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ρ0Production and possible modification in Au + Au and p + p collisions at √SNN= 200 GeV

  • STAR Collaboration
  • University of Birmingham
  • Goethe University Frankfurt
  • Panjab University
  • Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre India
  • Kent State University
  • Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
  • University of Jammu
  • Indiana University Bloomington
  • Purdue University
  • Institut de Recherches Subatomiques
  • Ohio State University
  • Wayne State University
  • Yale University
  • University of Rajasthan
  • University of Washington
  • Brookhaven National Laboratory
  • Rice University
  • National Institute for Subatomic Physics
  • SUBATECH
  • Moscow Engineering Physics Institute
  • Argonne National Laboratory
  • Academia Sinica - Shanghai Institute of Nuclear Research
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • University of California at Davis
  • Czech Academy of Sciences
  • University of Science and Technology of China
  • University of California at Los Angeles
  • Creighton University
  • University of California at Berkeley

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Abstract

We report results on ρ(770)0 → π+ π- production at midrapidity in p + p and peripheral Au + Au collisions at psNN = 200 GeV. This is the first direct measurement of ρ(770)0 → π+ π- in heavy-ion collisions. The measured ρ0 peak in the invariant mass distribution is shifted by ∼40 MeV=c2 in minimum bias p + p interactions and ∼70 MeV=c2 in peripheral Au + Au collisions. The ρ0 mass shift is dependent on transverse momentum and multiplicity. The modification of the ρ0 meson mass, width, and shape due to phase space and dynamical effects are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Article number092301
Pages (from-to)092301-1-092301-6
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume92
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 5 2004

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