In-Medium Effects on K0^0 Mesons in Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions

Apr, 2010
10 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.C 82 (2010) 044907
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Abstract: (arXiv)
We present the transverse momentum spectra and rapidity distributions of π\pi^{-} and KS0^0_S in Ar+KCl reactions at a beam kinetic energy of 1.756 A GeV measured with the spectrometer HADES. The reconstructed KS0^0_S sample is characterized by good event statistics for a wide range in momentum and rapidity. We compare the experimental π\pi^{-} and KS0^0_S distributions to predictions by the IQMD model. The model calculations show that KS0^0_S at low tranverse momenta constitute a particularly well suited tool to investigate the kaon in-medium potential. Our KS0^0_S data suggest a strong repulsive in-medium K0^0 potential of about 40 MeV strength.
Note:
  • 10 pages, 10 figures, accepted by Phys. Rev. C
  • 25.75.Dw
  • 25.75.-q
  • heavy ion: scattering
  • argon
  • potassium: chlorine
  • K0(S): hadroproduction
  • pi-: hadroproduction
  • transverse momentum: momentum spectrum
  • rapidity spectrum
  • K0 nucleus: potential