In-Medium Effects on K0 Mesons in Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions
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G. Agakishiev, A. Balanda, B. Bannier, R. Bassini, D. Belver, A. V. Belyaev, A. Blanco, M. Böhmer, J. L. Boyard, P. Cabanelas
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E. Castro, S. Chernenko, T. Christ, M. Destefanis, J. Díaz, F. Dohrmann, A. Dybczak, T. Eberl, E. Epple, L. Fabbietti, O. V. Fateev, P. Finocchiaro, P. Fonte, J. Friese, I. Fröhlich, T. Galatyuk, J. A. Garzón, R. Gernhäuser, A. Gil, C. Gilardi, M. Golubeva, D. González-Díaz, F. Guber, M. Heilmann
/ Abstract
We present the transverse momentum spectra and rapidity distributions of $π^{-}$ and K$^0_S$ in Ar+KCl reactions at a beam kinetic energy of 1.756 A GeV measured with the spectrometer HADES. The reconstructed K$^0_S$ sample is characterized by good event statistics for a wide range in momentum and rapidity. We compare the experimental $π^{-}$ and K$^0_S$ distributions to predictions by the IQMD model. The model calculations show that K$^0_S$ at low tranverse momenta constitute a particularly well suited tool to investigate the kaon in-medium potential. Our K$^0_S$ data suggest a strong repulsive in-medium K$^0$ potential of about 40 MeV strength.