Low-mass vector meson production at forward rapidity in p+p and d+Au collisions at (~SNN)^(1/2)=200 GeV from a multiphase transport model

摘要

Low-mass vector meson(ρ, ω, and Ф) production at forward rapidity in p+p and d+Au collisions at (~SNN)^(1/2)=200 Ge V is studied within the framework of a multiphase transport model(AMPT). Detailed investigations, including the transverse momentum and the rapidity dependence of low-mass vector meson production in the AMPT model, show that the hadron interaction process is important for a quantitative description of the ρ and ω data.But for the Ф meson, the strange quark production in the AMPT model with the string melting scenario describes the data reasonably well, while the default AMPT model under-predicts the data. The N(Ф)=N(ρ+ω) ratio from the AMPT model with the string melting scenario perfectly describes the data in p+p collisions. For the d+Au collisions, an increased trend of this ratio vs. transverse momentum and the number of participants are observed from the AMPT model. Our results indicate that a precise measurement of the N(Ф)=N(ρ+ω) ratio in d+Au and Au+Au collisions will shed more light on the strangeness production and its dynamics in quark–gluon plasma.