First observation of directed flow of hypernuclei Λ³H and Λ⁴H in √sNN = 3 GeV Au+Au collisions at RHIC
- We report here the first observation of directed flow (v1) of the hypernuclei 3ΛH and 4ΛH in mid-central Au+Au collisions at sNN−−−√ = 3 GeV at RHIC. These data are taken as part of the beam energy scan program carried out by the STAR experiment. From 165 million good events in 5-40% centrality, about 8400 3ΛH and 5200 4ΛH candidates are reconstructed through two- and three-body decay channels. We observe that these hypernuclei exhibit significant directed flow. Comparing to that of light nuclei, it is found that the mid-rapidity v1 slopes of 3ΛH and 4ΛH follow baryon number scaling, implying that the coalescence is the dominant mechanism for these hypernuclei production in such collisions.
URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-848620 |
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URL: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.16981v1 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.48550/ARXIV.2211.16981 |
ArXiv Id: | http://arxiv.org/abs/2211.16981v1 |
Parent Title (English): | arXiv |
Publisher: | arXiv |
Document Type: | Preprint |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2022/11/30 |
Date of first Publication: | 2022/11/30 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Creating Corporation: | STAR Collaboration |
Release Date: | 2024/07/08 |
Issue: | 2211.16981v1 |
Edition: | Version 1 |
Page Number: | 11 |
Institutes: | Wissenschaftliche Zentren und koordinierte Programme / Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS) |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 53 Physik / 530 Physik |
Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
Licence (German): | ![]() |