1. Measurements of Chemical Potentials in Pb-Pb Collisions at sNN=5.02 TeV
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Acharya, S, Adamová, D, Rinella, G Aglieri, Aglietta, L, Agnello, M, Agrawal, N, Ahammed, Z, Ahmad, S, Ahn, SU, Ahuja, I, Akindinov, A, Al-Turany, M, Aleksandrov, D, Alessandro, B, Alfanda, HM, Molina, R Alfaro, Ali, B, Alici, A, Alizadehvandchali, N, Alkin, A, Alme, J, Alocco, G, Alt, T, Altamura, AR, Altsybeev, I, Alvarado, JR, Anaam, MN, Andrei, C, Andreou, N, Andronic, A, Andronov, E, Anguelov, V, Antinori, F, Antonioli, P, Apadula, N, Aphecetche, L, Appelshäuser, H, Arata, C, Arcelli, S, Aresti, M, Arnaldi, R, Arneiro, JGMCA, Arsene, IC, Arslandok, M, Augustinus, A, Averbeck, R, Azmi, MD, Baba, H, Badalà, A, Bae, J, Baek, YW, Bai, X, Bailhache, R, Bailung, Y, Bala, R, Balbino, A, Baldisseri, A, Balis, B, Banerjee, D, Banoo, Z, Barile, F, Barioglio, L, Barlou, M, Barman, B, Barnaföldi, GG, Barnby, LS, Barreau, E, Barret, V, Barreto, L, Bartels, C, Barth, K, Bartsch, E, Bastid, N, Basu, S, Batigne, G, Battistini, D, Batyunya, B, Bauri, D, Alba, JL Bazo, Bearden, IG, Beattie, C, Becht, P, Behera, D, Belikov, I, Hechavarria, ADC Bell, Bellini, F, Bellwied, R, Belokurova, S, Beltran, LGE, Beltran, YAV, Bencedi, G, Beole, S, Berdnikov, Y, Berdnikova, A, Bergmann, L, Besoiu, MG, Betev, L, Bhaduri, PP, Bhasin, A, and Bhat, MA
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Nuclear and Plasma Physics ,Particle and High Energy Physics ,Physical Sciences ,ALICE Collaboration ,Mathematical Sciences ,Engineering ,General Physics ,Mathematical sciences ,Physical sciences - Abstract
This Letter presents the most precise measurement to date of the matter-antimatter imbalance at midrapidity in Pb-Pb collisions at a center-of-mass energy per nucleon pair sqrt[s_{NN}]=5.02 TeV. Using the Statistical Hadronization framework, it is possible to obtain the value of the electric charge and baryon chemical potentials, μ_{Q}=-0.18±0.90 MeV and μ_{B}=0.71±0.45 MeV, with unprecedented precision. A centrality-differential study of the antiparticle-to-particle yield ratios of charged pions, protons, Ω baryons, and light (hyper)nuclei is performed. These results indicate that the system created in Pb-Pb collisions at the LHC is on average baryon-free and electrically neutral at midrapidity.
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- 2024