Energy dependence of $\varphi$(1020) meson production in nucleus-nucleus collisions at the CERN SPS

Abstract

This paper presents preliminary results from the NA61/SHINE experiment on $\varphi$ meson production in central Ar+Sc collisions at beam momenta of 150$A$, 75$A$, and 40$A$ GeV/$c$ (corresponding to $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 16.8, 11.9, and 8.8 GeV, respectively). These results include double differential distributions in rapidity ($y$) and transverse momentum ($p_T$), as well as $p_T$-integrated rapidity distributions and total $\varphi$ yields. Additionally, the widths of the rapidity distributions of $\varphi$ and $\varphi /\pi$ yield ratios are compared to those from Pb+Pb and \pp reactions. Notably, this work represents the first-ever measurements of $\varphi$ production in a mid-sized system at SPS energies.

Submitted to Proceedings from The 21st International Conference on Strangeness in Quark Matter, SQM 2024, 3-7 Jun 2024, Strasbourg, France

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