Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Lambda spectra in 11.6A GeV/c Au-Au collisions.

S Albergo1, R Bellwied, M Bennett

  • 1Università di Catania and INFN-Sezione di Catania, Catania, Italy.

Physical Review Letters
|February 28, 2002
PubMed
Summary

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Search for Light Pseudoscalar Bosons, Pair-Produced in Higgs Boson Decays in the Four-Electron Final State in Proton-Proton Collisions at sqrt[s]=13  TeV.

Physical review letters·2026
Same author

First Evidence for Mixing-Induced CP Violation in B_{s}^{0}→J/ψϕ(1020) Decays in pp Collisions at sqrt[s]=13  TeV.

Physical review letters·2026
Same author

Observation of Suppressed Charged-Particle Production in Ultrarelativistic Oxygen-Oxygen Collisions.

Physical review letters·2026
Same author

Excitation Spectra of the ^{12}C(p,d) Reaction near the η^{'}-Meson Emission Threshold Measured in Coincidence with High-Momentum Protons.

Physical review letters·2026
Same author

Measurement of D^{0} Meson Photoproduction in Ultraperipheral Heavy Ion Collisions.

Physical review letters·2026
Same author

Observation of tWZ Production at the CMS Experiment.

Physical review letters·2026
Same journal

Erratum: Bacterial Turbulence at Compressible Fluid Interfaces [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 138301 (2026)].

Physical review letters·2026
Same journal

Unveiling Light-Quark Yukawa Flavor Structure via Dihadron Fragmentation at Lepton Colliders.

Physical review letters·2026
Same journal

Adaptable Route to Fast Coherent State Transport via Bang-Bang-Bang Protocols.

Physical review letters·2026
Same journal

Topological Transition and Emergence of Elasticity of Dislocation in Skyrmion Lattice: Beyond Kittel's Magnetic-Polar Analogy.

Physical review letters·2026
Same journal

Pound-Drever-Hall Method for Superconducting-Qubit Readout.

Physical review letters·2026
Same journal

Coupling a ^{73}Ge Nuclear Spin to an Electrostatically Defined Quantum Dot in Silicon.

Physical review letters·2026
See all related articles
This summary is machine-generated.

This study measured Lambda production in gold-gold collisions, finding hyperons may have different freeze-out conditions than protons at this energy. Model comparisons highlight discrepancies at midrapidity.

Area of Science:

  • Nuclear Physics
  • Particle Physics
  • High-Energy Physics

Background:

  • Lambda hyperons are crucial probes of the Quark-Gluon Plasma.
  • Understanding particle production in heavy-ion collisions provides insights into extreme matter conditions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To measure Lambda production in 11.6A GeV/c gold-gold (Au-Au) collisions across the full rapidity phase space.
  • To investigate the transverse momentum (p(t)) distributions of Lambda hyperons at midrapidity for the first time at this energy.
  • To compare experimental results with the relativistic quantum molecular dynamics (RQMD) model.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the E896 experiment to collect data from Au-Au collisions at 11.6A GeV/c.
  • Analyzed Lambda production over the entire rapidity phase space.

Related Experiment Videos

  • Measured midrapidity p(t) distributions and compared them with theoretical models.

    • Main Results:

    • Lambda production was measured across the full rapidity phase space.
    • Midrapidity p(t) distributions suggest different freeze-out conditions for Lambda hyperons compared to protons.
    • The RQMD model shows good shape agreement at high rapidity but differs significantly in spectral slopes at midrapidity.

    Conclusions:

    • The measured Lambda p(t) distributions at midrapidity indicate distinct freeze-out conditions from protons.
    • Discrepancies between data and the RQMD model at midrapidity warrant further theoretical investigation.
    • Experimental data are consistent with previous measurements where overlap occurs.