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Performance of the MPD Detector in the Study of the Strangeness to Entropy Ratio in Heavy-Ion Collisions at the NICA Accelerator Complex

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Strangeness production in heavy-ion collisions is one of the main goals of the scientific program at the NICA accelerator complex. The MPD detector is designed to study the properties of strongly interacting matter at extreme baryon densities. In this article, the MPD performance to measure the excitation function of the strangeness to entropy ratio in central Au + Au collisions is reported. The investigation has been performed at the Laboratory of High Energy Physics, JINR.

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The reported study was funded by RFBR according to the research project 18-02-40037 and research project 18‑02-40060.

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    V. Kolesnikov, V. Kireyeu, A. Mudrokh, A. Zinchenko & V. Vasendina

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Kolesnikov, V., Kireyeu, V., Mudrokh, A. et al. Performance of the MPD Detector in the Study of the Strangeness to Entropy Ratio in Heavy-Ion Collisions at the NICA Accelerator Complex. Phys. Part. Nuclei Lett. 17, 358–369 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1547477120030085

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