Light nuclei and hyper-nuclei are produced in abundance in heavy-ion collisions. The production mechanism of these species in heavy-ion collisions still remains to be understood. In these proceedings, we report the transverse momentum and centrality dependence of elliptic flow ($v_2$) of $d$, $t$, and $^3\text{ He}$ in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{ s_{ NN}}$ = 14.6, 19.6, 27, and 54.4 GeV. Mass number scaling of $v_2(p_T)$ of light nuclei is shown. We also report the first observation of hyper-nuclei $^{ 3}_{ \Lambda}$H and $^{ 4}_{ \Lambda}$H directed flow ($v_1$) in $\sqrt{ s_{ NN}}$ = 3 GeV mid-central (5-40\%) Au+Au collisions in the fixed target mode.

Categories: nucl-ex hep-ex hep-ph nucl-th

Collective flow of light nuclei and hyper-nuclei in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 3, 14.6, 19.6, 27, and 54.4 GeV using the STAR detector