Leptonic and charged kaon decay modes of the meson measured in heavy-ion collisions at the CERN super proton synchrotron

D. Adamová; G. Agakichiev; D. Antończyk; H. Appelshäuser; V. Belaga; J. Bielčíková; P. Braun-Munzinger; O. Busch; A. Cherlin; S. Damjanovic; T. Dietel; L. Dietrich; A. Drees; S. I. Esumi; K. Filimonov; K. Fomenko; Z. Fraenkel; C. Garabatos; P. Glässel; G. Hering; J. Holeczek; G. Krobath; V. Kushpil; W. Ludolphs; A. Maas; A. Marín; J. Milošević; D. Miśkowiec; R. Ortega; Y. Panebrattsev; O. Petchenova; V. Petráček; S. Radomski; J. Rak; I. Ravinovich; P. Rehak; H. Sako; W. Schmitz; J. Schukraft; S. Sedykh; S. Shimansky; J. Stachel; M. Šumbera; H. Tilsner; I. Tserruya; G. Tsiledakis; J. P. Wessels; T. Wienold; J. P. Wurm; S. Yurevich; V. Yurevich

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.152301

Leptonic and charged kaon decay modes of the meson measured in heavy-ion collisions at the CERN super proton synchrotron

D. Adamová
, G. Agakichiev
, D. Antończyk
, H. Appelshäuser
, V. Belaga
, J. Bielčíková
, P. Braun-Munzinger
, O. Busch
, A. Cherlin
, S. Damjanovic
, T. Dietel
, L. Dietrich
, A. Drees
, S. I. Esumi
, K. Filimonov
, K. Fomenko
, Z. Fraenkel
, C. Garabatos
, P. Glässel
, G. Hering

J. Holeczek, G. Krobath, V. Kushpil, W. Ludolphs, A. Maas, A. Marín, J. Milošević, D. Miśkowiec, R. Ortega, Y. Panebrattsev, O. Petchenova, V. Petráček, S. Radomski, J. Rak, I. Ravinovich, P. Rehak, H. Sako, W. Schmitz, J. Schukraft, S. Sedykh, S. Shimansky, J. Stachel, M. Šumbera, H. Tilsner, I. Tserruya, G. Tsiledakis, J. P. Wessels, T. Wienold, J. P. Wurm, S. Yurevich, V. Yurevich

Physics and Astronomy

Czech Academy of Sciences
GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research
Goethe University Frankfurt
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Heidelberg University
Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
Weizmann Institute of Science
Brookhaven National Laboratory
CERN
University of Münster

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We report on results of a measurement of meson production in central Pb-Au collisions at Elab=158AGeV. For the first time in the history of high energy heavy-ion collisions, mesons were reconstructed both in the K+K- and the dilepton decay channels in the same experiment. This measurement yields rapidity densities near midrapidity, from the two decay channels, of 2.05±0.14(stat)±0.25(syst) and 2.04±0.49(stat)±0. 32(syst), respectively. The shape of the measured transverse momentum spectrum is also in close agreement in both decay channels. The data rule out a possible enhancement of the yield in the leptonic over the hadronic decay channel of a factor 1.6 or larger at the 95% C.L. This rules out the discrepancy reported in the literature between measurements of the hadronic and dimuon decay channels by two different experiments.

Original language	English
Article number	152301
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	96
Issue number	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.152301
State	Published - 2006

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Adamová, D., Agakichiev, G., Antończyk, D., Appelshäuser, H., Belaga, V., Bielčíková, J., Braun-Munzinger, P., Busch, O., Cherlin, A., Damjanovic, S., Dietel, T., Dietrich, L., Drees, A., Esumi, S. I., Filimonov, K., Fomenko, K., Fraenkel, Z., Garabatos, C., Glässel, P., ... Yurevich, V. (2006). Leptonic and charged kaon decay modes of the meson measured in heavy-ion collisions at the CERN super proton synchrotron. Physical Review Letters, 96(15), Article 152301. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.152301

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AU - Belaga, V.

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AU - Petchenova, O.

AU - Petráček, V.

AU - Radomski, S.

AU - Rak, J.

AU - Ravinovich, I.

AU - Rehak, P.

AU - Sako, H.

AU - Schmitz, W.

AU - Schukraft, J.

AU - Sedykh, S.

AU - Shimansky, S.

AU - Stachel, J.

AU - Šumbera, M.

AU - Tilsner, H.

AU - Tserruya, I.

AU - Tsiledakis, G.

AU - Wessels, J. P.

AU - Wienold, T.

AU - Wurm, J. P.

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Leptonic and charged kaon decay modes of the meson measured in heavy-ion collisions at the CERN super proton synchrotron

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