Measurement of kaon directed flow in Au+Au collisions in the high baryon density region

STAR Collaboration

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2026.140353

Measurement of kaon directed flow in Au+Au collisions in the high baryon density region

STAR Collaboration

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Texas A&M University
Czech Technical University in Prague
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Panjab University
Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre
Alikhanov Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics
Moscow Engineering Physics Institute
Kent State University
Fudan University
Abilene Christian University
Universidad de Tarapacá
Shandong University
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Berhampur
University of California at Riverside
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Tirupati
University of Jammu
Stony Brook University
Ohio State University
University of Houston
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yale University
University of California at Davis
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Purdue University
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National Institute of Technology, Durgapur
Central China Normal University
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Brookhaven National Laboratory
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Institute for High Energy Physics
American University
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Academia Sinica Taiwan HQ
National Cheng Kung University
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University of Science and Technology of China
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Wuhan University of Science and Technology
South China Normal University
Texas Southern University
National Institute of Science Education and Research
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Max Planck Institute for Physics (Werner Heisenberg Institute)
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Indian Institute of Technology Patna
Ball State University
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Argonne National Laboratory
Chongqing University
Lanzhou University
Goethe University Frankfurt

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Rapidity-odd directed flow v ₁ measurements are presented for K ^± and K_S⁰ in Au + Au collisions for s_NN from 3.0 to 3.9 GeV with the STAR experiment. For comparison, v ₁ of π ^±, protons, and Λ from the same collisions are also discussed. The mid-rapidity v ₁ slope dv₁/dy|_y=0 for protons and Λ is positive in these collisions. On the other hand, v ₁ slope of kaons exhibits a strong p_T dependence: negative at p_T< 0.6 GeV/ c and positive at higher p_T. A similar p_T dependence is also evident for the v ₁ slope of charged pions. Compared to the spectator-removed calculations in Au+Au collisions at s_NN= 3.0–3.9 GeV, the JAM model demonstrates a pronounced shift of the v ₁ slopes of mesons towards the negative direction. It suggests that the shadowing effect of the spectators plays an important role in the observed kaon anti-flow at low p_T in the high baryon density region of non-central collisions.

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Número de artículo	140353
Publicación	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volumen	875
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2026.140353
Estado	Publicada - abr 2026

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