Publication
Title
Strange hadron production in pp and pPb collisions at =5.02 TeV
Author
Institution/Organisation
CMS Collaboration
Abstract
The transverse momentum (pT) distributions of Lambda, Xi(-), and Omega(-) baryons, their antiparticles, and K-S(0) mesons are measured in proton-proton (pp) and proton-lead (pPb) collisions at a nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy of 5.02 TeV over a broad rapidity range. The data, corresponding to integrated luminosities of 40.2 nb(-1) and 15.6 mu b(-1) for pp and pPb collisions, respectively, were collected by the CMS experiment. The nuclear modification factor R-pPb, which is defined as the ratio of the particle yield in pPb collisions and a scaled pp reference, is measured for each particle. A strong dependence on particle species is observed in the pT range from 2 to 7 GeV, where R-pPb for K-S(0) is consistent with unity, while an enhancement ordered by strangeness content and/or particle mass is observed for the three baryons. In pPb collisions, the strange hadron production is asymmetric about the nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass rapidity. Enhancements, which depend on the particle type, are observed in the direction of the Pb beam. The results are compared with predictions from EPOS LHC, which includes parametrized radial flow. The model is in qualitative agreement with the R-pPb data, but fails to describe the dependence on particle species in the yield asymmetries measured away from midrapidity in pPb collisions.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Physical review : C : nuclear physics. - Lancaster, Pa, 1970 - 2015
Publication
Lancaster, Pa : 2020
ISSN
0556-2813 [print]
1089-490X [online]
DOI
10.1103/PHYSREVC.101.064906
Volume/pages
101 :6 (2020) , 21 p.
Article Reference
064906
ISI
000541703200002
Medium
E-only publicatie
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Research group
Project info
The CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.
Publication type
Subject
Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
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Last edited 02.10.2024
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