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Measurement of ${}_{\Lambda}^{3}\mathrm{H}$ production in Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}}$ = 5.02 TeV

Nuclear Experiment 2025-01-15 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

The first measurement of Λ3H_{\Lambda}^{3}\mathrm{H} and Λ3H^3_ {\overline{\Lambda}}\overline{\mathrm{H}} differential production with respect to transverse momentum and centrality in Pb-Pb collisions at sNN=5.02\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}}=5.02~TeV is presented. The Λ3H_{\Lambda}^{3}\mathrm{H} has been reconstructed via its two-charged-body decay channel, i.e., Λ3H3He+π_{\Lambda}^{3}\mathrm{H} \rightarrow {}^{3}\mathrm{He} + \pi^{-}. A Blast-Wave model fit of the pTp_{\rm T}-differential spectra of all nuclear species measured by the ALICE collaboration suggests that the Λ3H_{\Lambda}^{3}\mathrm{H} kinetic freeze-out surface is consistent with that of other nuclei. The ratio between the integrated yields of Λ3H_{\Lambda}^{3}\mathrm{H} and 3He^3\mathrm{He} is compared to predictions from the statistical hadronisation model and the coalescence model, with the latter being favoured by the presented measurements.

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@article{arxiv.2405.19839,
  title  = {Measurement of ${}_{\Lambda}^{3}\mathrm{H}$ production in Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}}$ = 5.02 TeV},
  author = {ALICE Collaboration},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.19839},
  year   = {2025}
}

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21 pages, 4 captioned figures, 1 table, authors from page 15, published version, figures at http://alice-publications.web.cern.ch/node/10995