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P-p, p- Λ, and Λ- Λ correlations studied via femtoscopy in pp reactions at s =7 TeV p-p, p- Λ, and Λ- Λ ⋯ S. ACHARYA et al. / ALICE Collaboration.
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T1 - P-p, p- Λ, and Λ- Λ correlations studied via femtoscopy in pp reactions at s =7 TeV p-p, p- Λ, and Λ- Λ ⋯ S. ACHARYA et al.
AU - ALICE Collaboration
AU - Acharya, S.
AU - Adamová, D.
AU - Adolfsson, J.
AU - Aggarwal, M. M.
AU - Aglieri Rinella, G.
AU - Agnello, M.
AU - Agrawal, N.
AU - Ahammed, Z.
AU - Ahn, S. U.
AU - Aiola, S.
AU - Akindinov, A.
AU - Al-Turany, M.
AU - Alam, S. N.
AU - Albuquerque, D. S.D.
AU - Aleksandrov, D.
AU - Alessandro, B.
AU - Alfaro Molina, R.
AU - Ali, Y.
AU - Alici, A.
AU - Alkin, A.
AU - Alme, J.
AU - Alt, T.
AU - Altenkamper, L.
AU - Altsybeev, I.
AU - Anaam, M. N.
AU - Andrei, C.
AU - Andreou, D.
AU - Andrews, H. A.
AU - Andronic, A.
AU - Angeletti, M.
AU - Anguelov, V.
AU - Anson, C.
AU - Antičić, T.
AU - Antinori, F.
AU - Antonioli, P.
AU - Anwar, R.
AU - Apadula, N.
AU - Aphecetche, L.
AU - Appelshäuser, H.
AU - Arcelli, S.
AU - Arnaldi, R.
AU - Arnold, O. W.
AU - Arsene, I. C.
AU - Arslandok, M.
AU - Augustinus, A.
AU - Feofilov, G.
AU - Kovalenko, V.
AU - Vechernin, V.
AU - Zarochentsev, A.
AU - Zherebchevskii, V.
PY - 2019/2/13
Y1 - 2019/2/13
N2 - We report on the first femtoscopic measurement of baryon pairs, such as p-p, p-Λ, and Λ-Λ, measured by ALICE at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in proton-proton collisions at s=7TeV. This study demonstrates the feasibility of such measurements in pp collisions at ultrarelativistic energies. The femtoscopy method is employed to constrain the hyperon-nucleon and hyperon-hyperon interactions, which are still rather poorly understood. A new method to evaluate the influence of residual correlations induced by the decays of resonances and experimental impurities is hereby presented. The p-p, p-Λ, and Λ-Λ correlation functions were fitted simultaneously with the help of a new tool developed specifically for the femtoscopy analysis in small colliding systems: Correlation Analysis Tool using the Schrödinger equation (CATS). Within the assumption that in pp collisions the three particle pairs originate from a common source, its radius is found to be equal to r0=1.125±0.018(stat)-0.035+0.058(syst) fm. The sensitivity of the measured p-Λ correlation is tested against different scattering parameters, which are defined by the interaction among the two particles, but the statistics is not sufficient yet to discriminate among different models. The measurement of the Λ-Λ correlation function constrains the phase space spanned by the effective range and scattering length of the strong interaction. Discrepancies between the measured scattering parameters and the resulting correlation functions at LHC and RHIC energies are discussed in the context of various models.
AB - We report on the first femtoscopic measurement of baryon pairs, such as p-p, p-Λ, and Λ-Λ, measured by ALICE at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in proton-proton collisions at s=7TeV. This study demonstrates the feasibility of such measurements in pp collisions at ultrarelativistic energies. The femtoscopy method is employed to constrain the hyperon-nucleon and hyperon-hyperon interactions, which are still rather poorly understood. A new method to evaluate the influence of residual correlations induced by the decays of resonances and experimental impurities is hereby presented. The p-p, p-Λ, and Λ-Λ correlation functions were fitted simultaneously with the help of a new tool developed specifically for the femtoscopy analysis in small colliding systems: Correlation Analysis Tool using the Schrödinger equation (CATS). Within the assumption that in pp collisions the three particle pairs originate from a common source, its radius is found to be equal to r0=1.125±0.018(stat)-0.035+0.058(syst) fm. The sensitivity of the measured p-Λ correlation is tested against different scattering parameters, which are defined by the interaction among the two particles, but the statistics is not sufficient yet to discriminate among different models. The measurement of the Λ-Λ correlation function constrains the phase space spanned by the effective range and scattering length of the strong interaction. Discrepancies between the measured scattering parameters and the resulting correlation functions at LHC and RHIC energies are discussed in the context of various models.
KW - HEAVY-ION COLLISIONS
KW - EXCHANGE-POTENTIAL APPROACH
KW - BARYON-BARYON SCATTERING
KW - SIGMA(0) PRODUCTION
KW - NUCLEON-NUCLEON
KW - HYPERON
KW - STATE
KW - INTERFEROMETRY
KW - PARTICLES
KW - SYSTEM
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85061838893&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevC.99.024001
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevC.99.024001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85061838893
VL - 99
JO - Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics
JF - Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics
SN - 0556-2813
IS - 2
M1 - 024001
ER -
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