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sured data on the observables like, T-spectra, some
ratio-behaviours and the nuclear modification factors; so
none of the questions related to suppression or enhance-
ment is consequential. 2) The centrality-dependences of
the T-spectra of strange hadrons too are well-repro-
duced. 3) The essential physical content of the power-law
models is the modest observance of theT
p-scaling (as
is reflected in the
p
p
0Tp term). And in terms of the
functional efficacy, this model seems, so far, to be at par,
if not better, with all other numerous existing approaches
within the frameworks of either the Hadronic transport
models or the statistical models [21-25]. 4) The model
obviously bears no relationship with the concept of the
quark-gluon plasma (QGP), which is, still, just a con-
jecture with so far no clear and concrete experimental
support. 5) In a conclusive vein, this has to be asserted
that we observe nothing too strange about “strangeness”
production in high energy interactions.
p
The latter two points in the preceding paragraph high-
light, in the main, the novelty of this study from a global
viewpoint against the background of the current trends
and streaming ideas in the present day Particle Physics.
5. Acknowledgements
The authors express their thankful gratitude to the hon-
ourable referee for making some valuable comments and
suggestions.
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