Dipolar flow of identified hadrons at mid-rapidity using transport models

Abstract

We report a transport model study of the rapidity even component of dipolar flow, $v_1^{\mathrm{even}}$, for identified charged hadrons at mid-rapidity in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=27-200$ GeV. The analysis is performed using the AMPT model, with comparisons to HIJING to quantify non-flow contributions. The $v_1^{\mathrm{even}}$ of identified hadrons ($\ddot{I}€$, $K$, and $p$) shows no significant difference between particles and anti-particles at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=200$ GeV. However, a clear splitting between proton and anti-proton $v_1^{\mathrm{even}}$ develops with decreasing beam energy, while no corresponding difference is observed for mesons ($\ddot{I}{€}^{\pm }$ and $K^{\pm }$). A comparison of the AMPT string melting and default configurations shows that the splitting arises only in the string melting scenario, where partonic interactions and quark coalescence play a dominant role. These results indicate that the proton-antiproton difference in $v_1^{\mathrm{even}}$ is sensitive to baryon transport and early-stage partonic dynamics. Our study highlights the potential of identified-particle $v_1^{\mathrm{even}}$ measurements at RHIC Beam Energy Scan energies as a novel probe of baryon stopping and the evolution of the partonic medium.

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