@article{3074158, title = "Energy dependence of meson production in central Pb+Pb collisions at sNN=6 to 17 GeV", author = "Alt, C. and Anticic, T. and Baatar, B. and Barna, D. and Bartke, J. and Betev, L. and Białkowska, H. and Blume, C. and Boimska, B. and Botje, M. and Bracinik, J. and Bramm, R. and Bunčić, P. and Cerny, V. and Christakoglou, P. and Chung, P. and Chvala, O. and Cramer, J.G. and Csató, P. and Dinkelaker, P. and Eckardt, V. and Flierl, D. and Fodor, Z. and Foka, P. and Friese, V. and Gál, J. and Gaździcki, M. and Genchev, V. and Georgopoulos, G. and Gładysz, E. and Grebieszkow, K. and Hegyi, S. and Höhne, C. and Kadija, K. and Karev, A. and Kikola, D. and Kliemant, M. and Kniege, S. and Kolesnikov, V.I. and Kollegger, T. and Kornas, E. and Korus, R. and Kowalski, M. and Kraus, I. and Kreps, M. and Kresan, D. and Laszlo, A. and Lacey, R. and Van Leeuwen, M. and Lévai, P. and Litov, L. and Lungwitz, B. and Makariev, M. and Malakhov, A.I. and Mateev, M. and Melkumov, G.L. and Mischke, A. and Mitrovski, M. and Molnár, J. and Mrówczyński, S. and Nicolic, V. and Pálla, G. and Panagiotou, A.D. and Panayotov, D. and Petridis, A. and Peryt, W. and Pikna, M. 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 Sitar, B. and Skrzypczak, E. and Slodkowski, M. and Stefanek, G. and Stock, R. and Strabel, C. and Ströbele, H. and Susa, T. and Szentpétery, I. and Sziklai, J. and Szuba, M. and Szymanski, P. and Trubnikov, V. and Varga, D. and Vassiliou, M. and Veres, G.I. and Vesztergombi, G. and Vranić, D. and Wetzler, A. and Włodarczyk, Z. and Yoo, I.K. and Zimányi, J.", journal = "PHYSICAL REVIEW C : NUCLEAR PHYSICS", year = "2008", volume = "78", number = "4", publisher = "American Physical Society", issn = "0556-2813", doi = "10.1103/PhysRevC.78.044907", abstract = "Meson production is studied by the NA49 Collaboration in central Pb+Pb collisions at 20A,30A,40A,80A, and 158A GeV beam energy. The data are compared with measurements at lower and higher energies and with microscopic and thermal models. The energy dependence of yields and spectral distributions is compatible with the assumption that partonic degrees of freedom set in at low SPS energies. © 2008 The American Physical Society." }