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

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.092301

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

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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 ps_NN = 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 language	English
Article number	092301
Pages (from-to)	092301-1-092301-6
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	92
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.092301
State	Published - Mar 5 2004

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Funding Information:
We thank M. Bleicher, P. Braun-Munzinger, W. Broniowski, G. E. Brown, W. Florkowski, P. Kolb, G. D. Lafferty, S. Pratt, R. Rapp, and E. Shuryak for valuable discussions. We thank the RHIC Operations Group and RCF at BNL, and the NERSC Center at LBNL for their support. This work was supported in part by the HENP Divisions of the Office of Science of the U.S. DOE; the U.S. NSF; the BMBF of Germany; IN2P3, RA, RPL, and EMN of France; EPSRC of the United Kingdom; FAPESP of Brazil; the Russian Ministry of Science and Technology; the Ministry of Education and the NNSFC of China; SFOM of the Czech Republic, FOM and UU of The Netherlands, DAE, DST, and CSIR of the Government of India; and the Swiss NSF.

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AU - Ahammed, Z.

AU - Amonett, J.

AU - Anderson, B. D.

AU - Arkhipkin, D.

AU - Averichev, G. S.

AU - Badyal, S. K.

AU - Balewski, J.

AU - Barannikova, O.

AU - Barnby, L. S.

AU - Baudot, J.

AU - Bekele, S.

AU - Belaga, V. V.

AU - Bellwied, R.

AU - Berger, J.

AU - Bezverkhny, B. I.

AU - Bhardwaj, S.

AU - Bhati, A. K.

AU - Bichsel, H.

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AU - Bland, L. C.

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AU - Bonner, B. E.

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AU - Boucham, A.

AU - Brandin, A.

AU - Bravar, A.

AU - Cadman, R. V.

AU - Cai, X. Z.

AU - Caines, H.

AU - Calderón De La Barca Sánchez, M.

AU - Carroll, J.

AU - Castillo, J.

AU - Cebra, D.

AU - Chaloupka, P.

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AU - Cherney, M.

AU - Chikanian, A.

AU - Christie, W.

AU - Coffin, J. P.

AU - Cormier, T. M.

AU - Cramer, J. G.

AU - Crawford, H. J.

AU - Das, D.

AU - Fatemi, R.

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