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K∗(892)± resonance production in Pb-Pb collisions at √sNN = 5.02 TeV (2024)


ALICE Collaboration. (2024). K∗(892)± resonance production in Pb-Pb collisions at √sNN = 5.02 TeV. Physical Review C, 109(4), Article 044902. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.109.044902


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Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajat: ALICE Collaboration

Lehti tai sarja: Physical Review C

ISSN: 2469-9985

eISSN: 2469-9993

Julkaisuvuosi: 2024

Ilmestymispäivä: 03.04.2024

Volyymi: 109

Lehden numero: 4

Artikkelinumero: 044902

Kustantaja: American Physical Society (APS)

Julkaisumaa: Yhdysvallat (USA)

Julkaisun kieli: englanti

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.109.044902

Julkaisun avoin saatavuus: Avoimesti saatavilla

Julkaisukanavan avoin saatavuus: Osittain avoin julkaisukanava

Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/94590

Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu: https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.16119


Tiivistelmä

The production of K∗(892)± meson resonance is measured at midrapidity (|y|<0.5) in Pb-Pb collisions at √sNN=5.02 TeV using the ALICE detector at the LHC. The resonance is reconstructed via its hadronic decay channel K∗(892)±→K0Sπ±. The transverse momentum distributions are obtained for various centrality intervals in the pT range of 0.4-16 GeV/c. The reported measurements of integrated yields, mean transverse momenta, and particle yield ratios are consistent with previous ALICE measurements for K∗(892)0. The pT-integrated yield ratio 2K∗(892)±/(K++K−) in central Pb-Pb collisions shows a significant suppression (9.3σ) relative to pp collisions. Thermal model calculations overpredict the particle yield ratio. Although both simulations consider the hadronic phase, only HRG-PCE accurately represents the measurements, whereas MUSIC+SMASH tends to overpredict them. These observations, along with the kinetic freeze-out temperatures extracted from the yields of light-flavored hadrons using the HRG-PCE model, indicate a finite hadronic phase lifetime, which increases towards central collisions. The pT-differential yield ratios 2K∗(892)±/(K++K−) and 2K∗(892)±/(π++π−) are suppressed by up to a factor of five at pT<2 GeV/c in central Pb-Pb collisions compared to pp collisions at √s= 5.02 TeV. Both particle ratios and are qualitatively consistent with expectations for rescattering effects in the hadronic phase. The nuclear modification factor shows a smooth evolution with centrality and is below unity at pT>8 GeV/c, consistent with measurements for other light-flavored hadrons. The smallest values are observed in most central collisions, indicating larger energy loss of partons traversing the dense medium.


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OKM-raportointi: Kyllä

Raportointivuosi: 2024

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