Measuring KS 0K± interactions using Pb–Pb collisions at sNN=2.76 TeV

ALICE Collaboration

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Abstract

We present the first ever measurements of femtoscopic correlations between the KS 0 and K± particles. The analysis was performed on the data from Pb–Pb collisions at sNN=2.76 TeV measured by the ALICE experiment. The observed femtoscopic correlations are consistent with final-state interactions proceeding via the a0(980) resonance. The extracted kaon source radius and correlation strength parameters for KS 0K are found to be equal within the experimental uncertainties to those for KS 0K+. Comparing the results of the present study with those from published identical-kaon femtoscopic studies by ALICE, mass and coupling parameters for the a0 resonance are tested. Our results are also compatible with the interpretation of the a0 having a tetraquark structure instead of that of a diquark.

Lingua originaleInglese
pagine (da-a)64-77
Numero di pagine14
RivistaPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume774
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 10 nov 2017

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