We report on the first measurement of charm-strange meson Ds±D_s^{pm}Ds± production at midrapidity in Au+Au collisions at sNNsqrt{s_{_{ m NN}}}sNN = 200 GeV from the STAR experiment. The yield ratio between strange (Ds±D_{s}^{pm}Ds±) and non-strange (D0D^{0}D0) open-charm mesons is presented and compared to model calculations. A significant enhancement, relative to a PYTHIA simulation of ppp+ppp collisions, is observed in the Ds±/D0D_{s}^{pm}/D^0Ds±/D0 yield ratio in Au+Au collisions over a large range of collision centralities. Model calculations incorporating abundant strange-quark production in the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) and coalescence hadronization qualitatively reproduce the data. The transverse-momentum integrated yield ratio of Ds±/D0D_{s}^{pm}/D^0Ds±/D0 at midrapidity is consistent with a prediction from a statistical hadronization model with the parameters constrained by the yields of light and strange hadrons measured at the same collision energy. These results suggest that the coalescence of charm quarks with strange quarks in the QGP plays an important role in Ds±D_{s}^{pm}Ds± meson production in heavy-ion collisions.
Observation of D-s(+/-)/D-0 Enhancement in Au+Au Collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV
Fazio, S.Membro del Collaboration Group
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2021-01-01
Abstract
We report on the first measurement of charm-strange meson Ds±D_s^{pm}Ds± production at midrapidity in Au+Au collisions at sNNsqrt{s_{_{ m NN}}}sNN = 200 GeV from the STAR experiment. The yield ratio between strange (Ds±D_{s}^{pm}Ds±) and non-strange (D0D^{0}D0) open-charm mesons is presented and compared to model calculations. A significant enhancement, relative to a PYTHIA simulation of ppp+ppp collisions, is observed in the Ds±/D0D_{s}^{pm}/D^0Ds±/D0 yield ratio in Au+Au collisions over a large range of collision centralities. Model calculations incorporating abundant strange-quark production in the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) and coalescence hadronization qualitatively reproduce the data. The transverse-momentum integrated yield ratio of Ds±/D0D_{s}^{pm}/D^0Ds±/D0 at midrapidity is consistent with a prediction from a statistical hadronization model with the parameters constrained by the yields of light and strange hadrons measured at the same collision energy. These results suggest that the coalescence of charm quarks with strange quarks in the QGP plays an important role in Ds±D_{s}^{pm}Ds± meson production in heavy-ion collisions.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.