Study of clusters and hypernuclei production with the NICA/MPD experiment

Journal Article · Tue Dec 15 04:00:00 EST 2015 · Physics of Atomic Nuclei

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063778815130189· OSTI ID:22471855

Heavy-ion collisions provide the unique possibility to create and investigate hot and dense matter in the laboratory. At the initial stage of the reaction a QGP is formed, while the final stage is driven by the hadronization process and the formation of clusters. The capture of the produced hyperons by clusters of nucleons leads to the hypernuclei formation which is a very rare process at strangeness threshold energies. We report on the first results on the dynamical modeling of cluster formation with the combined PHSD + SACA (Parton–Hadron–Strings dynamics + Simulated Annealing Clusterization Algorithm) model at Nuclotron and NICA energies. The clusters selection in SACA is realized by a simulated annealing procedure to obtain the most bound configuration of fragments and nucleons. Based on present predictions of the combined model we study the possibility to detect such clusters and hypernuclei in the NICA/MPD detector.

• OSTI ID: 22471855
• Journal Information: Physics of Atomic Nuclei, Journal Name: Physics of Atomic Nuclei Journal Issue: 13 Vol. 78; ISSN 1063-7788; ISSN PANUEO
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
ALGORITHMS
ANNEALING
GLUON MODEL
HEAVY ION REACTIONS
HYPERNUCLEI
HYPERONS
NUCLEONS
QUARK MATTER
QUARK MODEL
STRANGENESS
STRING MODELS
THRESHOLD ENERGY