E917 Results On Strangeness Production In Au+Au Collisions At Ags

The strangeness production in Au+Au collisions at beam energies of 6, 8, and 10.8 A GeV is reported from AGS Experiment E917. We present the excitation function of the K/pi ratio as well as the yield of phi mesons and particle ratios as a function of centrality at the highest beam energy. With reference to pp collisions, we observe a strong enhancement in the production of strangeness carrying particles in heavy ion collisions, which is demonstrated in terms of various particle production ratios.