- M. Friend,
- M. Gaździcki,
- O. Golosov,
- V. Golovatyuk,
- M. Golubeva,
- K. Grebieszkow,
- F. Guber,
- S. N. Igolkin,
- S. Ilieva,
- A. Ivashkin,
- A. Izvestnyy,
- K. Kadija,
- A. Kapoyannis,
- N. Kargin,
- N. Karpushkin,
- E. Kashirin,
- M. Kiełbowicz,
- V. A. Kireyeu,
- H. Kitagawa,
- R. Kolesnikov,
- D. Kolev,
- Y. Koshio,
- V. N. Kovalenko,
- S. Kowalski,
- B. Kozłowski,
- A. Krasnoperov,
- W. Kucewicz,
- M. Kuchowicz,
- M. Kuich,
- A. Kurepin,
- A. László,
- M. Lewicki,
- G. Lykasov,
- V. V. Lyubushkin,
- M. Maćkowiak-Pawłowska,
- Z. Majka,
- A. Makhnev,
- B. Maksiak,
- A. I. Malakhov,
- A. Marcinek,
- A.D. Marino,
- H.-J. Mathes,
- T. Matulewicz,
- V. Matveev,
- G. L. Melkumov,
- A. Merzlaya,
- Ł. Mik,
- A. Morawiec,
- S. Morozov,
- Y. Nagai,
- T. Nakadaira,
- M. Naskręt,
- S. Nishimori,
- V. Ozvenchuk,
- A. D. Panagiotou,
- O. Panova,
- V. Paolone,
- O. Petukhov,
- I. Pidhurskyi,
- R. Płaneta,
- P. Podlaski,
- B. A. Popov,
- B. Pórfy,
- M. Posiadała-Zezula,
- D. S. Prokhorova,
- D. Pszczel,
- S. Puławski,
- J. Puzović,
- R. Renfordt,
- L. Ren,
- V. Z. Reyna Ortiz,
- D. Röhrich,
- E. Rondio,
- M. Roth,
- Ł. Rozpłochowski,
- B. T. Rumberger,
- M. Rumyantsev,
- A. Rustamov,
- M. Rybczynski,
- A. Rybicki,
- K. Sakashita,
- K. Schmidt,
- A. Yu Seryakov,
- P. Seyboth,
- U. A. Shah,
- Y. Shiraishi,
- A. Shukla,
- M. Słodkowski,
- P. Staszel,
- G. Stefanek,
- J. Stepaniak,
- M. Strikhanov,
- H. Ströbele,
- T. Šuša,
- L. Swiderski,
- J. Szewiński,
- R. Szukiewicz,
- A. Taranenko,
- A. Tefelska,
- D. Tefelski,
- V. Tereshchenko,
- A. Toia,
- R. Tsenov,
- L. Turko,
- T. S. Tveter,
- M. Unger,
- M. Urbaniak,
- F. F. Valiev,
- M. Vassiliou,
- D. Veberič,
- V. V. Vechernin,
- V. Volkov,
- A. Wickremasinghe,
- K. Wójcik,
- O. Wyszyński,
- A. Zaitsev,
- E. D. Zimmerman,
- A. Zviagina,
- R. Zwaska
Affiliations
- NA61/SHINE Collaboration
- Jan Kochanowski University
- H. Adhikary
- Jan Kochanowski University
- P. Adrich
- National Centre for Nuclear Research
- K. K. Allison
- University of Colorado
- N. Amin
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
- E. V. Andronov
- Affiliated with an Institution Covered by a Cooperation Agreement with CERN
- T. Antićić
- Ruđer Bošković Institute
- I.-C. Arsene
- University of Oslo
- M. Bajda
- Jagiellonian University
- Y. Balkova
- University of Silesia
- M. Baszczyk
- AGH-University of Science and Technology
- D. Battaglia
- University of Notre Dame
- A. Bazgir
- Jan Kochanowski University
- S. Bhosale
- Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
- M. Bielewicz
- National Centre for Nuclear Research
- A. Blondel
- LPNHE, University of Paris VI and VII
- M. Bogomilov
- Faculty of Physics, University of Sofia
- Y. Bondar
- Jan Kochanowski University
- N. Bostan
- University of Notre Dame
- A. Brandin
- Affiliated with an Institution Covered by a Cooperation Agreement with CERN
- W. Bryliński
- Warsaw University of Technology
- J. Brzychczyk
- Jagiellonian University
- M. Buryakov
- Affiliated with an Institution Covered by a Cooperation Agreement with CERN
- A. F. Camino
- University of Pittsburgh
- P. Christakoglou
- University of Athens
- M. Ćirković
- University of Belgrade
- M. Csanád
- Eötvös Loránd University
- J. Cybowska
- Warsaw University of Technology
- T. Czopowicz
- Jan Kochanowski University
- C. Dalmazzone
- LPNHE, University of Paris VI and VII
- N. Davis
- Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
- F. Diakonos
- University of Athens
- A. Dmitriev
- Affiliated with an Institution Covered by a Cooperation Agreement with CERN
- P. von Doetinchem
- University of Hawaii at Manoa
- W. Dominik
- University of Warsaw
- P. Dorosz
- AGH-University of Science and Technology
- J. Dumarchez
- LPNHE, University of Paris VI and VII
- R. Engel
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
- G. A. Feofilov
- Affiliated with an Institution Covered by a Cooperation Agreement with CERN
- L. Fields
- University of Notre Dame
- Z. Fodor
- Wigner Research Centre for Physics
- M. Friend
- Institute for Particle and Nuclear Studies
- M. Gaździcki
- University of Frankfurt
- O. Golosov
- Affiliated with an Institution Covered by a Cooperation Agreement with CERN
- V. Golovatyuk
- Affiliated with an Institution Covered by a Cooperation Agreement with CERN
- M. Golubeva
- Affiliated with an Institution Covered by a Cooperation Agreement with CERN
- K. Grebieszkow
- Warsaw University of Technology
- F. Guber
- Affiliated with an Institution Covered by a Cooperation Agreement with CERN
- S. N. Igolkin
- Affiliated with an Institution Covered by a Cooperation Agreement with CERN
- S. Ilieva
- Faculty of Physics, University of Sofia
- A. Ivashkin
- Affiliated with an Institution Covered by a Cooperation Agreement with CERN
- A. Izvestnyy
- Affiliated with an Institution Covered by a Cooperation Agreement with CERN
- K. Kadija
- Ruđer Bošković Institute
- A. Kapoyannis
- University of Athens
- N. Kargin
- Affiliated with an Institution Covered by a Cooperation Agreement with CERN
- N. Karpushkin
- Affiliated with an Institution Covered by a Cooperation Agreement with CERN
- E. Kashirin
- Affiliated with an Institution Covered by a Cooperation Agreement with CERN
- M. Kiełbowicz
- Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
- V. A. Kireyeu
- Affiliated with an Institution Covered by a Cooperation Agreement with CERN
- H. Kitagawa
- Okayama University
- R. Kolesnikov
- Affiliated with an Institution Covered by a Cooperation Agreement with CERN
- D. Kolev
- Faculty of Physics, University of Sofia
- Y. Koshio
- Okayama University
- V. N. Kovalenko
- Affiliated with an Institution Covered by a Cooperation Agreement with CERN
- S. Kowalski
- University of Silesia
- B. Kozłowski
- Warsaw University of Technology
- A. Krasnoperov
- Affiliated with an Institution Covered by a Cooperation Agreement with CERN
- W. Kucewicz
- AGH-University of Science and Technology
- M. Kuchowicz
- University of Wrocław
- M. Kuich
- University of Warsaw
- A. Kurepin
- Affiliated with an Institution Covered by a Cooperation Agreement with CERN
- A. László
- Wigner Research Centre for Physics
- M. Lewicki
- University of Wrocław
- G. Lykasov
- Affiliated with an Institution Covered by a Cooperation Agreement with CERN
- V. V. Lyubushkin
- Affiliated with an Institution Covered by a Cooperation Agreement with CERN
- M. Maćkowiak-Pawłowska
- Warsaw University of Technology
- Z. Majka
- Jagiellonian University
- A. Makhnev
- Affiliated with an Institution Covered by a Cooperation Agreement with CERN
- B. Maksiak
- National Centre for Nuclear Research
- A. I. Malakhov
- Affiliated with an Institution Covered by a Cooperation Agreement with CERN
- A. Marcinek
- Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
- A.D. Marino
- University of Colorado
- H.-J. Mathes
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
- T. Matulewicz
- University of Warsaw
- V. Matveev
- Affiliated with an Institution Covered by a Cooperation Agreement with CERN
- G. L. Melkumov
- Affiliated with an Institution Covered by a Cooperation Agreement with CERN
- A. Merzlaya
- University of Oslo
- Ł. Mik
- AGH-University of Science and Technology
- A. Morawiec
- Jagiellonian University
- S. Morozov
- Affiliated with an Institution Covered by a Cooperation Agreement with CERN
- Y. Nagai
- Eötvös Loránd University
- T. Nakadaira
- Institute for Particle and Nuclear Studies
- M. Naskręt
- University of Wrocław
- S. Nishimori
- Institute for Particle and Nuclear Studies
- V. Ozvenchuk
- Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
- A. D. Panagiotou
- University of Athens
- O. Panova
- Jan Kochanowski University
- V. Paolone
- University of Pittsburgh
- O. Petukhov
- Affiliated with an Institution Covered by a Cooperation Agreement with CERN
- I. Pidhurskyi
- University of Frankfurt
- R. Płaneta
- Jagiellonian University
- P. Podlaski
- University of Warsaw
- B. A. Popov
- LPNHE, University of Paris VI and VII
- B. Pórfy
- Wigner Research Centre for Physics
- M. Posiadała-Zezula
- University of Warsaw
- D. S. Prokhorova
- Affiliated with an Institution Covered by a Cooperation Agreement with CERN
- D. Pszczel
- National Centre for Nuclear Research
- S. Puławski
- University of Silesia
- J. Puzović
- University of Belgrade
- R. Renfordt
- University of Silesia
- L. Ren
- University of Colorado
- V. Z. Reyna Ortiz
- Jan Kochanowski University
- D. Röhrich
- University of Bergen
- E. Rondio
- National Centre for Nuclear Research
- M. Roth
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
- Ł. Rozpłochowski
- Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
- B. T. Rumberger
- University of Colorado
- M. Rumyantsev
- Affiliated with an Institution Covered by a Cooperation Agreement with CERN
- A. Rustamov
- National Nuclear Research Center
- M. Rybczynski
- Jan Kochanowski University
- A. Rybicki
- Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
- K. Sakashita
- Institute for Particle and Nuclear Studies
- K. Schmidt
- University of Silesia
- A. Yu Seryakov
- Affiliated with an Institution Covered by a Cooperation Agreement with CERN
- P. Seyboth
- Jan Kochanowski University
- U. A. Shah
- Jan Kochanowski University
- Y. Shiraishi
- Okayama University
- A. Shukla
- University of Hawaii at Manoa
- M. Słodkowski
- Warsaw University of Technology
- P. Staszel
- Jagiellonian University
- G. Stefanek
- Jan Kochanowski University
- J. Stepaniak
- National Centre for Nuclear Research
- M. Strikhanov
- Affiliated with an Institution Covered by a Cooperation Agreement with CERN
- H. Ströbele
- University of Frankfurt
- T. Šuša
- Ruđer Bošković Institute
- L. Swiderski
- National Centre for Nuclear Research
- J. Szewiński
- National Centre for Nuclear Research
- R. Szukiewicz
- University of Wrocław
- A. Taranenko
- Affiliated with an Institution Covered by a Cooperation Agreement with CERN
- A. Tefelska
- Warsaw University of Technology
- D. Tefelski
- Warsaw University of Technology
- V. Tereshchenko
- Affiliated with an Institution Covered by a Cooperation Agreement with CERN
- A. Toia
- University of Frankfurt
- R. Tsenov
- Faculty of Physics, University of Sofia
- L. Turko
- University of Wrocław
- T. S. Tveter
- University of Oslo
- M. Unger
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
- M. Urbaniak
- University of Silesia
- F. F. Valiev
- Affiliated with an Institution Covered by a Cooperation Agreement with CERN
- M. Vassiliou
- University of Athens
- D. Veberič
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
- V. V. Vechernin
- Affiliated with an Institution Covered by a Cooperation Agreement with CERN
- V. Volkov
- Affiliated with an Institution Covered by a Cooperation Agreement with CERN
- A. Wickremasinghe
- Fermilab
- K. Wójcik
- University of Silesia
- O. Wyszyński
- Jan Kochanowski University
- A. Zaitsev
- Affiliated with an Institution Covered by a Cooperation Agreement with CERN
- E. D. Zimmerman
- University of Colorado
- A. Zviagina
- Affiliated with an Institution Covered by a Cooperation Agreement with CERN
- R. Zwaska
- Fermilab
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-13012-0
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 84,
no. 7
pp. 1 – 22
Abstract
Abstract The critical point of strongly interacting matter is searched for at the CERN SPS by the NA61/SHINE experiment in central $$^{40}$$ 40 Ar + $$^{45}$$ 45 Sc collisions at 13 A, 19 A, 30 A, 40 A, and 75 A GeV/c. The dependence of the second-order scaled factorial moments of proton multiplicity distributions on the number of subdivisions in transverse momentum space is measured. The intermittency analysis uses statistically independent data sets for every subdivision in transverse and cumulative-transverse momentum variables. The results obtained do not indicate the searched intermittent pattern. An upper limit on the fraction of correlated protons and the intermittency index is obtained based on a comparison with the Power-law Model.
