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| author | ALICE Collaboration |
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| contents | Charged kaon--deuteron interactions offer a sensitive probe of the strangeness sector of QCD at low energy, particularly through their scattering parameters. Despite available theoretical predictions, experimental constraints remain absent, particularly for the $\rm K^{-}d$ system. The first measurement of femtoscopic correlation functions for $\rm K^{-}d \oplus K^{+}\overline{d}$ and $\rm K^{+}d \oplus K^{-}\overline{d}$ particle pairs in Pb--Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}=5.02$ TeV recorded by ALICE at the LHC is presented. Correlation functions for both systems are analyzed in three centrality classes and fitted using the Lednický--Lyuboshitz model to extract the source size and strong interaction scattering lengths. The $\rm K^{-}d$ scattering length is found to be $\Re f_0 = -1.44 \pm 0.15\text{ (stat.)}^{+0.10}_{-0.10}$ (syst.) fm and $\Im f_0 = 1.34 \pm 0.33$ (stat.)$^{+0.21}_{-0.15}$ (syst.) fm, while for $\rm K^{+}d$ the value $\Re f_0 = -0.68 \pm 0.16$ (stat.)$^{+0.09}_{-0.09}$ (syst.) fm is obtained. These results provide the first constraints on the $\rm K^{\pm} d$ interaction modeling at low energy, delivering a long-awaited experimental benchmark for testing chiral QCD dynamics. |
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| spellingShingle | First measurement of the strong interaction scattering parameters for the $\mathbf{K^-d}$ and $\mathbf{K^+d}$ systems ALICE Collaboration Nuclear Experiment High Energy Physics - Experiment Charged kaon--deuteron interactions offer a sensitive probe of the strangeness sector of QCD at low energy, particularly through their scattering parameters. Despite available theoretical predictions, experimental constraints remain absent, particularly for the $\rm K^{-}d$ system. The first measurement of femtoscopic correlation functions for $\rm K^{-}d \oplus K^{+}\overline{d}$ and $\rm K^{+}d \oplus K^{-}\overline{d}$ particle pairs in Pb--Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}=5.02$ TeV recorded by ALICE at the LHC is presented. Correlation functions for both systems are analyzed in three centrality classes and fitted using the Lednický--Lyuboshitz model to extract the source size and strong interaction scattering lengths. The $\rm K^{-}d$ scattering length is found to be $\Re f_0 = -1.44 \pm 0.15\text{ (stat.)}^{+0.10}_{-0.10}$ (syst.) fm and $\Im f_0 = 1.34 \pm 0.33$ (stat.)$^{+0.21}_{-0.15}$ (syst.) fm, while for $\rm K^{+}d$ the value $\Re f_0 = -0.68 \pm 0.16$ (stat.)$^{+0.09}_{-0.09}$ (syst.) fm is obtained. These results provide the first constraints on the $\rm K^{\pm} d$ interaction modeling at low energy, delivering a long-awaited experimental benchmark for testing chiral QCD dynamics. |
| title | First measurement of the strong interaction scattering parameters for the $\mathbf{K^-d}$ and $\mathbf{K^+d}$ systems |
| topic | Nuclear Experiment High Energy Physics - Experiment |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.22833 |