Evidence of rescattering effect in Pb-Pb collisions at the LHC through production of K*(892)(0) and [phi](1020) mesons

Measurements of K*(892)(0) and phi(1020) resonance production in Pb-Pb and pp collisions at root s(NN) = 5.02 TeV with the ALICE detector at the Large Hadron Collider are reported. The resonances are measured at midrapidity (vertical bar y vertical bar < 0.5) via their hadronic decay channels and...

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Hauptverfasser: Acharya, Shreyasi (VerfasserIn) , Angelov, Venelin (VerfasserIn) , Arslandok, Mesut (VerfasserIn) , Danisch, Meike (VerfasserIn) , Feuillard, Victor (VerfasserIn) , Glässel, Peter (VerfasserIn) , Kim, Jiyoung (VerfasserIn) , Kim, Minjung (VerfasserIn) , Köhler, Markus Konrad (VerfasserIn) , Leardini, Lucia (VerfasserIn) , Ohlson, Alice (VerfasserIn) , Pachmayer, Yvonne C. (VerfasserIn) , Reygers, Klaus (VerfasserIn) , Schicker, Rainer (VerfasserIn) , Schmah, Alexander (VerfasserIn) , Schmidt, Marten Ole (VerfasserIn) , Stachel, Johanna (VerfasserIn) , Weiser, Dennis (VerfasserIn) , Windelband, Bernd (VerfasserIn) , Yüncü, Alperen (VerfasserIn)
Körperschaft: ALICE (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 16 January 2020
In: Physics letters
Year: 2020, Jahrgang: 802
ISSN:1873-2445
DOI:10.1016/j.physletb.2020.135225
Online-Zugang:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2020.135225
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Verfasserangaben:ALICE Collaboration
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Zusammenfassung:Measurements of K*(892)(0) and phi(1020) resonance production in Pb-Pb and pp collisions at root s(NN) = 5.02 TeV with the ALICE detector at the Large Hadron Collider are reported. The resonances are measured at midrapidity (vertical bar y vertical bar < 0.5) via their hadronic decay channels and the transverse momentum (p(T)) distributions are obtained for various collision centrality classes up to p(T) = 20 GeV/c. The p(T)-integrated yield ratio K*(892)(0)/K in Pb-Pb collisions shows significant suppression relative to pp collisions and decreases towards more central collisions. In contrast, the phi(1020)/K ratio does not show any suppression. Furthermore, the measured K*(892)(0)/K ratio in central Pb-Pb collisions is significantly suppressed with respect to the expectations based on a thermal model calculation, while the phi(1020)/K ratio agrees with the model prediction. These measurements are an experimental demonstration of rescattering of K*(892)(0) decay products in the hadronic phase of the collisions. The K*(892)(0)/K yield ratios in Pb-Pb and pp collisions are used to estimate the time duration between chemical and kinetic freeze-out, which is found to be similar to 4-7 fm/c for central collisions. The p(T)-differential ratios of K*(892)(0)/K, phi(1020)/K, K*(892)(0)/pi, phi(1020)/pi, p/K*(892)(0) and p/phi(1020) are also presented for Pb-Pb and pp collisions at root s(NN) = 5.02 TeV. These ratios show that the rescattering effect is predominantly a low-p(T) phenomenon. (C) 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V.
Beschreibung:Im Titel ist die 0 hochgestellt, das phi ist als griechisches Zeichen dargestellt
ALICE Collaboration: S. Acharya, V. Anguelov, M. Arslandok, M.C. Danisch, V.J.G. Feuillard, P. Glässel, J. Kim, M. Kim, M.K. Köhler, L. Leardini, N.A. Martin, A. Ohlson, Y. Pachmayer, K. Reygers, R. Schicker, A. Schmah, M.O. Schmidt, J. Stachel, D.F. Weiser, B. Windelband, A. Yuncu und 1004 weitere
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ISSN:1873-2445
DOI:10.1016/j.physletb.2020.135225