Tsallis statistics approach to the transverse momentum distributions in p-p collisions

Transverse momentum distributions of negatively charged pions produced in p-p interactions at beam momenta 20, 31, 40, 80 and 158 GeV/c are studied using the Tsallis distribution as a parametrization. Results are compared with higher energies data and changes of parameters with energy are determined. Different Tsallis-like distributions are compared.Comment: 6 pages, 9 figure

Strangelets at Chacaltaya

We discuss the possible imprints of strangelets (i.e., lumps of Strange Quark Matter) in Chacaltaya experimental data using model of propagation of such objects through the atmosphere developed by us recently.Comment: gz-compressed .tar file containing LaTeX file and 4 PS files with figures, 5 pages altogether (Nuovo Cimento cimento.cls style file attached) Presented at Chacaltaya Meeting On Cosmic Ray Physics, La Paz - Bolivia, 23-27 July 2000. To be published in Nuovo Cimento (Proc. Suppl.