Measurement ofΛandΛ¯Particles inAu+AuCollisions atsNN=130GeV

2002 
We present results on the measurement of $\ensuremath{\Lambda}$ and $\overline{\ensuremath{\Lambda}}$ production in $\mathrm{A}\mathrm{u}+\mathrm{A}\mathrm{u}$ collisions at $\sqrt{{s}_{NN}}=130\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{G}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{V}$ with the PHENIX detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. The transverse momentum spectra were measured for minimum bias and for the 5% most central events. The $\overline{\ensuremath{\Lambda}}/\ensuremath{\Lambda}$ ratios are constant as a function of ${p}_{T}$ and the number of participants. The measured net $\ensuremath{\Lambda}$ density is significantly larger than predicted by models based on hadronic strings (e.g., HIJING) but in approximate agreement with models which include the gluon-junction mechanism.
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