| Issue |
EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 222, 2019
The XXIV International Workshop “High Energy Physics and Quantum Field Theory” (QFTHEP 2019)
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| Article Number | 02005 | |
| Number of page(s) | 7 | |
| Section | Experiment / Detectors / Data analysis | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201922202005 | |
| Published online | 19 November 2019 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201922202005
Measurement of the neutral and charged K* (892) mesons in the MPD experiment at NICA
1
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute named by B.P.Konstantinov of NRC «Kurchatov Institute», High Energy Physics Division,
188300
Leningradskaya Oblast Gatchina 1 mkr.
Orlova roshcha,
Russia
2
Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University, Institute of Physics, Nanotechnology and Telecommunications,
195251,
St.Petersburg, Polytechnicheskaya, 29,
Russia
3
National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute),
31 Kashirskoe shosse,
Moscow,
115409
Russia Federation
* e-mail: ivanishchev@mail.pnpi.spb.ru
Published online: 19 November 2019
Measurements of K*(892) meson production provide the means to study properties of relativistic heavy-ion collisions. Because of their short lifetimes, the charged and neutral K*(892) mesons provide information about the properties of the late hadronic phase due to the presence of rescattering and regeneration effects that can modify resonance yields. The K*(892) mesons can also be used to study the various mechanisms that shape particle transverse momentum (pT) spectra, including the collective flow, in-medium parton energy loss and recombination. Measurement of neutral K*(892) mesons requires reconstruction of the charged pions and kaons originating from the primary vertex. At the same time, the measurement of charged K*(892) mesons involves reconstruction of the weakly decaying Ks mesons. Simultaneous measurement of the two particles is a way to minimize systematic uncertainties of the corresponding physical studies. We present results of feasibility studies for measurement of the charged and neutral K*(892) mesons in the MPD experimental setup in heavy-ion collisions at NICA energies. Results are obtained using full-scale Monte Carlo simulations of the experimental setup.
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