Suppression of Λ(1520) resonance production in central Pb-Pb collisions at √sNN=2.76 TeV
Acharya, Shreyasi; Adamová, Dagmar; Adolfsson, Jonatan; Aggarwal, Madan M.; Aglieri Rinella, Gianluca; Agnello, Michelangelo; Agrawal, Nikita; Ahammed, Zubayer; Ahn, Sang Un; Aiola, Salvatore; Alme, Johan; Altenkaemper, Lucas; Djuvsland, Øystein; Ersdal, Magnus Rentsch; Fionda, Fiorella Maria Celeste; Nystrand, Joakim; Rehman, Attiq ur; Røhrich, Dieter; Tambave, Ganesh Jagannath; Ullaland, Kjetil; Wagner, Boris; Zhou, Zhuo; Arsene, Ionut Cristian; Bätzing, Paul Christoph; Dordic, Olja; Lardeux, Antoine Xavier; Lindal, Svein; Mahmood, Sohail Musa; Malik, Qasim Waheed; Richter, Matthias; Røed, Ketil; Skaali, Toralf Bernhard; Tveter, Trine Spedstad; Wikne, Jon Christopher; Zhao, Chengxin; Helstrup, Håvard; Hetland, Kristin Fanebust; Kileng, Bjarte; Nesbø, Simon Voigt; Storetvedt, Maksim Melnik; Langøy, Rune; Lien, Jørgen André; Akindinov, Alexander; Al-Turany, Mohammed; Alam, Sk Noor; De Albuquerque, Danilo Silva; Aleksandrov, Dimitry; Alessandro, Bruno; Alfaro Molina, José Rubén; Ali, Yasir Turki Ben; ALICE, Collaboration
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Acharya S, Adamová D, Adolfsson J, Aggarwal MM, Aglieri Rinella G, Agnello M, Agrawal N, Ahammed Z, Ahn SU, Aiola S, Alme J, Altenkaemper L, Djuvsland Ø, Ersdal MR, Fionda FMC, Nystrand J, Rehman Au, Røhrich D, Tambave GJ, Ullaland K, Wagner B, Zhou Z, Arsene IC, Bätzing P, Dordic O, Lardeux A, Lindal S, Mahmood SM, Malik QW, Richter M, Røed K, Skaali TB, Tveter TS, Wikne JC, Zhao C, Helstrup H, Hetland KF, Kileng B, Nesbø SV, Storetvedt M, Langøy R, Lien JA, Akindinov A, Al-Turany M, Alam SN, De Albuquerque DS, Aleksandrov D, Alessandro B, Alfaro Molina JR, Ali YTB, ALICE C. Suppression of Λ(1520) resonance production in central Pb-Pb collisions at √sNN=2.76 TeV. Physical Review C. 2019;99:024905. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.99.024905Abstract
The production yield of the Λ (1520) baryon resonance is measured at midrapidity in Pb-Pb collisions at √sNN = 2.76 TeV with the ALICE detector at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The measurement is performed in the Λ (1520) → pK − (and charge conjugate) hadronic decay channel as a function of the transverse momentum (pT) and collision centrality. The ratio of the pT -integrated production of Λ (1520) baryons relative to Λ baryons in central collisions is suppressed by about a factor of 2 with respect to peripheral collisions. This is the first observation of the suppression of a baryonic resonance at the LHC and the first 3 σ evidence of Λ (1520) suppression within a single collision system. The measured Λ (1520) / Λ ratio in central collisions is smaller than the value predicted by the statistical hadronization model calculations. The shape of the measured p T distribution and the centrality dependence of the suppression are reproduced by the EPOS3 Monte Carlo event generator. The measurement adds further support to the formation of a dense hadronic phase in the final stages of the evolution of the fireball created in heavy-ion collisions, lasting long enough to cause a significant reduction in the observable yield of short-lived resonances.