Near-threshold production of the multi-strange Ξ− hyperon

P. Chung, N. N. Ajitanand, J. M. Alexander, M. Anderson, D. Best, F.P. Brady, T. Case, W. Caskey, D. Cebra, J.L. Chance, B. Cole, K. Crowe, A. C. Das, J.E. Draper, M.L. Gilkes, S. Gushue, M. Heffner, A.S. Hirsch, E.L. Hjort, W. Holzmann, L. Huo, M. Issah,M. Justice, M. Kaplan, D. Keane, J.C. Kintner, J. Klay, D. Krofcheck, R. A. Lacey, J. Lauret, M.A. Lisa, H. Liu, Y.M. Liu, J. Milan, R. McGrath, Z. Milosevich, G. Odyniec, D.L. Olson, S. Panitkin, N.T. Porile, G. Rai, H.G. Ritter, J.L. Romero, R. Scharenberg, B. Srivastava, N.T.B Stone, T.J.M. Symons, A. Taranenko, J. Whitfield, T. Wienold, R. Witt, L. Wood, W.N. Zhang (E895 Collaboration) and H. Oeschler Depts. of Chemistry and Physics, SUNY at Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400 Darmstadt University of Technology, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210 Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,Berkeley, California, 94720 University of California, Davis, California, 95616 Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 47907-1396 Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973 University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Columbia University, New York, New York 10027 St. Mary’s College, Moraga, California 94575 Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001 P. R. China (February 8, 2008)