Abstract
Enhanced strangeness production in nuclear collisions has been proposed as a possible signature of quark-gluon plasma formation: in particular, the φ production might increase. We find, however, that the enhancement of the φ/( ϱ 0+ ω) ratio by a factor of ca. 3 observed by NA38 (for p ⊥≥ 1.1 GeV) can be explained by the smaller size of the φ absorption cross section and that the enhancement of the φ to cortinuum ratio could be an artifact of the p t cutoff applied to the data.
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