Experimental evidence for an attractive p-ϕ interaction
dc.contributor.author | Acharya, Shreyasi | pt_BR |
dc.contributor.author | Gay Ducati, Maria Beatriz | pt_BR |
dc.contributor.author | Pereira, Luis Gustavo | pt_BR |
dc.contributor.author | Pezzi, Rafael Peretti | pt_BR |
dc.contributor.author | ALICE Collaboration | pt_BR |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-02-16T04:30:23Z | pt_BR |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | pt_BR |
dc.identifier.issn | 0031-9007 | pt_BR |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10183/235174 | pt_BR |
dc.description.abstract | This Letter presents the first experimental evidence of the attractive strong interaction between a proton and a ϕ meson. The result is obtained from two-particle correlations of combined p−ϕ⊕ ¯p−ϕ pairs measured in high-multiplicity pp collisions at √s=13 TeV by the ALICE Collaboration. The spin-averaged scattering length and effective range of the p−ϕ interaction are extracted from the fully corrected correlation function employing the Lednický-Lyuboshits approach. In particular, the imaginary part of the scattering length vanishes within uncertainties, indicating that inelastic processes do not play a prominent role for the p−ϕ interaction. These data demonstrate that the interaction is dominated by elastic p−ϕ scattering. Furthermore, an analysis employing phenomenological Gaussian- and Yukawa-type potentials is conducted. Under the assumption of the latter, the N−ϕ coupling constant is found to be gN−ϕ=0.14±0.03(stat)±0.02(syst). This work provides valuable experimental input to accomplish a self-consistent description of the N−ϕ interaction, which is particularly relevant for the more fundamental studies on partial restoration of chiral symmetry in nuclear medium. | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | pt_BR |
dc.language.iso | eng | pt_BR |
dc.relation.ispartof | Physical review letters. Melville. Vol. 127, no. 17 (Oct. 2021), 172301, 13 p. | pt_BR |
dc.rights | Open Access | en |
dc.subject | Aceleradores de partículas | pt_BR |
dc.subject | Colisões proton-proton | pt_BR |
dc.subject | Cromodinâmica quântica | pt_BR |
dc.title | Experimental evidence for an attractive p-ϕ interaction | pt_BR |
dc.type | Artigo de periódico | pt_BR |
dc.identifier.nrb | 001136791 | pt_BR |
dc.type.origin | Estrangeiro | pt_BR |
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