{"paper":{"title":"Direct virtual photon production in Au+Au collisions at $\\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":["hep-ex","hep-ph","nucl-th"],"primary_cat":"nucl-ex","authors_text":"STAR Collaboration","submitted_at":"2016-07-06T00:51:42Z","abstract_excerpt":"We report the direct virtual photon invariant yields in the transverse momentum ranges $1\\!<\\!p_{T}\\!<\\!3$ GeV/$c$ and $5\\!<\\!p_T\\!<\\!10$ GeV/$c$ at mid-rapidity derived from the dielectron invariant mass continuum region $0.10<M_{ee}<0.28$ GeV/$c^{2}$ for 0-80\\% minimum-bias Au+Au collisions at $\\sqrt{s_{NN}}=200$ GeV. A clear excess in the invariant yield compared to the number-of-binary-collisions ($N_{bin}$) scaled $p+p$ reference is observed in the $p_T$ range $1\\!<\\!p_{T}\\!<\\!3$ GeV/$c$. For $p_T\\!>6$ GeV/$c$ the production follows $N_{bin}$ scaling. Model calculations with contributions"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1607.01447","kind":"arxiv","version":2},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}