Azimuthal Emission Patterns of $K^{+}$ and of $ K^{-} $ Mesons in Ni + Ni Collisions near the Strangeness Production Threshold
V. Zinyuk
,
T. I. Kang
,
Y. Leifels
,
N. Herrmann
,
B. Hong
,
R. Averbeck
,
A. Andronic
,
V. Barret
(1)
,
Z. Basrak
,
N. Bastid
(1)
,
M. L. Benabderrahmane
,
M. Berger
,
P. Buehler
,
M. Cargnelli
,
R. Čaplar
,
I. Carevic
,
P. Crochet
(1)
,
I. Deppner
,
P. Dupieux
(1)
,
M. Dželalija
,
L. Fabbietti
,
Z. Fodor
,
P. Gasik
,
I. Gašparić
,
Y. Grishkin
,
O. N. Hartmann
,
K. D. Hildenbrand
,
J. Kecskemeti
,
Y. J. Kim
,
M. Kirejczyk
,
M. Kiš
,
P. Koczon
,
R. Kotte
,
A. Lebedev
,
A. Le Fèvre
,
J. L. Liu
,
X. Lopez
(1)
,
V. Manko
,
J. Marton
,
T. Matulewicz
,
R. Münzer
,
M. Petrovici
,
K. Piasecki
,
F. Rami
(2)
,
A. Reischl
,
W. Reisdorf
,
M. S. Ryu
,
P. Schmidt
,
A. Schüttauf
,
Z. Seres
,
B. Sikora
,
K. S. Sim
,
V. Simion
,
K. Siwek-Wilczyńska
,
V. Smolyankin
,
K. Suzuki
,
Z. Tyminski
,
P. Wagner
,
E. Widmann
,
K. Wiśniewski
,
Z. G. Xiao
,
I. Yushmanov
,
Y. Zhang
,
A. Zhilin
,
J. Zmeskal
,
E. Bratkovskaya
,
Christoph Hartnack
(3)
V. Zinyuk
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T. I. Kang
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Y. Leifels
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N. Herrmann
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B. Hong
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R. Averbeck
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A. Andronic
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Z. Basrak
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M. L. Benabderrahmane
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M. Berger
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P. Buehler
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M. Cargnelli
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R. Čaplar
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I. Carevic
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I. Deppner
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M. Dželalija
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L. Fabbietti
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Z. Fodor
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P. Gasik
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I. Gašparić
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Y. Grishkin
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O. N. Hartmann
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K. D. Hildenbrand
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J. Kecskemeti
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Y. J. Kim
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M. Kirejczyk
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M. Kiš
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P. Koczon
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R. Kotte
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A. Lebedev
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A. Le Fèvre
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J. L. Liu
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V. Manko
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J. Marton
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T. Matulewicz
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R. Münzer
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M. Petrovici
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K. Piasecki
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A. Reischl
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W. Reisdorf
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M. S. Ryu
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P. Schmidt
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A. Schüttauf
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Z. Seres
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B. Sikora
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K. S. Sim
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V. Simion
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K. Siwek-Wilczyńska
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V. Smolyankin
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K. Suzuki
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Z. Tyminski
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P. Wagner
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E. Widmann
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K. Wiśniewski
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Z. G. Xiao
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I. Yushmanov
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Y. Zhang
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A. Zhilin
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J. Zmeskal
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E. Bratkovskaya
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Christoph Hartnack
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Abstract
Azimuthal emission patterns of $K^\pm$ mesons have been measured in Ni + Ni collisions with the FOPI spectrometer at a beam kinetic energy of 1.91 A GeV. The transverse momentum $p_{T}$ integrated directed and elliptic flow of $K^{+}$ and $K^{-}$ mesons as well as the centrality dependence of $p_{T}$ - differential directed flow of $K^{+}$ mesons are compared to the predictions of HSD and IQMD transport models. The data exhibits different propagation patterns of $K^{+}$ and $K^{-}$ mesons in the compressed and heated nuclear medium and favor the existence of a kaon-nucleon in-medium potential, repulsive for $K^{+}$ mesons and attractive for $K^{-}$ mesons.