@article{3073422,
    title = "System-size and centrality dependence of charged kaon and pion production in nucleus-nucleus collisions at 40A GeV and 158A GeV beam energy",
    author = "Anticic, T. and Baatar, B. and Barna, D. and Bartke, J. and Beck, H. and Betev, L. and Białkowska, H. and Blume, C. and Bogusz, M. and Boimska, B. and Book, J. and Botje, M. and Bunčić, P. and Cetner, T. and Christakoglou, P. and Chung, P. and Chvala, O. and Cramer, J.G. and Dinkelaker, P. and Eckardt, V. and Fodor, Z. and Foka, P. and Friese, V. and Gadzicki, M. and Grebieszkow, K. and Höhne, C. and Kadija, K. and Karev, A. and Kliemant, M. and Kolesnikov, V.I. and Kollegger, T. and Kowalski, M. and Kresan, D. and Laszlo, A. and Lacey, R. and Van Leeuwen, M. and Lungwitz, B. and MacKowiak, M. and Makariev, M. and Malakhov, A.I. and Mateev, M. and Melkumov, G.L. and Mitrovski, M. and Mrówczyński, S. and Nicolic, V. and Pálla, G. and Panagiotou, A.D. and Peryt, W. and Pluta, J. and Prindle, D. and Pühlhofer, F. and Renfordt, R. and Roland, C. and Roland, G. and Rybczyński, M. and Rybicki, A. and Sandoval, A. and Schmitz, N. and Schuster, T. and Seyboth, P. and Siklér, F. and Skrzypczak, E. and Slodkowski, M. and Stefanek, G. and Stock, R. and Ströbele, H. and Susa, T. and Szuba, M. and Utvić, M. and Varga, D. and Vassiliou, M. and Veres, G.I. and Vesztergombi, G. and Vranić, D. and Włodarczyk, Z. and Wojtaszek-Szwarc, A.",
    journal = "PHYSICAL REVIEW C : NUCLEAR PHYSICS",
    year = "2012",
    volume = "86",
    number = "5",
    publisher = "American Physical Society",
    issn = "0556-2813",
    doi = "10.1103/PhysRevC.86.054903",
    abstract = "Measurements of charged pion and kaon production are presented in centrality selected Pb+Pb collisions at 40A GeV and 158A GeV beam energy as well as in semicentral C+C and Si+Si interactions at 40A GeV. Transverse mass spectra, rapidity spectra, and total yields are determined as a function of centrality. The system-size and centrality dependence of relative strangeness production in nucleus-nucleus collisions at 40A GeV and 158A GeV beam energy are derived from the data presented here and from published data for C+C and Si+Si collisions at 158A GeV beam energy. At both energies a steep increase with centrality is observed for small systems followed by a weak rise or even saturation for higher centralities. This behavior is compared to calculations using transport models (ultra-relativistic quantum molecular dynamics and hadron-string dynamics), a percolation model, and the core-corona approach. © 2012 American Physical Society."
}