Phys. Rev. C 65, 041901 (2002) [5 pages]

Midrapidity φ production in Au+Au collisions at sqrt[sNN]=130 GeV

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C. Adler et al. (STAR Collaboration)
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Rapid Communication Received 17 August 2001; published 21 March 2002

We present the first measurement of midrapidity vector meson φ production in Au+Au collisions at RHIC (sqrt[sNN]=130 GeV) from the STAR detector. For the 11% highest multiplicity collisions, the slope parameter from an exponential fit to the transverse mass distribution is T=379±50(stat)±45(syst) MeV, the yield dN/dy=5.73±0.37(stat)±0.69(syst) per event, and the ratio Nφ/Nh- is found to be 0.021±0.001(stat)±0.004(syst). The measured ratio Nφ/Nh- and T for the φ meson at midrapidity do not change for the selected multiplicity bins.


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URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.65.041901
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.65.041901
PACS: 25.75.Dw

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