1. Production of light-flavor hadrons in pp collisions at s=7ands=13TeV
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Acharya, S, Adamová, D, Adler, A, Adolfsson, J, Aggarwal, MM, Rinella, G Aglieri, Agnello, M, Agrawal, N, Ahammed, Z, Ahmad, S, Ahn, SU, Akindinov, A, Al-Turany, M, Alam, SN, Albuquerque, DSD, Aleksandrov, D, Alessandro, B, Alfanda, HM, Molina, R Alfaro, Ali, B, Ali, Y, Alici, A, Alkin, A, Alme, J, Alt, T, Altenkamper, L, Altsybeev, I, Anaam, MN, Andrei, C, Andreou, D, Andrews, HA, Andronic, A, Angeletti, M, Anguelov, V, Anson, C, Antičić, T, Antinori, F, Antonioli, P, Apadula, N, Aphecetche, L, Appelshäuser, H, Arcelli, S, Arnaldi, R, Arratia, M, Arsene, IC, Arslandok, M, Augustinus, A, Averbeck, R, Aziz, S, Azmi, MD, Badalà, A, Baek, YW, Bagnasco, S, Bai, X, Bailhache, R, Bala, R, Balbino, A, Baldisseri, A, Ball, M, Balouza, S, Banerjee, D, Barbera, R, Barioglio, L, Barnaföldi, GG, Barnby, LS, Barret, V, Bartalini, P, Barth, K, Bartsch, E, Baruffaldi, F, Bastid, N, Basu, S, Batigne, G, Batyunya, B, Bauri, D, Alba, JL Bazo, Bearden, IG, Beattie, C, Bedda, C, Behera, NK, Belikov, I, Hechavarria, ADC Bell, Bellini, F, Bellwied, R, Belyaev, V, Bencedi, G, Beole, S, Bercuci, A, Berdnikov, Y, Berenyi, D, Bertens, RA, Berzano, D, Besoiu, MG, Betev, L, Bhasin, A, Bhat, IR, Bhat, MA, Bhatt, H, Bhattacharjee, B, and Bianchi, A
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Nuclear and Plasma Physics ,Particle and High Energy Physics ,Physical Sciences ,Atomic ,Molecular ,Nuclear ,Particle and Plasma Physics ,Quantum Physics ,Nuclear & Particles Physics ,Astronomical sciences ,Atomic ,molecular and optical physics ,Particle and high energy physics - Abstract
The production of π±, K ±, KS0, K ∗(892) , p , ϕ(1020) , Λ , Ξ -, Ω -, and their antiparticles was measured in inelastic proton–proton (pp) collisions at a center-of-mass energy of s = 13 TeV at midrapidity (| y| < 0.5) as a function of transverse momentum (pT) using the ALICE detector at the CERN LHC. Furthermore, the single-particle pT distributions of KS0, Λ , and Λ ¯ in inelastic pp collisions at s=7 TeV are reported here for the first time. The pT distributions are studied at midrapidity within the transverse momentum range 0 ≤ pT≤ 20 GeV/c, depending on the particle species. The pT spectra, integrated yields, and particle yield ratios are discussed as a function of collision energy and compared with measurements at lower s and with results from various general-purpose QCD-inspired Monte Carlo models. A hardening of the spectra at high pT with increasing collision energy is observed, which is similar for all particle species under study. The transverse mass and xT≡2pT/s scaling properties of hadron production are also studied. As the collision energy increases from s = 7–13 TeV, the yields of non- and single-strange hadrons normalized to the pion yields remain approximately constant as a function of s, while ratios for multi-strange hadrons indicate enhancements. The pT-differential cross sections of π±, K ± and p (p ¯) are compared with next-to-leading order perturbative QCD calculations, which are found to overestimate the cross sections for π± and p (p ¯) at high pT.
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- 2021