@article{3053985, title = "Production of phi-mesons in p + p, p + Pb and central Pb + Pb collisions at E-beam=158 A 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 Susa, T and Szarka, I and Szentpetery, I and Sziklai, J and and Toy, M and Trainor, TA and Trentalange, S and Ullrich, T and Varga, and D and Vassiliou, M and Veres, GI and Vesztergombi, G and Voloshin, S and and Vranic, D and Wang, F and Weerasundara, DD and Wenig, S and Whitten, C and and Xu, N and Yates, TA and Yoo, IK and Zimanyi, J and NA49 and Collaboration", journal = "PHYSICS LETTERS B", year = "2000", volume = "491", number = "1-2", pages = "59-66", publisher = "Elsevier", issn = "0370-2693", doi = "10.1016/S0370-2693(00)01023-6", abstract = "Yields and phase space distributions of phi -mesons emitted from p + p (minimum bias trigger), p + Pb (at various centralities) and central Pb + Pb collisions are reported (E-beam = 158 A GeV). The decay phi –> K+K- was used for identification. The phi/pi ratio is found to increase by a factor of 3.0 +/- 0.7 from inelastic p + p to central Pb + Pb. Significant enhancement in this ratio is also observed in subclasses of p + p events (characterized by high charged-particle multiplicity) as well as in the forward hemisphere of central p + Pb collisions. In Pb + Pb no shift or significant broadening of the phi -peak is seen. (C) 2000 Published by Elsevier Science B.V." }