First Measurement of Lambda(c) Baryon Production in Au plus Au Collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV

0524454 - ÚJF 2021 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Adam, J. - Adamczyk, L. - Adams, J. R. - Adkins, J. K. - Agakishiev, G. - Bielčík, J. - Bielčíková, Jana - Chaloupka, P. - Federič, Pavol - Holub, L. - Kocan, M. - Kosarzewski, L. K. - Kramárik, L. - Líčeník, Robert - Moravcová, Z. - Rusňák, Jan - Šimko, Miroslav - Šumbera, Michal - Vaněk, Jan … Total 348 authors
First Measurement of Lambda(c) Baryon Production in Au plus Au Collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV.
Physical Review Letters. Roč. 124, č. 17 (2020), č. článku 172301. ISSN 0031-9007. E-ISSN 1079-7114
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT LTT18002
Research Infrastructure: BNL-CZ II - 90109
Institutional support: RVO:61389005
Keywords : STAR collaboration * heavy ion experiments
OECD category: Particles and field physics
Impact factor: 9.161, year: 2020
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.172301

We report on the first measurement of the charmed baryon Lambda(+/-)(c) production at midrapidity (vertical bar y vertical bar < 1) in Au + Au collisions root s(NN) = 200 GeV collected by the STAR experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. The A(c)/D-0 [denoting (Lambda(+)(c) + Lambda(-)(c))/(D-0 + (D) over bar (0))] yield ratio is measured to be 1.08 +/- 0.16 (stat) 0.26 (sys) in the 0%-20% most central Au + Au collisions for the transverse momentum (p(T)) range 3 < p(T) < 6 GeV/c. This is significantly larger than the PYTHIA model calculations for p + p collisions. The measured A(c)/D-0 ratio, as a function of p(T) and collision centrality, is comparable to the baryon-to-meson ratios for light and strange hadrons in Au + Au collisions. Model calculations including coalescence hadronization for charmed baryon and meson formation reproduce the features of our measured Lambda(c)/D-0 ratio.
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