The multi-strange baryon yields in PbPb collisions have been shown to exhibit an enhancement relative to pp reactions. In this work, Ξ and Ω production rates have been measured with the ALICE experiment as a function of transverse momentum, pT, in pPb collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of √sNN=5.02 TeV. The results cover the kinematic ranges 0.6 GeV/c<7.2 GeV/c and 0.8 GeV/c<5 GeV/c, for Ξ and Ω respectively, in the common rapidity interval -0.5<0. Multi-strange baryons have been identified by reconstructing their weak decays into charged particles. The pT spectra are analysed as a function of event charged-particle multiplicity, which in pPb collisions ranges over one order of magnitude and lies between those observed in pp and PbPb collisions. The measured pT distributions are compared to the expectations from a Blast-Wave model. The parameters which describe the production of lighter hadron species also describe the hyperon spectra in high multiplicity pPb collisions. The yield of hyperons relative to charged pions is studied and compared with results from pp and PbPb collisions. A continuous increase in the yield ratios as a function of multiplicity is observed in pPb data, the values of which range from those measured in minimum bias pp to the ones in PbPb collisions. A statistical model qualitatively describes this multiplicity dependence using a canonical suppression mechanism, in which the small volume causes a relative reduction of hadron production dependent on the strangeness content of the hyperon.

Adam, J., Adamová, D., Aggarwal, M., Aglieri Rinella, G., Agnello, M., Agrawal, N., et al. (2016). Multi-strange baryon production in p–Pb collisions at √sNN=5.02 TeV. PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B, 758, 389-401 [10.1016/j.physletb.2016.05.027].

Multi-strange baryon production in p–Pb collisions at √sNN=5.02 TeV

ALICI, ANDREA;ARCELLI, SILVIA;BASILE, MAURIZIO;BELLINI, FRANCESCA;CARNESECCHI, FRANCESCA;CIFARELLI, LUISA;COLOCCI, MANUEL;GUERZONI, BARBARA;JACAZIO, NICOLÒ;SCIOLI, GILDA;
2016

Abstract

The multi-strange baryon yields in PbPb collisions have been shown to exhibit an enhancement relative to pp reactions. In this work, Ξ and Ω production rates have been measured with the ALICE experiment as a function of transverse momentum, pT, in pPb collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of √sNN=5.02 TeV. The results cover the kinematic ranges 0.6 GeV/c<7.2 GeV/c and 0.8 GeV/c<5 GeV/c, for Ξ and Ω respectively, in the common rapidity interval -0.5<0. Multi-strange baryons have been identified by reconstructing their weak decays into charged particles. The pT spectra are analysed as a function of event charged-particle multiplicity, which in pPb collisions ranges over one order of magnitude and lies between those observed in pp and PbPb collisions. The measured pT distributions are compared to the expectations from a Blast-Wave model. The parameters which describe the production of lighter hadron species also describe the hyperon spectra in high multiplicity pPb collisions. The yield of hyperons relative to charged pions is studied and compared with results from pp and PbPb collisions. A continuous increase in the yield ratios as a function of multiplicity is observed in pPb data, the values of which range from those measured in minimum bias pp to the ones in PbPb collisions. A statistical model qualitatively describes this multiplicity dependence using a canonical suppression mechanism, in which the small volume causes a relative reduction of hadron production dependent on the strangeness content of the hyperon.
2016
Adam, J., Adamová, D., Aggarwal, M., Aglieri Rinella, G., Agnello, M., Agrawal, N., et al. (2016). Multi-strange baryon production in p–Pb collisions at √sNN=5.02 TeV. PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B, 758, 389-401 [10.1016/j.physletb.2016.05.027].
Adam, J.; Adamová, D.; Aggarwal, M.M.; Aglieri Rinella, G.; Agnello, M.; Agrawal, N.; Ahammed, Z.; Ahmad, S.; Ahn, S.U.; Aiola, S.; Akindinov, A.; Ala...espandi
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