phi meson production at forward rapidity in Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV



Acharya, S, Acosta, F-T, Adamova, D, Adolfsson, J, Aggarwal, MM, Rinella, G Aglieri, Agnello, M, Agrawal, N, Ahammed, Z, Ahn, SU
et al (show 1015 more authors) (2018) phi meson production at forward rapidity in Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV. EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C, 78 (7). 559-. ISSN 1434-6044, 1434-6052

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Abstract

ϕ meson measurements provide insight into strangeness production, which is one of the key observables for the hot medium formed in high-energy heavy-ion collisions. ALICE measured ϕ production through its decay in muon pairs in Pb–Pb collisions at sNN=2.76 TeV in the intermediate transverse momentum range 2 < pT< 5 GeV/c and in the rapidity interval 2.5 < y< 4. The ϕ yield was measured as a function of the transverse momentum and collision centrality. The nuclear modification factor was obtained as a function of the average number of participating nucleons. Results were compared with the ones obtained via the kaon decay channel in the same pT range at midrapidity. The values of the nuclear modification factor in the two rapidity regions are in agreement within uncertainties.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: 5106 Nuclear and Plasma Physics, 5107 Particle and High Energy Physics, 5110 Synchrotrons and Accelerators, 51 Physical Sciences
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 08 May 2019 10:30
Last Modified: 07 Dec 2024 06:41
DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-6034-3
Open Access URL: https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-6034-3
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3040252