Directed flow of light nuclei in Au+Au collisions at 10.8<b><i>A</i></b>GeV/<b><i>c</i></b>

Abstract

Directed flow of deuterons, tritons, ${}^{3}\mathrm{He},$ and ${}^{4}\mathrm{He}$ is studied in Au+Au collisions at a beam momentum of $10.8A\mathrm{GeV}/c.$ Flow of all particles is analyzed as a function of transverse momentum for different centralities of the collision. The directed flow signal, ${v}_{1}{(p}_{t}),$ is found to increase with particle mass. This mass dependence is strongest in the projectile rapidity region.