@article{3053662,
    title = "Deuteron production in central Pb plus Pb collisions at 158A GeV",
    author = "Afanasiev, SV and Anticic, T and Bachler, J and Barna, D and Barnby, LS and and Bartke, J and Barton, RA and Betev, L and Bialkowska, H and and Billmeier, A and Blume, C and Blyth, CO and Boimska, B and Bracinik, J and and Brady, FP and Brun, R and Buncic, P and Carr, L and Cebra, D and and Cooper, GE and Cramer, JG and Csato, P and Eckardt, V and Eckhardt, F and and Ferenc, D and Fischer, HG and Fodor, Z and Foka, P and Freund, P and and Friese, V and Ftacnik, J and Gal, J and Ganz, R and Gazdzicki, M and and Gladysz, E and Grebieszkow, J and Harris, JW and Hegyi, S and Hlinka, V and and Hohne, C and Igo, G and Ivanov, M and Jacobs, P and Janik, R and and Jones, PG and Kadija, K and Kolesnikov, VI and Kowalski, M and Lasiuk, B and and Levai, P and Malakhov, AI and Margetis, S and Markert, C and Mayes, and BW and Melkumov, GL and Mischke, A and Molnar, J and Nelson, JM and and Odyniec, G and Oldenburg, MD and Palla, G and Panagiotou, AD and and Petridis, A and Pikna, M and Pinsky, L and Poskanzer, AM and Prindle, DJ and and Puhlhofer, F and Reid, JG and Renfordt, R and Retyk, W and Ritter, and HG and Rohrich, D and Roland, C and Roland, G and Rybicki, A and Sammer, and T and Sandoval, A and Sann, H and Semenov, AY and Schafer, E and and Schmitz, N and Seyboth, P and Sikler, F and Sitar, B and Skrzypczak, E and and Snellings, R and Squier, GTA and Stock, R and Strmen, P and and Strobele, H and Struck, C and Susa, T and Szarka, I and Szentpetery, I and and Sziklai, J and Toy, M and Trainor, TA and Trentalange, S and and Ullrich, T and Varga, D and Vassiliou, M and Veres, GI and Vesztergombi, and G and Voloshin, S and Vranic, D and Wang, F and Weerasundara, DD and and Wenig, S and Whitten, C and Xu, N and Yates, TA and Yoo, IK and Zimanyi, and J",
    journal = "PHYSICS LETTERS B",
    year = "2000",
    volume = "486",
    number = "1-2",
    pages = "22-28",
    publisher = "ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV",
    issn = "0370-2693",
    doi = "10.1016/S0370-2693(00)00746-2",
    abstract = "Experimental results on deuteron emission from central Pb + Pb
collisions (E-beam = 158A GeV, fixed target), obtained by NA49 at the
CERN SPS accelerator, are presented. The transverse mass in,
distribution was measured near mid-rapidity (2.0 < y < 2.5) in the range
of 0 < m(t) - m(0) < 0.9 GeV/c(2) (0 < p(t) < 2.0 GeV/c) for the 4%
most central collisions. An exponential fit gives an inverse slope T-d =
(450 +/- 30) MeV and a yield dN(d)/dy = 0.34 +/- 0.03. The coalescence
factor B-2 (m(t) = m(0))=(3.5 +/- 1.0) . 10(-4) GeV2 and its
m(t)-dependence are deter-mined and discussed in terms of a model that
includes the collective expansion of the source created in a collision.
The derived Gaussian size parameter R-G Of the emission volume is
consistent with earlier HBT results on the source of pion emission. (C)
2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved."
}