Is $K_{1}/K^{*}$ enhancement in heavy ion collisions a signature of chiral symmetry restoration?

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Main Authors: Sung, Haesom, Cho, Sungtae, Ko, Che Ming, Lee, Su Houng, Lim, Sanghoon
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author Sung, Haesom
Cho, Sungtae
Ko, Che Ming
Lee, Su Houng
Lim, Sanghoon
author_facet Sung, Haesom
Cho, Sungtae
Ko, Che Ming
Lee, Su Houng
Lim, Sanghoon
contents We extend the recent study of $K_{1}/K^{*}$ enhancement as a signature of chiral symmetry restoration in heavy ion collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) via the kinetic approach to include the effects due to non-unity hadron fugacities during the evolution of produced hadronic matter and the temperature-dependent $K_1$ mass. Although the effect of non-unity fugacity only slightly reduces the $K_1/K^*$ enhancement due to chiral symmetry restoration, the inclusion of the temperature-dependent $K_1$ mass leads to a substantial reduction in the $K_1/K^*$ enhancement. However, the final $K_1/K^*$ ratio in peripheral collisions still shows a more than factor of two enhancement compared to the case without chiral symmetry restoration and thus remains a good signature for chiral symmetry restoration in the hot dense matter produced in relativistic heavy ion collisions.
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spellingShingle Is $K_{1}/K^{*}$ enhancement in heavy ion collisions a signature of chiral symmetry restoration?
Sung, Haesom
Cho, Sungtae
Ko, Che Ming
Lee, Su Houng
Lim, Sanghoon
Nuclear Theory
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
We extend the recent study of $K_{1}/K^{*}$ enhancement as a signature of chiral symmetry restoration in heavy ion collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) via the kinetic approach to include the effects due to non-unity hadron fugacities during the evolution of produced hadronic matter and the temperature-dependent $K_1$ mass. Although the effect of non-unity fugacity only slightly reduces the $K_1/K^*$ enhancement due to chiral symmetry restoration, the inclusion of the temperature-dependent $K_1$ mass leads to a substantial reduction in the $K_1/K^*$ enhancement. However, the final $K_1/K^*$ ratio in peripheral collisions still shows a more than factor of two enhancement compared to the case without chiral symmetry restoration and thus remains a good signature for chiral symmetry restoration in the hot dense matter produced in relativistic heavy ion collisions.
title Is $K_{1}/K^{*}$ enhancement in heavy ion collisions a signature of chiral symmetry restoration?
topic Nuclear Theory
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.11434