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      <author>Yassine, R. Abou</author>
      <author>Adamczewski-Musch, J.</author>
      <author>Asal, C.</author>
      <author>Becker, M.</author>
      <author>Belounnas, A.</author>
      <author>Blanco, A.</author>
      <author>Blume, C.</author>
      <author>Chlad, L.</author>
      <author>Chudoba, P.</author>
      <author>Ciepał, I.</author>
      <author>Dreyer, J.</author>
      <author>Esmail, Waleed Ahmed Mohammed</author>
      <author>Fabbietti, L.</author>
      <author>Floersheimer, H.</author>
      <author>Förtsch, J.</author>
      <author>Fonte, P.</author>
      <author>Friese, J.</author>
      <author>Fröhlich, I.</author>
      <author>Galatyuk, T.</author>
      <author>Greifenhagen, R.</author>
      <author>Grunwald, M.</author>
      <author>Gumberidze, M.</author>
      <author>Harabasz, S.</author>
      <author>Heinz, T.</author>
      <author>Höhne, C.</author>
      <author>Hojeij, F.</author>
      <author>Holzmann, Romain</author>
      <author>Huck, H.</author>
      <author>Idzik, M.</author>
      <author>Kämpfer, B.</author>
      <author>Kampert, K-H.</author>
      <author>Kardan, B.</author>
      <author>Kedych, V.</author>
      <author>Kim, S.</author>
      <author>Koenig, I.</author>
      <author>Koenig, W.</author>
      <author>Kohls, M.</author>
      <author>Kolas, J.</author>
      <author>Kornakov, G.</author>
      <author>Kotte, R.</author>
      <author>Kres, I.</author>
      <author>Krueger, W.</author>
      <author>Kugler, A.</author>
      <author>Lalik, R.</author>
      <author>Lebedev, S.</author>
      <author>Linev, S.</author>
      <author>Linz, F.</author>
      <author>Lopes, L.</author>
      <author>Lorenz, M.</author>
      <author>Malige, A.</author>
      <author>Markert, J.</author>
      <author>Matulewicz, T.</author>
      <author>Maurus, S.</author>
      <author>Metag, V.</author>
      <author>Michel, J.</author>
      <author>Molenda, A.</author>
      <author>Müntz, C.</author>
      <author>Nabroth, M.</author>
      <author>Naumann, L.</author>
      <author>Nowakowski, K.</author>
      <author>Opíchal, A.</author>
      <author>Orliński, J.</author>
      <author>Otto, J. -H.</author>
      <author>Parschau, M.</author>
      <author>Pauly, C.</author>
      <author>Pawlowska-Szymanska, D.</author>
      <author>Pechenov, V.</author>
      <author>Pechenova, Olga</author>
      <author>Pfeifer, D.</author>
      <author>Piasecki, K.</author>
      <author>Pietraszko, J.</author>
      <author>Povar, T.</author>
      <author>Prościński, K.</author>
      <author>Prozorov, A.</author>
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      <author>Ramstein, B.</author>
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      <author>Schwab, E.</author>
      <author>Scozzi, F.</author>
      <author>Seck, F.</author>
      <author>Selyuzhenkov, I.</author>
      <author>Singh, U.</author>
      <author>Skorpil, L.</author>
      <author>Smyrski, J.</author>
      <author>Spies, S.</author>
      <author>Sreejith, A.</author>
      <author>Ströbele, H.</author>
      <author>Stroth, J.</author>
      <author>Sumara, K.</author>
      <author>Svoboda, O.</author>
      <author>Szala, M.</author>
      <author>Tlusty, P.</author>
      <author>Traxler, M.</author>
      <author>Treliński, S.</author>
      <author>Udrea, I. C.</author>
      <author>Ulrich-Pur, F.</author>
      <author>Ungethum, C.</author>
      <author>Wagner, V.</author>
      <author>Weber, A. A.</author>
      <author>Wendisch, C.</author>
      <author>Wirth, J.</author>
      <author>Władyszewska, A.</author>
      <author>Zbroszczyk, H. P.</author>
      <author>Zherebtsova, E.</author>
      <author>Zieliński, M.</author>
      <author>Zumbruch, P.</author>
      <author>HADES Collaboration</author>
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      <author>HAD</author>
      <author>FHF</author>
      <author>HADES@FAIR</author>
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  <titles>
    <title>Formation and lifetime measurements of light hypernuclei in Ag+Ag collisions at $\mathrm{\sqrt{s_{NN}}}$ = 2.55 GeV</title>
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  <publisher>arXiv</publisher>
  <electronic-resource-num>10.48550/ARXIV.2512.12454</electronic-resource-num>
  <pages>9</pages>
  <number/>
  <volume/>
  <abstract>We present the first observation of $\mathrm{^{3}_ΛH}$ and $\mathrm{^{4}_ΛH}$ in Ag+Ag collisions at $\mathrm{\sqrt{s_{NN}}}$ = 2.55 GeV, emitted around mid-rapidity. The hypernuclei are reconstructed via their two-body decay channels and identified through their weak-decay topology, employing an artificial neural network for enhanced discrimination. The analysis methodology is validated using $Λ$ hyperons. The resulting rapidity distributions, dN/dy, exhibit a bell shape centered at mid-rapidity. The yield of $\mathrm{^{4}_ΛH}$ is equal to or exceeds that of $\mathrm{^{3}_ΛH}$, which contrasts the measurement from the STAR collaboration at $\mathrm{\sqrt{s_{NN}}}$ = 3 GeV and is consistent with a scenario in which hypernuclei receive feed-down from excited states. The data enable a high-precision measurement of the hypernuclei lifetimes. For the $\mathrm{^{3}_ΛH}$, a lifetime of $\mathrm{τ_{^{3}_ΛH}}$ = $(239 \pm 23{\mathrm{(stat)}} \pm 18{\mathrm{(sys)}})\,\mathrm{ps}$, is extracted, consistent on the 1$σ$ level with that of the free $Λ$. In contrast, the $\mathrm{^{4}_ΛH}$ lifetime of $\mathrm{τ_{^{4}_ΛH}}$ = $(209 \pm 7{\mathrm{(stat)}} \pm 10{\mathrm{(sys)}})\,\mathrm{ps}$, shows a 4.5 $σ$ deviation from the free $Λ$ lifetime. The results consolidate the available world data.</abstract>
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  <label>PUB:(DE-HGF)25, ; 28, ; </label>
  <keywords>
    <keyword>Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)</keyword>
    <keyword>High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)</keyword>
    <keyword>FOS: Physical sciences</keyword>
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  <work-type>Preprint</work-type>
  <dates>
    <pub-dates>
      <year>2025</year>
    </pub-dates>
  </dates>
  <accession-num>GSI-2026-00377</accession-num>
  <year>2025</year>
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