Wide acceptance measurement of the K$^-$/K$^+$ ratio from Ni+Ni collisions at 1.91A GeV

Autor: Piasecki, K., Herrmann, N., Averbeck, R., Andronic, A., Barret, V., Basrak, Z., Bastid, N., Benabderrahmane, M. L., Berger, M., Buehler, P., Cargnelli, M., ��aplar, R., Cordier, E., Crochet, P., Czerwiakowa, O., Deppner, I., Dupieux, P., D��elalija, M., Fabbietti, L., Fodor, Z., Gasik, P., Ga��pari��, I., Grishkin, Y., Hartmann, O. N., Hildenbrand, K. D., Hong, B., Kang, T. I., Kecskemeti, J., Kim, Y. J., Kirejczyk, M., Ki��, M., Koczon, P., Korolija, M., Kotte, R., Lebedev, A., Leifels, Y., F��vre, A. Le, Liu, J. L., Lopez, X., Mangiarotti, A., Manko, V., Marton, J., Matulewicz, T., Merschmeyer, M., M��nzer, R., Pelte, D., Petrovici, M., Rami, F., Reischl, A., Reisdorf, W., Ryu, M. S., Schmidt, P., Sch��ttauf, A., Seres, Z., Sikora, B., Sim, K. S., Simion, V., Siwek-Wilczy��ska, K., Smolyankin, V., Stoicea, G., Suzuki, K., Tymi��ski, Z., Wagner, P., Weber, I., Widmann, E., Wi��niewski, K., Xiao, Z. G., Xu, H. S., Yushmanov, I., Zhang, Y., Zhilin, A., Zinyuk, V., Zmeskal, J.
Přispěvatelé: Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont (LPC), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Clermont Auvergne [2017-2020] (UCA [2017-2020])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), FOPI, Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Phys.Rev.C
Phys.Rev.C, 2019, 99 (1), pp.014904. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevC.99.014904⟩
Physical Review C
Physical Review C, American Physical Society, 2019, 99 (1), pp.014904. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevC.99.014904⟩
ISSN: 2469-9985
2469-9993
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.99.014904⟩
Popis: The FOPI Collaboration at the GSI SIS-18 synchrotron measured charged kaons from central and semi-central collisions of Ni+Ni at a beam energy of 1.91A GeV. We present the distribution of the K$^-$\K$^+$ ratio on the energy vs polar angle plane in the nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass frame, with and without subtraction of the contribution of $\phi$(1020) meson decays to the K$^-$ yield. The acceptance of the current experiment is substantially wider compared to the previous measurement of the same colliding system. The ratio of K$^-$ to K$^+$ energy spectra is expected to be sensitive to the in-medium modifications of basic kaon properties like mass. Recent results obtained by the HADES Collaboration at 1.23A and 1.76A GeV indicate that after inclusion of the $\phi$ meson decay contribution to the K$^-$ production no difference between the slopes of the K$^-$ and K$^+$ energy spectra is observed within uncertainties. For our data a linear fit to this ratio obtained after subtraction of the $\phi$ meson contribution still shows a decrease with kinetic energy, although a constant value cannot be rejected. The contribution of $\Lambda(1520) \rightarrow p\text{K}^-$ decays estimated from fitting the thermal model to the experimental yields appears to be another factor of moderate relevance.
Comment: 8 pages, 4 figures, 2 tables (1 appendix table)
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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