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The creation of strangeness and charm in nucleus-nucleus collisions at threshold beam energies is discussed as a probe for compressed baryonic matter. Experimental data on strangeness production at SIS energies indicate that the properties of kaons and antikaons are modified in dense nuclear matter. The yield of K+ mesons emitted in heavy-ion collisions at beam energies below 1.5 AGeV is found to be sensitive to the nuclear equation-of-state. An experiment is proposed at the future GSI facility to explore the QCD phase diagram in the region of highest baryon densities. This approach is complementary to the studies of matter at high temperatures performed at the CERN-SPS, RHIC and the future LHC. Experimental observables and the proposed detector system will be discussed.
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Senger, P. The strangeness and charm of dense nuclear matter. APH N.S., Heavy Ion Physics 18, 59–68 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1556/APH.18.2003.1.7
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