Evidence for radial flow of thermal dileptons in high-energy nuclear collisions

R. Arnaldi; K. Banicz; J. Castor; B. Chaurand; C. Cicalò; A. Colla; P. Cortese; S. Damjanovic; A. David; A. De Falco; A. Devaux; L. Ducroux; H. En'Yo; J. Fargeix; A. Ferretti; M. Floris; A. Förster; P. Force; N. Guettet; A. Guichard; H. Gulkanian; J. M. Heuser; M. Keil; L. Kluberg; C. Lourenço; J. Lozano; F. Manso; P. Martins; A. Masoni; A. Neves; H. Ohnishi; C. Oppedisano; P. Parracho; P. Pillot; T. Poghosyan; G. Puddu; E. Radermacher; P. Ramalhete; P. Rosinsky; E. Scomparin; J. Seixas; S. Serci; R. Shahoyan; P. Sonderegger; H. J. Specht; R. Tieulent; G. Usai; R. Veenhof; H. K. Wöhri

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.022302

Evidence for radial flow of thermal dileptons in high-energy nuclear collisions

R. Arnaldi, K. Banicz, J. Castor, B. Chaurand, C. Cicalò, A. Colla, P. Cortese, S. Damjanovic, A. David, A. De Falco, A. Devaux, L. Ducroux, H. En'Yo, J. Fargeix, A. Ferretti, M. Floris, A. Förster, P. Force, N. Guettet, A. GuichardH. Gulkanian, J. M. Heuser, M. Keil, L. Kluberg, C. Lourenço, J. Lozano, F. Manso, P. Martins, A. Masoni, A. Neves, H. Ohnishi, C. Oppedisano, P. Parracho, P. Pillot, T. Poghosyan, G. Puddu, E. Radermacher, P. Ramalhete, P. Rosinsky, E. Scomparin, J. Seixas, S. Serci, R. Shahoyan, P. Sonderegger, H. J. Specht, R. Tieulent, G. Usai, R. Veenhof, H. K. Wöhri

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The NA60 experiment at the CERN SPS has studied low-mass dimuon production in 158AGeV In-In collisions. An excess of pairs above the known meson decays has been reported before. We now present precision results on the associated transverse momentum spectra. The slope parameter Teff extracted from the spectra rises with dimuon mass up to the ρ, followed by a sudden decline above. While the initial rise is consistent with the expectations for radial flow of a hadronic decay source, the decline signals a transition to an emission source with much smaller flow. This may well represent the first direct evidence for thermal radiation of partonic origin in nuclear collisions.

Original language	English
Article number	022302
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	100
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.022302
Publication status	Published - 2008 Jan 16
Externally published	Yes

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Arnaldi, R., Banicz, K., Castor, J., Chaurand, B., Cicalò, C., Colla, A., Cortese, P., Damjanovic, S., David, A., De Falco, A., Devaux, A., Ducroux, L., En'Yo, H., Fargeix, J., Ferretti, A., Floris, M., Förster, A., Force, P., Guettet, N., ... Wöhri, H. K. (2008). Evidence for radial flow of thermal dileptons in high-energy nuclear collisions. Physical review letters, 100(2), [022302]. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.022302

Arnaldi, R, Banicz, K, Castor, J, Chaurand, B, Cicalò, C, Colla, A, Cortese, P, Damjanovic, S, David, A, De Falco, A, Devaux, A, Ducroux, L, En'Yo, H, Fargeix, J, Ferretti, A, Floris, M, Förster, A, Force, P, Guettet, N, Guichard, A, Gulkanian, H, Heuser, JM, Keil, M, Kluberg, L, Lourenço, C, Lozano, J, Manso, F, Martins, P, Masoni, A, Neves, A, Ohnishi, H, Oppedisano, C, Parracho, P, Pillot, P, Poghosyan, T, Puddu, G, Radermacher, E, Ramalhete, P, Rosinsky, P, Scomparin, E, Seixas, J, Serci, S, Shahoyan, R, Sonderegger, P, Specht, HJ, Tieulent, R, Usai, G, Veenhof, R & Wöhri, HK 2008, 'Evidence for radial flow of thermal dileptons in high-energy nuclear collisions', Physical review letters, vol. 100, no. 2, 022302. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.022302

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