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Strangeness Production at RHIC

Explore the research findings on strangeness production at RHIC by the STAR Collaboration, covering chemical content, freeze-out processes, flow characteristics, and ratio analyses. Discover the latest data and trends in this field.

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Strangeness Production at RHIC

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  1. Strangeness Production at RHIC

  2. The STAR Collaboration Brazil: Universidade de Sao Paolo China:IHEP - Beijing, IPP - Wuhan England:University of Birmingham France: Institut de Recherches Subatomiques Strasbourg, SUBATECH - Nantes Germany: Max Planck Institute – Munich University of Frankfurt Poland:Warsaw University, Warsaw University of Technology Russia: MEPHI – Moscow, LPP/LHE JINR–Dubna, IHEP-Protvino U.S. Labs:Argonne, Berkeley, Brookhaven National Labs U.S. Universities:Arkansas, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UCLA, Carnegie Mellon, Creighton, Indiana, Kent State, MSU, CCNY, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue,Rice, Texas A&M, UT Austin, Washington, Wayne State, Yale Spokesperson: John Harris Institutions: 36 Collaborators: 415 Students: ~50

  3. STAR STRANGENESS! (Preliminary) K+ W-+ L̅ W̅+ f K0s L X- X̅+ K*

  4. Introduction Chemical content – Yields (K+, K-) When is Strangeness Produced –Resonances Flow – How much and when does it start? Thermal Freeze-out –Radii and Inverse slopes ( K+,K-) Chemical Freeze-out - Ratios(L̅/L, X+/X-,K+/K-, K/p) _

  5. Previous Strangeness Highlights WA97 Multi- Strange Particles appear to freeze out at a cooler temperature/ earlier or have less flow

  6. STAR Pertinent Facts Field: 0.25 T (Half Nominal value) (slightly worse resolution at higher p, lower pt acceptance) TPC: Inner Radius – 50cm (pt>75 MeV/c) Length – ± 200cm ( -1.5< h < 1.5) Events: ~300,000 “Central” Events –top 8% multiplicity ~160,000 “Min-bias” Events

  7. High Pt K+ & K- Identification Via “Kinks” m+/- nm K+/-

  8. “Kink”mt Distributions

  9. K- Inverse Slope Results Kink dE/dx STAR Preliminary dN/dy=30±3, T=272±5(stat)±10(sys) MeV h- mid rapidity dN/dh

  10. “Kink” Rapidity Distribution Mid-y K+ dN/dy = 35 ±3(stat.)±5(sys.) Mid-y K- dN/dy = 30±2.5(stat.)±4(sys.)

  11. STAR’s T vs Mass Indication of larger transverse flow at RHIC. Light strange mesons seem to flow with non-strange particles

  12. Finding V0s proton Primary vertex pion

  13. In case you thought it was easy… After Before

  14. Strange Baryon Ratios Reconstruct: Reconstruct: _ _ ~0.006 X-/ev, ~0.005 X+/ev ~0.84 L/ev, ~ 0.61 L/ev Ratio = 0.82 ± 0.08 (stat) Ratio = 0.73 ± 0.03 (stat) STAR Preliminary

  15. Preliminary L̅/ Ratio _ L/L= 0.73  0.03 (stat) Central events |y|<0.5 Ratio is flat as a function of pt and y

  16. Towards a Baryon-Free Region _ Preliminary: p/p = 0.6  0.02 (stat.)  0.06 (sys.) _ ¯ _ _ ¯ _ / = 0.73 ± 0.03 (stat.) X/X = 0.82 ± 0.08 (stat.) _ ¯ _ STAR preliminary

  17. The Resonances f K+ K- See talk by Z. Xu

  18. L and L̅ from mixed event Studies _ L/L= 0.77  0.07 (stat) Good cross-check with standard V0 analysis. Low pt measurement where there is no V0 analysis High efficiency (yields are ~10X V0 analysis yields) Background determined by mixed event STAR preliminary The ratio is in agreement with “standard” analysis

  19. K+/K- vs pt

  20. K+/K- Ratio - Nch Kinks STAR preliminary STAR preliminary dE/dx • K+/K-= 1.12±0.01(stat.)± 0.06(sys.) (dE/dx). (The kink method is systematically higher.) • K+/K- constant over measured centrality.

  21. K-/p-Ratios STAR preliminary K-/p-ratio is enhanced by almost a factor of 2 in central collisions when compared to peripheral collisions

  22. Comparing to SPS K+/K-(kink) = 1.2 ± K+/K-(dE/dx) = 1.12 ±0.01 (stat.)± 0.06 (sys.) K-/p- =0.15 ± 0.02 (stat.) K*/h-= 0.06 ± 0.06 (stat.)± 0.01 (sys.) K*/h-= 0.058 ± 0.06 (stat.)± 0.01 (sys.) ¯ p/p = 0.6  0.02 (stat.)  0.06 (sys.) ¯ ¯ / = 0.73 ± 0.03 (stat.) X/X = 0.82 ± 0.08 (stat.) ¯

  23. Conclusion • Kaon Inverse slope ~270MeV, Mid-rapidity dN/dy ~30 • The K mesons’ thermal freeze-out along with the p and p appear to indicate more flow than at the SPS • All shown ratios show no large trends as functions of y,pt • K+/K- is flat as function of centrality • K-/p- ratio increases by ~x2 from peripheral to central events • Even at RHIC energies the mid-y region not baryon free • Future: • Finish correcting K0s, L , X, f and K* results

  24. For More STAR Strangeness Information See • Talks: • Particle Ratios from Au-Au Collisions at sNN=130 GeV - H. Huang • Resonance Studies at STAR - Z. Xu • Posters: • Calculating the reconstruction efficiency of singly strange hadrons in the STAR TPC -M. Lamont • Kaon reconstruction via one-prong decays in the STAR TPC -W. Deng • Multiply strange baryon production in Au-Au collisions at sNN=130 GeV - C. Lansdell • Strange Particle Correlation Studies with the STAR detector - T. Humanic

  25. Quark Coalescence Model IF the fireball at some point consists of q̅-q matter hadronization may occur via quark coalesence. The various hadron yields can then be predicted via simple quark counting rules. The relationships : 0.74 = D * 0.65 D = 1.14 ± 0.08 0.82 = D * 0.74 D = 1.11 ± 0.12 K+/K-= 1.18

  26. Chemical Potentials mq/T = 0.067 -> mq =11.4 MeV ms/T = 0.02 -> ms = 3.4 MeV Assuming Tc = 170MeV and Rf = 1

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