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Pion, kaon, and proton production in central Pb-pb collisions at √sNN=2.76  TeV

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In this Letter we report the first results on π±, K±, p, and ¯p production at midrapidity (|y|<0.5) in central Pb-Pb collisions at √sNN=2.76 TeV, measured by the ALICE experiment at the LHC. The pT distributions and yields are compared to previous results at √sNN=200 GeV and expectations from hyd...

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Main Authors: Abelev, Betty (Author) , Busch, Oliver (Author) , Engel, Heiko (Author) , Glässel, Peter (Author) , Grajcarek, Robert (Author) , Herrmann, Norbert (Author) , Krawutschke, Tobias (Author) , Kweon, MinJung (Author) , Lara Martinez, Camilo Ernesto (Author) , Lohner, Daniel (Author) , Mercado Pérez, Jorge (Author) , Oyama, Ken (Author) , Pachmayer, Yvonne C. (Author) , Reygers, Klaus (Author) , Schicker, Rainer (Author) , Schweda, Kai (Author) , Stachel, Johanna (Author) , Ulrich, Joachim (Author) , Vallero, Sara (Author) , Wiechula, Jens (Author) , Windelband, Bernd (Author) , Zelnicek, Pierre (Author) , Zimmermann, Alice (Author)
Corporate Author: ALICE (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 18 December 2012
In: Physical review letters
Year: 2012, Volume: 109, Issue: 25
ISSN:1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.252301
Online Access:Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.252301
Verlag, Volltext: https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.252301
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Author Notes:B. Abelev et al.* (ALICE Collaboration)
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Summary:In this Letter we report the first results on π±, K±, p, and ¯p production at midrapidity (|y|<0.5) in central Pb-Pb collisions at √sNN=2.76 TeV, measured by the ALICE experiment at the LHC. The pT distributions and yields are compared to previous results at √sNN=200 GeV and expectations from hydrodynamic and thermal models. The spectral shapes indicate a strong increase of the radial flow velocity with √sNN, which in hydrodynamic models is expected as a consequence of the increasing particle density. While the K/π ratio is in line with predictions from the thermal model, the p/π ratio is found to be lower by a factor of about 1.5. This deviation from thermal model expectations is still to be understood.
Item Description:Im Titel steht der Ausdruck "sNN" unter dem Wurzelsymbol, "NN" ist dabei tiefgestellt
B. Abelev, O. Busch, H. Engel, P. Glässel, R. Grajcarek, N. Herrmann, T. Krawutschke, M.J. Kweon, C. Lara, D. Lohner, J. Mercado Pérez, K. Oyama, Y. Pachmayer, K. Reygers, R. Schicker, K. Schweda, J. Stachel, J. Ulrich, S. Vallero, J. Wiechula, B. Windelband, P. Zelnicek, A. Zimmermann [und weitere]
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ISSN:1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.252301

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