Rapidity distributions of strange particles in Pb-Pb at 158 A GeV/c

Abstract

The production at central rapidity of K0s, Lambda, Xi and Omega particles in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 A GeV/c has been measured by the NA57 experiment over a centrality range corresponding to the most central 53% of the inelastic Pb-Pb cross section. We present the rapidity distribution of each particle in the central rapidity unit. The distributions are analysed based on hydrodynamical models of the collisions.Comment: Contribution to the Poster Proceedings of the Quark Matter 2005 Conference. To be published in Nukleonika, International Journal of Nuclear Researc