Thermo-coalescence model for Light Nuclei production in Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions

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Main Authors: Yadav, Arun Kumar, Sarkar, Nachiketa, Rode, Sudhir Pandurang, Bhaduri, Partha Pratim, Bhattacharyya, Abhijit, Jaiswal, Amaresh
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author Yadav, Arun Kumar
Sarkar, Nachiketa
Rode, Sudhir Pandurang
Bhaduri, Partha Pratim
Bhattacharyya, Abhijit
Jaiswal, Amaresh
author_facet Yadav, Arun Kumar
Sarkar, Nachiketa
Rode, Sudhir Pandurang
Bhaduri, Partha Pratim
Bhattacharyya, Abhijit
Jaiswal, Amaresh
contents We employ a hybrid approach to describe the light nuclei production mechanism where the nucleons are assumed to be thermally produced, and are allowed to form light nuclei using a coalescence prescription. In this approach, we first fit transverse momentum ($p_{T}$) distribution of nucleons using hydro-inspired boost-invariant blast-wave model. The extracted parameters are then used to describe the deuteron $p_{T}$ spectra, along with two additional parameters that characterize the coalescence prescription employed in this study. We refer this combined approach as ``thermo-coalescence model'' and it is designed to study the deuteron production and describe the experimental measurements. In this work, we analyze the measured $p_{T}$ distribution of protons and deuterons from Pb-Pb collisions at the ALICE Collaboration at LHC. We also evaluate the $p_{T}$-integrated deuteron yields using this approach and compare with experimental measurements. A Bayesian inference framework is employed to determine the best-fit parameters of the thermo-coalescence model. Finally, we estimate the traditionally used experimental coalescence parameter ($B_{A}$) within our framework in order to establish a connection between our model and the conventional coalescence approach commonly used to relate experimental data with theoretical descriptions of light nuclei production.
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spellingShingle Thermo-coalescence model for Light Nuclei production in Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions
Yadav, Arun Kumar
Sarkar, Nachiketa
Rode, Sudhir Pandurang
Bhaduri, Partha Pratim
Bhattacharyya, Abhijit
Jaiswal, Amaresh
Nuclear Theory
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
We employ a hybrid approach to describe the light nuclei production mechanism where the nucleons are assumed to be thermally produced, and are allowed to form light nuclei using a coalescence prescription. In this approach, we first fit transverse momentum ($p_{T}$) distribution of nucleons using hydro-inspired boost-invariant blast-wave model. The extracted parameters are then used to describe the deuteron $p_{T}$ spectra, along with two additional parameters that characterize the coalescence prescription employed in this study. We refer this combined approach as ``thermo-coalescence model'' and it is designed to study the deuteron production and describe the experimental measurements. In this work, we analyze the measured $p_{T}$ distribution of protons and deuterons from Pb-Pb collisions at the ALICE Collaboration at LHC. We also evaluate the $p_{T}$-integrated deuteron yields using this approach and compare with experimental measurements. A Bayesian inference framework is employed to determine the best-fit parameters of the thermo-coalescence model. Finally, we estimate the traditionally used experimental coalescence parameter ($B_{A}$) within our framework in order to establish a connection between our model and the conventional coalescence approach commonly used to relate experimental data with theoretical descriptions of light nuclei production.
title Thermo-coalescence model for Light Nuclei production in Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions
topic Nuclear Theory
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.07844