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Energy dependence of acceptance-corrected dielectron excess mass spectrum at mid-rapidity in Au+Au collisions at √sNN=19.6 and 200 GeV
Adamczyk, L Adkins, JK Agakishiev, G Aggarwal, MM Ahammed, Z Alekseev, I Alford, J Aparin, A Arkhipkin, D Aschenauer, EC
Adamczyk, L
Adkins, JK
Agakishiev, G
Aggarwal, MM
Ahammed, Z
Alekseev, I
Alford, J
Aparin, A
Arkhipkin, D
Aschenauer, EC
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2015-11-12
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10.1016/j.physletb.2015.08.044
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© 2015 The Authors. The acceptance-corrected dielectron excess mass spectra, where the known hadronic sources have been subtracted from the inclusive dielectron mass spectra, are reported for the first time at mid-rapidity |yee|<1 in minimum-bias Au+Au collisions at √sNN=19.6 and 200 GeV. The excess mass spectra are consistently described by a model calculation with a broadened ρ spectral function for Mee<1.1 GeV/c2. The integrated dielectron excess yield at √sNN=19.6 GeV for 0.4<Mee<0.75 GeV/c2, normalized to the charged particle multiplicity at mid-rapidity, has a value similar to that in In+In collisions at √sNN=17.3 GeV. For √sNN=200 GeV, the normalized excess yield in central collisions is higher than that at √sNN=17.3 GeV and increases from peripheral to central collisions. These measurements indicate that the lifetime of the hot, dense medium created in central Au+Au collisions at √sNN=200 GeV is longer than those in peripheral collisions and at lower energies.
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Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
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