Naslov
Multiplicity dependence of light-flavor hadron production in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV

Autori
Acharya, S. ; ... ; Antičić, Tome ; ... ; Erhardt, Filip ; ... ; Gotovac, Sven ; ... ; Jerčić, Marko ; ... ; Lončar, Petra ; ... ; Mudnić, Eugen ; ... ; Planinić, Mirko ; ... ; Poljak, Nikola ; ... ; Simatović, Goran ; ... ; Utrobičić, Antonija ; ... ; Vicković, Linda ; ... ; Zmeskal, J.

Kolaboracija
ALICE Collaboration

Izvornik
Physical review. C (2469-9985) 99 (2019), 2; 024906, 30

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
multiplicity: dependence ; hadron: production ; pp: scattering ; charged particle: multiplicity ; charged particle: density ; model: hydrodynamics ; rapidity: difference ; particle: spectrum ; heavy ion: scattering ; strangeness: parton ; transverse momentum ; CERN LHC Coll ; Monte Carlo ; collective ; 7000 GeV-cms/nucleon

Sažetak
Comprehensive results on the production of unidentified charged particles, π±, K±, KS0, K* (892)0, p, p¯, ϕ(1020), Λ, Λ¯, Ξ−, Ξ¯+, Ω−, and Ω¯+ hadrons in proton-proton (pp) collisions at s=7 TeV at midrapidity (|y|<0.5) as a function of charged-particle multiplicity density are presented. In order to avoid autocorrelation biases, the actual transverse momentum (pT) spectra of the particles under study and the event activity are measured in different rapidity windows. In the highest multiplicity class, the charged-particle density reaches about 3.5 times the value measured in inelastic collisions. While the yield of protons normalized to pions remains approximately constant as a function of multiplicity, the corresponding ratios of strange hadrons to pions show a significant enhancement that increases with increasing strangeness content. Furthermore, all identified particle-to-pion ratios are shown to depend solely on charged- particle multiplicity density, regardless of system type and collision energy. The evolution of the spectral shapes with multiplicity and hadron mass shows patterns that are similar to those observed in p-Pb and Pb-Pb collisions at Large Hadron Collider energies. The obtained pT distributions and yields are compared to expectations from QCD-based pp event generators as well as to predictions from thermal and hydrodynamic models. These comparisons indicate that traces of a collective, equilibrated system are already present in high-multiplicity pp collisions.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Fizika

POVEZANOST RADA