Observation of Directed Flow of Hypernuclei H Λ3 and H Λ4 in sNN =3 GeV Au+Au Collisions at RHIC

STAR Collaboration

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.212301

Observation of Directed Flow of Hypernuclei H Λ3 and H Λ4 in sNN =3 GeV Au+Au Collisions at RHIC

STAR Collaboration

Chemistry

Texas A&M University
Czech Technical University in Prague
Ohio State University
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Panjab University
Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre India
Russian Research Centre Kurchatov Institute
Moscow Engineering Physics Institute
Abilene Christian University
Universidad de Tarapacá
University of California at Riverside
University of Houston
University of Jammu
Stony Brook University
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yale University
University of California at Davis
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
University of California at Los Angeles
Indiana University Bloomington
Shandong University
Fudan University
Tsinghua University
Brookhaven National Laboratory
University of California at Berkeley
University of Illinois at Chicago
Heidelberg University
Institute for High Energy Physics

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We report here the first observation of directed flow (v1) of the hypernuclei HΛ3 and HΛ4 in mid-central Au+Au collisions at sNN=3 GeV at RHIC. These data are taken as part of the beam energy scan program carried out by the STAR experiment. From 165×106 events in 5%-40% centrality, about 8400 HΛ3 and 5200 HΛ4 candidates are reconstructed through two- and three-body decay channels. We observe that these hypernuclei exhibit significant directed flow. Comparing to that of light nuclei, it is found that the midrapidity v1 slopes of HΛ3 and HΛ4 follow baryon number scaling, implying that the coalescence is the dominant mechanism for these hypernuclei production in the 3 GeV Au+Au collisions.

Original language	English
Article number	212301
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	130
Issue number	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.212301
State	Published - May 26 2023

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Observation of Directed Flow of Hypernuclei H Λ3 and H Λ4 in sNN =3 GeV Au+Au Collisions at RHIC

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