Indirect observation of an in-medium eta' mass reduction in sqrt(sNN)=200 GeV Au+Au collisions
Abstract
PHENIX and STAR data on the intercept parameter of the two-pion Bose-Einstein correlation functions in sqrt(sNN) = 200 GeV Au+Au collisions are analyzed in terms of different models of hadronic multiplicities. To describe this combined PHENIX and STAR dataset, an in-medium eta' mass reduction of at least 200 MeV is needed, at the 99.9 % confidence level in the considered model class. Such a significant eta' mass modification may indicate the restoration of the UA(1) symmetry in a hot and dense hadronic matter and the return of the 9th "prodigal" Goldstone boson.
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