Measurement of K*(892)<SUP>±</SUP> production in inelastic pp collisions at the LHC



Acharya, S, Adamova, D, Adler, A, Adolfsson, J, Rinella, G Aglieri, Agnello, M, Agrawal, N, Ahammed, Z, Ahmad, S, Ahn, SU
et al (show 1012 more authors) (2022) Measurement of K*(892)<SUP>±</SUP> production in inelastic pp collisions at the LHC. PHYSICS LETTERS B, 828. p. 137013.

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Abstract

The first results on K⁎(892)± resonance production in inelastic pp collisions at LHC energies of s=5.02, 8, and 13 TeV are presented. The K⁎(892)± has been reconstructed via its hadronic decay channel K⁎(892)→±KS0+π± with the ALICE detector. Measurements of transverse momentum distributions, pT-integrated yields, and mean transverse momenta for charged K⁎(892) are found to be consistent with previous ALICE measurements for neutral K⁎(892) within uncertainties. For pT>1 GeV/c the K⁎(892)± transverse momentum spectra become harder with increasing centre-of-mass energy from 5.02 to 13 TeV, similar to what previously observed for charged kaons and pions. For pT<1 GeV/c the K⁎(892)± yield does not evolve significantly and the abundance of K⁎(892)± relative to K is rather independent of the collision energy. The transverse momentum spectra, measured for K⁎(892)± at midrapidity in the interval 0 < pT<15 GeV/c, are not well described by predictions of different versions of PYTHIA 6, PYTHIA 8 and EPOS-LHC event generators. These generators reproduce the measured pT-integrated K⁎±/K ratios and describe well the momentum dependence for pT<2 GeV/c.

Item Type: Article
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 11 Oct 2022 13:34
Last Modified: 10 Oct 2023 23:26
DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2022.137013
Open Access URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2022.137013
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3165365