Hadronic resonances in heavy-ion collisions at NICA energies and their reconstruction in the MPD setup

Abstract

The short-lived hadronic resonances are used to study the properties of the hot and dense medium produced in the relativistic heavy-ion collisions. The resonance masses and widths, yields and mean transverse momenta measured in the hadronic decay channels probe different stages of the nuclear collisions and are most sensitive to strangeness production, collective flow and hadronization mechanisms as well as to lifetime and density of the hadronic phase. In this contribution, we discuss line shape modifications for short-lived resonances and their consequences for the yields and shapes of the production spectra measured in heavy-ion collisions at intermediate collision energies, [Formula: see text][Formula: see text]GeV. Capabilities of the MPD facility at NICA to reconstruct resonances in Bi+Bi collisions at [Formula: see text][Formula: see text]GeV are presented and discussed.