scholarly journals Production of pions, kaons, (anti-)protons and $$\phi $$ mesons in Xe–Xe collisions at $$\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}}$$ = 5.44 TeV

2021 ◽  
Vol 81 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
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S. Acharya ◽  
D. Adamová ◽  
A. Adler ◽  
J. Adolfsson ◽  
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AbstractThe first measurement of the production of pions, kaons, (anti-)protons and $$\phi $$ ϕ mesons at midrapidity in Xe–Xe collisions at $$\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}} = 5.44~\text {TeV}$$ s NN = 5.44 TeV is presented. Transverse momentum ($$p_{\mathrm{T}}$$ p T ) spectra and $$p_{\mathrm{T}}$$ p T -integrated yields are extracted in several centrality intervals bridging from p–Pb to mid-central Pb–Pb collisions in terms of final-state multiplicity. The study of Xe–Xe and Pb–Pb collisions allows systems at similar charged-particle multiplicities but with different initial geometrical eccentricities to be investigated. A detailed comparison of the spectral shapes in the two systems reveals an opposite behaviour for radial and elliptic flow. In particular, this study shows that the radial flow does not depend on the colliding system when compared at similar charged-particle multiplicity. In terms of hadron chemistry, the previously observed smooth evolution of particle ratios with multiplicity from small to large collision systems is also found to hold in Xe–Xe. In addition, our results confirm that two remarkable features of particle production at LHC energies are also valid in the collision of medium-sized nuclei: the lower proton-to-pion ratio with respect to the thermal model expectations and the increase of the $$\phi $$ ϕ -to-pion ratio with increasing final-state multiplicity.

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (09) ◽  
pp. 2050074
Author(s):  
E. Shokr ◽  
A. H. El-Farrash ◽  
A. De Roeck ◽  
M. A. Mahmoud

Proton–Proton ([Formula: see text]) collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) are simulated in order to study events with a high local density of charged particles produced in narrow pseudorapidty windows of [Formula: see text] = 0.1, 0.2, and 0.5. The [Formula: see text] collisions are generated at center of mass energies of [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], and [Formula: see text] TeV, i.e., the energies at which the LHC has operated so far, using PYTHIA and HERWIG event generators. We have also studied the average of the maximum charged-particle density versus the event multiplicity for all events, using the different pseudorapidity windows. This study prepares for the multi-particle production background expected in a future search for anomalous high-density multiplicity fluctuations using the LHC data.


2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (09) ◽  
pp. 1940002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean Cleymans ◽  
Boris Hippolyte ◽  
Masimba W. Paradza ◽  
Natasha Sharma

Recent work on the particle composition (hadrochemistry) of the final state in proton–proton (p–p), proton–lead (p–Pb) and lead–lead (Pb–Pb) collisions as a function of the charged particle multiplicity ([Formula: see text]) is reviewed. It is argued that for high multiplicities (at least about 20 charged hadrons in the mid-rapidity interval), consistent results are obtained in the thermal model.


2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (04) ◽  
pp. 1450024 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raghunath Sahoo ◽  
Aditya Nath Mishra

We study the charged particle and transverse energy production mechanism from AGS, SPS, Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider (RHIC) to Large Hadron Collider (LHC) energies in the framework of nucleon and quark participants. At RHIC and LHC energies, the number of nucleons-normalized charged particle and transverse energy density in pseudorapidity, which shows a monotonic rise with centrality, turns out to be an almost centrality independent scaling behavior when normalized to the number of participant quarks. A universal function which is a combination of logarithmic and power-law, describes well the charged particle and transverse energy production both at nucleon and quark participant level for the whole range of collision energies. Energy dependent production mechanisms are discussed both for nucleonic and partonic level. Predictions are made for the pseudorapidity densities of transverse energy, charged particle multiplicity and their ratio (the barometric observable, [Formula: see text]) at mid-rapidity for Pb + Pb collisions at [Formula: see text]. A comparison with models based on gluon saturation and statistical hadron gas is made for the energy dependence of [Formula: see text].


2019 ◽  
Vol 79 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Acharya ◽  
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D. Adamová ◽  
S. P. Adhya ◽  
A. Adler ◽  
...  

Abstract We present a study of the inclusive charged-particle transverse momentum ($$p_{\mathrm{T}}$$pT) spectra as a function of charged-particle multiplicity density at mid-pseudorapidity, $$\mathrm{d}N_{\mathrm{ch}}/\mathrm{d}\eta $$dNch/dη, in pp collisions at $$\sqrt{s}=5.02$$s=5.02 and 13 TeV covering the kinematic range $$|\eta |<0.8$$|η|<0.8 and $$0.15<p_{\mathrm{T}} <20$$0.15<pT<20 GeV/c. The results are presented for events with at least one charged particle in $$|\eta |<1$$|η|<1 (INEL$$\,>0$$>0). The $$p_\mathrm{T}$$pT spectra are reported for two multiplicity estimators covering different pseudorapidity regions. The $$p_{\mathrm{T}}$$pT spectra normalized to that for INEL$$\,>0$$>0 show little energy dependence. Moreover, the high-$$p_{\mathrm{T}}$$pT yields of charged particles increase faster than the charged-particle multiplicity density. The average $${ p}_{\mathrm{T}}$$pT as a function of multiplicity and transverse spherocity is reported for pp collisions at $$\sqrt{s}=13$$s=13 TeV. For low- (high-) spherocity events, corresponding to jet-like (isotropic) events, the average $$p_\mathrm{T}$$pT is higher (smaller) than that measured in INEL$$\,>0$$>0 pp collisions. Within uncertainties, the functional form of $$\langle p_{\mathrm{T}} \rangle (N_{\mathrm{ch}})$$⟨pT⟩(Nch) is not affected by the spherocity selection. While EPOS LHC gives a good description of many features of data, PYTHIA overestimates the average $$p_{\mathrm{T}}$$pT in jet-like events.


Proceedings ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Dukhishyam Mallick

We report recent measurements of mesonic resonance production in pp, p–Pb, Pb–Pb and Xe–Xe collision systems with the ALICE detector at LHC energies. Integrated particle yields, mean transverse momenta and particles ratios of mesonic resonances like ρ(770)0, K*(892)0 and Φ(1020) as a function of the charged particle multiplicity are presented. These measurements allow us to have better understanding of properties of the hadronic medium and hadrochemistry of the particle production from large ( Pb–Pb and Xe–Xe) to small systems ( pp, p–Pb). The flavour dependence of parton energy loss is also studied by measuring the nuclear modification factor, RAA in Pb–Pb at √sNN = 2.76 and 5.02 TeV and Xe–Xe at √sNN = 5.44 TeV collisions.


Author(s):  
S. Acharya ◽  
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D. Adamová ◽  
A. Adler ◽  
J. Adolfsson ◽  
...  

Abstract This paper presents the measurements of $$\pi ^{\pm }$$π±, $$\mathrm {K}^{\pm }$$K±, $$\text {p}$$p and $$\overline{\mathrm{p}} $$p¯ transverse momentum ($$p_{\text {T}}$$pT) spectra as a function of charged-particle multiplicity density in proton–proton (pp) collisions at $$\sqrt{s}\ =\ 13\ \text {TeV}$$s=13TeV with the ALICE detector at the LHC. Such study allows us to isolate the center-of-mass energy dependence of light-flavour particle production. The measurements reported here cover a $$p_{\text {T}}$$pT range from 0.1 to 20 $$\text {GeV}/c$$GeV/c and are done in the rapidity interval $$|y|<0.5$$|y|<0.5. The $$p_{\text {T}}$$pT-differential particle ratios exhibit an evolution with multiplicity, similar to that observed in pp collisions at $$\sqrt{s}\ =\ 7\ \text {TeV}$$s=7TeV, which is qualitatively described by some of the hydrodynamical and pQCD-inspired models discussed in this paper. Furthermore, the $$p_{\text {T}}$$pT-integrated hadron-to-pion yield ratios measured in pp collisions at two different center-of-mass energies are consistent when compared at similar multiplicities. This also extends to strange and multi-strange hadrons, suggesting that, at LHC energies, particle hadrochemistry scales with particle multiplicity the same way under different collision energies and colliding systems.


Author(s):  
S. Acharya ◽  
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D. Adamová ◽  
S. P. Adhya ◽  
A. Adler ◽  
...  

Abstract The production rates and the transverse momentum distribution of strange hadrons at mid-rapidity ($$\left| y\right| < 0.5$$y<0.5) are measured in proton-proton collisions at $$\sqrt{s}$$s = 13 TeV as a function of the charged particle multiplicity, using the ALICE detector at the LHC. The production rates of $$\mathrm{K}^{0}_{S}$$KS0, $$\Lambda $$Λ, $$\Xi $$Ξ, and $$\Omega $$Ω increase with the multiplicity faster than what is reported for inclusive charged particles. The increase is found to be more pronounced for hadrons with a larger strangeness content. Possible auto-correlations between the charged particles and the strange hadrons are evaluated by measuring the event-activity with charged particle multiplicity estimators covering different pseudorapidity regions. When comparing to lower energy results, the yields of strange hadrons are found to depend only on the mid-rapidity charged particle multiplicity. Several features of the data are reproduced qualitatively by general purpose QCD Monte Carlo models that take into account the effect of densely-packed QCD strings in high multiplicity collisions. However, none of the tested models reproduce the data quantitatively. This work corroborates and extends the ALICE findings on strangeness production in proton-proton collisions at 7 TeV.


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