Study of the deuterons emission time in pp collisions at the LHC via kaon-deuteron correlations

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Main Authors: Doce, Oton Vázquez, Mihaylov, Dimitar, Fabbietti, Laura
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author Doce, Oton Vázquez
Mihaylov, Dimitar
Fabbietti, Laura
author_facet Doce, Oton Vázquez
Mihaylov, Dimitar
Fabbietti, Laura
contents The femtoscopy correlation between positively charged kaons and deuterons measured in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s}=$ 13 TeV at the LHC with the ALICE experiment is employed to determine the upper limit for the time delay of the deuteron emission with respect to all other hadrons. Two scenarios are considered: the first assumes that deuterons form following the decays of short-lived strong resonances, while the second assumes that deuteron production occurs simultaneously with all other primary hadrons. For both scenarios, an additional delay time can be introduced using the CECA source model and its upper limit can be extracted by fitting the femtoscopy correlation. Two models are considered for the strong K$^+$d final state interaction. For the scenario where deuterons production is affected by baryonic resonances the upper limit of the time delay is 2.25 fm/c, while for the primary production scenario the upper limit is 4.75 fm/c. These results support the hypothesis of an early formation of the deuteron as an extended, weakly bound composite object in ultra-relativistic proton-proton collisions at the LHC.
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spellingShingle Study of the deuterons emission time in pp collisions at the LHC via kaon-deuteron correlations
Doce, Oton Vázquez
Mihaylov, Dimitar
Fabbietti, Laura
Nuclear Experiment
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
The femtoscopy correlation between positively charged kaons and deuterons measured in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s}=$ 13 TeV at the LHC with the ALICE experiment is employed to determine the upper limit for the time delay of the deuteron emission with respect to all other hadrons. Two scenarios are considered: the first assumes that deuterons form following the decays of short-lived strong resonances, while the second assumes that deuteron production occurs simultaneously with all other primary hadrons. For both scenarios, an additional delay time can be introduced using the CECA source model and its upper limit can be extracted by fitting the femtoscopy correlation. Two models are considered for the strong K$^+$d final state interaction. For the scenario where deuterons production is affected by baryonic resonances the upper limit of the time delay is 2.25 fm/c, while for the primary production scenario the upper limit is 4.75 fm/c. These results support the hypothesis of an early formation of the deuteron as an extended, weakly bound composite object in ultra-relativistic proton-proton collisions at the LHC.
title Study of the deuterons emission time in pp collisions at the LHC via kaon-deuteron correlations
topic Nuclear Experiment
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.04562