Balance functions of (un)identified hadrons in Pb-Pb, p-Pb, and pp collisions at the LHC


Pan J., Acharya S., Acosta F. T., Adamova D., Adolfsson J., Aggarwal M. M., ...Daha Fazla

NUCLEAR PHYSICS A, cilt.982, ss.315-318, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 982
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2018.09.022
  • Dergi Adı: NUCLEAR PHYSICS A
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.315-318
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: LHC, ALICE, balance function, unidentified hadron, charged-pion, charged-kaon, Pb-Pb, p-Pb, pp
  • Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

In ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions, correlations of particles with opposite quantum numbers provide insight into quark production mechanisms and time scales, collective motion, and re-scattering in the hadronic phase. The longitudinal and azimuthal widths of balance functions for charged kaons and charged pions are used to examine the two-wave quark production model proposed to explain quark-antiquark production within the QGP, which predicts a large increase in up and down quark pairs relative to strange quark pairs around the time of hadronization. Balance functions are also analyzed in small collision systems such as p-Pb and pp to study fragmentation effects and possible collective effects in high-multiplicity events. A comprehensive set of balance functions has been measured using the ALICE detector, including results for unidentified hadrons in Pb-Pb and p-Pb collisions at root s(NN) = 5.02 TeV, for charged pions in Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN) = 2.76 TeV, p-Pb collisions at root s(NN) = 5.02 TeV and pp collisions at root s = 7 TeV, and for charged kaons in Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN) = 2.76 TeV. The first balance function yield results are also presented.