Soft physics in STAR Original Research Article

The STAR Experiment at RHIC is well-suited to making measurements of particle yields from relativistic nuclear collisions in the low transverse momentum, or “soft”, regime. We present preliminary results on measurements of π0, π−, π+, K−, K+, View the MathML source, ϱ, View the MathML source, f0, p, View the MathML source, φ, λ, View the MathML source, Ξ−, View the MathML source, Ω−, and View the MathML source from the first two years of physics running at RHIC. An abundance of physics topics can be addressed by these measurements, some of which are discussed here along with the results.