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Since the start of the LHC heavy ion program, a multitude of rather different high transverse momentum (P_T) observables has become available to study the physics of the interaction of hard partons with a QCD medium. Similarly, multiple…
Recent experimental data show an unexpectedly large spin alignment of $\phi$ mesons in high-energy heavy-ion collisions, which can be explained by short-distance fluctuations of strong-force fields (vector $\phi$ fields) within the…
Precise experimental information on hyperon-nucleon interactions is scarce but of paramount importance to our understanding of the inner structure of compact stars. In this letter, we report the first experimental results of correlation…
In this paper we discuss the relation of particle number cumulants and correlation functions. It is argued that measuring couplings of the genuine multi-particle correlation functions could provide cleaner information on possible…
The STAR Collaboration reports measurements of the collision energy dependence of hypertriton (${}^{3}_{\Lambda}$H) transverse momentum spectra and $p_{\rm T}$-integrated yields at mid-rapidity ($|y|<$0.5) in Au+Au collisions at 11…
The momentum correlation functions of S = -2 baryon pairs (p Xi^- and Lambda Lambda) produced in high-energy pp and pA collisions are investigated on the basis of the coupled-channel formalism. The strong interaction is described by the…
We search $t$-matrix poles for $\Lambda N-\Sigma N$ coupling interactions using two soft core models of the Nijmegen group which bind the hypertriton at the correct binding energy, and hard core models which are still influential in…
High yield of strange particle production per central collision in nucleus-nucleus collisions at RHIC and high statistics data set from STAR experiment allow us to measure \Lambda\Lambda correlations. The \Lambda\Lambda correlation…
We study the baryon-baryon interactions with strangeness $S = -2$ and corresponding momentum correlation functions in leading order covariant chiral effective field theory. The relevant low energy constants are determined by fitting to the…
Transverse momentum (mass) spectra of positively and negatively charged pions, positively and negatively charged kaons, protons and antiprotons produced at mid-(pseudo)rapidity in various collisions at high energies are analyzed in this…
We investigate $\Lambda\Lambda$ interaction dependence of the $\Lambda\Lambda$ intensity correlation in high-energy heavy-ion collisions. By analyzing the correlation data recently obtained by the STAR collaboration based on theoretically…
Correlation functions of hadrons can be accessed in high-energy collisions of atomic nuclei, revealing information about the underlying interaction. This work complements experimental efforts to study nucleon-deuteron $Nd$ -- with $N=p$…
We propose a novel method to construct the Landau thermodynamic potential directly from the fluctuations measured in heavy-ion collisions. The potential is capable of revealing the signal of the critical end-point (CEP) and the first order…
The two-particle momentum correlation between the Omega-baryon ($\Omega$) and the $^{4}He (\alpha) $ in high-energy heavy ion collisions is explored. Such correlations as an alternative source of information can help us further understand…
Fluctuations of conserved quantities are believed to be sensitive observables to probe the signature of the QCD phase transition and critical point. It was argued recently that measuring the genuine correlation functions (CFs) could provide…
Understanding the strong interactions between baryons, especially hyperon-nucleon ($Y$-$N$) interactions, is crucial for comprehending the equation-of-state (EoS) of the nuclear matter and inner structure of neutron star. In these…
We present high precision benchmark calculations for the triton binding energy using the most recent, phase equivalent realistic nucleon-nucleon (NN) potentials and the Tuscon-Melbourne pi-pi three-nucleon force (3NF). That 3NF is included…
We report on STAR analyses of p-lambda, p_bar-lambda_bar, p-lambda_bar, p_bar-lambda, p-p_bar and pi-Xi correlations in Au+Au collisions at sqrt(S_NN)=62 and 200 GeV. Measured source sizes in p(p_bar)-lambda(lambda_bar) and p-p_bar are…
We investigate the sensitivity of the $\Lambda$ directed flow to the $\Lambda$ potential in mid-central Au + Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}\approx3.0$--$30$ GeV. The $\Lambda$ potential obtained from the chiral effective field theory…
Within recently proposed approach aimed to effectively describe the observed non-Bose type behavior of the intercept \lambda of two-particle correlation function C(p,K) of identical pions or kaons detected in heavy-ion collisions, the…