Speaker
Description
A major objective in the field of high-energy nuclear physics is to
quantify and characterize the quark-gluon plasma formed in relativistic
heavy-ion collisions. The ϕ meson is an excellent probe for studying
this hot and dense state of nuclear matter because of its very short
lifetime. The ϕ->µ+µ- decay channel is particularly interesting because
the decay muons do not interact with its surrounding matter. Since ϕ
meson is composed of a strange and anti-strange quark, its nuclear
modification in heavy-ion collisions may provide an insight into
strangeness enhancement in-medium. The PHENIX experiment at RHIC has
measured ϕ meson with its muon spectrometers installed at forward region
(1.2 < |y| < 2.2) in a variety of p(d)+A collision systems at different
energies. Similar measurement in Au + Au collisions may provide useful
information about the hot nuclear matter (HNM) created in these events.
In this talk, we will present the analysis report of ϕ meson production
at forward rapidity in Au + Au collisions at √SNN = 200 GeV.
