The ALICE measurement of KS and 0 production at midrapidity in Pb-Pb collisions at sNN 1⁄4 2:76 TeV is presented. The transverse momentum (pT ) spectra are shown for several collision centrality intervals and in the pT range from 0:4 GeV=c (0:6 GeV=c for 0) to 12 GeV=c. The pT dependence of the 0=KS0 ratios exhibits maxima in the vicinity of 3 GeV=c, and the positions of the maxima shift towards higher pT with increasing collision centrality. The magnitude of these maxima increases by almost a factor of three between most peripheral and most central Pb-Pb collisions. This baryon excess at pffiffi pffiffi intermediate pT is not observed in pp interactions at s 1⁄4 0:9 TeV and at s 1⁄4 7 TeV. Qualitatively, the baryon enhancement in heavy-ion collisions is expected from radial flow. However, the measured pT spectra above 2 GeV=c progressively decouple from hydrodynamical-model calculations. For higher values of pT , models that incorporate the influence of the medium on the fragmentation and hadronization processes describe qualitatively the pT dependence of the 0=KS0 ratio.

KS0 and Λ production in Pb-Pb collisions at √s NN=2.76 TeV

ARNALDI, Roberta;BEOLE', Stefania;BERZANO, DARIO CARLO DOMENICO;BIANCHI, LIVIO;BOTTA, Elena;BRUNA, ELENA;BUFALINO, STEFANIA;CERELLO, PIERGIORGIO;COLOCCI, MARCO;CORRALES MORALES, YASSER;CORTESE, Pietro;FERRETTI, Alessandro;GAGLIARDI, Martino;GALLIO, Mauro;LEONCINO, MARCO;LUPARELLO, GRAZIA;MARCHISONE, MASSIMILIANO;MASERA, Massimo;OPPEDISANO, Chiara;PRINO, Francesco;RAMELLO, Luciano;RIVETTI, Angelo;SCOMPARIN, ENRICO;SITTA, Mario;STOCCO, Diego;VERCELLIN, Ermanno;
2013-01-01

Abstract

The ALICE measurement of KS and 0 production at midrapidity in Pb-Pb collisions at sNN 1⁄4 2:76 TeV is presented. The transverse momentum (pT ) spectra are shown for several collision centrality intervals and in the pT range from 0:4 GeV=c (0:6 GeV=c for 0) to 12 GeV=c. The pT dependence of the 0=KS0 ratios exhibits maxima in the vicinity of 3 GeV=c, and the positions of the maxima shift towards higher pT with increasing collision centrality. The magnitude of these maxima increases by almost a factor of three between most peripheral and most central Pb-Pb collisions. This baryon excess at pffiffi pffiffi intermediate pT is not observed in pp interactions at s 1⁄4 0:9 TeV and at s 1⁄4 7 TeV. Qualitatively, the baryon enhancement in heavy-ion collisions is expected from radial flow. However, the measured pT spectra above 2 GeV=c progressively decouple from hydrodynamical-model calculations. For higher values of pT , models that incorporate the influence of the medium on the fragmentation and hadronization processes describe qualitatively the pT dependence of the 0=KS0 ratio.
2013
111
22
222301-1
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Abelev, B; Adam, J.; Adamová, D.; Adare, A.M.; Aggarwal, M.M.; Aglieri Rinella, G.; Agnello, M.; Agocs, A.G.; Agostinelli, A.; Ahammed, Z.; Ahmad, N.;...espandi
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