First measurement of the ρ spectral function in high-energy nuclear collisions

R. Arnaldi; R. Averbeck; K. Banicz; J. Castor; B. Chaurand; C. Cicalò; A. Colla; P. Cortese; S. Damjanovic; A. David; A. De Falco; A. Devaux; A. Drees; 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; A. Masoni; P. Martins; A. Neves; H. Ohnishi; C. Oppedisano; P. Parracho; Ph Pillot; 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.96.162302

First measurement of the ρ spectral function in high-energy nuclear collisions

R. Arnaldi, R. Averbeck, K. Banicz, J. Castor, B. Chaurand, C. Cicalò, A. Colla, P. Cortese, S. Damjanovic, A. David, A. De Falco, A. Devaux, A. Drees, L. Ducroux, H. En'Yo, J. Fargeix, A. Ferretti, M. Floris, A. Förster, P. ForceN. Guettet, A. Guichard, H. Gulkanian, J. M. Heuser, M. Keil, L. Kluberg, C. Lourenço, J. Lozano, F. Manso, A. Masoni, P. Martins, A. Neves, H. Ohnishi, C. Oppedisano, P. Parracho, Ph Pillot, 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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We report on a precision measurement of low-mass muon pairs in 158 AGeV indium-indium collisions at the CERN SPS. A significant excess of pairs is observed above the yield expected from neutral meson decays. The unprecedented sample size of 360□000 dimuons and the good mass resolution of about 2% allow us to isolate the excess by subtraction of the decay sources. The shape of the resulting mass spectrum is consistent with a dominant contribution from π+π-→ρ→μ+μ- annihilation. The associated space-time averaged ρ spectral function shows a strong broadening, but essentially no shift in mass. This may rule out theoretical models linking hadron masses directly to the chiral condensate.

Original language	English
Article number	162302
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	96
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.162302
Publication status	Published - 2006

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Arnaldi, R., Averbeck, R., Banicz, K., Castor, J., Chaurand, B., Cicalò, C., Colla, A., Cortese, P., Damjanovic, S., David, A., De Falco, A., Devaux, A., Drees, A., Ducroux, L., En'Yo, H., Fargeix, J., Ferretti, A., Floris, M., Förster, A., ... Wöhri, H. K. (2006). First measurement of the ρ spectral function in high-energy nuclear collisions. Physical Review Letters, 96(16), Article 162302. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.162302

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