558 research outputs found

    Thermal Model Description of p--Pb Collisions at sNN\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 5.02 TeV

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    The ALICE data on light flavor hadron production obtained in p−Pbp-Pb collisions at sNN\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 5.02 TeV are studied in the thermal model using the canonical approach with exact strangeness conservation. The chemical freeze-out temperature is independent of centrality except for the lowest multiplicity bin, with values close to 160 MeV but consistent with those obtained in Pb−PbPb-Pb collisions at sNN\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 2.76 TeV. The value of the strangeness non-equilibrium factor γs\gamma_s is slowly increasing with multiplicity from 0.9 to 0.96, i.e. it is always very close to full chemical equilibrium.Comment: 10 pages, 12 figure

    Equation of State of Hadronic matter and Electromagnetic Radiation from Relativisitic Heavy Ion Collisions

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    We study the radiation of thermal photons and dileptons likely to be produced in relativistic heavy ion collisions. We find that the thermal photon multiplicity scales with the charged pion multiplicity as dNch/dy)αdN_{ch}/dy)^\alpha with α∼1.2\alpha\sim 1.2 for a transversely expanding system, contrary to the general belief of a quadratic dependence. The scaling is shown to be valid, both for real and virtual photons. The coefficient of proportionality at a given energy may help us identify the appropriate equation of state of hot hadronic matter produced in such collisions.Comment: 3 pages, RevTeX, three figures in postscrip

    Multiplicity Dependence of Non-extensive Parameters for Strange and Multi-Strange Particles in Proton-Proton Collisions at s=7\sqrt{s}= 7 TeV at the LHC

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    The transverse momentum (pTp_{\rm T}) spectra in proton-proton collisions at s\sqrt{s} = 7 TeV, measured by the ALICE experiment at the LHC are analyzed with a thermodynamically consistent Tsallis distribution. The information about the freeze-out surface in terms of freeze-out volume, temperature and the non-extenisivity parameter, qq, for KS0K^{0}_{S}, Λ+Λˉ\Lambda+\bar{\Lambda}, Ξ−+Ξˉ+\Xi^{-}+\bar{\Xi}^{+} and Ω−+Ωˉ+\Omega^{-}+\bar{\Omega}^{+} are extracted by fitting the pTp_{\rm T} spectra with Tsallis distribution function. The freeze-out parameters of these particles are studied as a function of charged particle multiplicity density (dNch/dηdN_{ch}/d\eta). In addition, we also study these parameters as a function of particle mass to see any possible mass ordering. The strange and multi-strange particles show mass ordering in volume, temperature, non-extensive parameter and also a strong dependence on multiplicity classes. It is observed that with increase in particle multiplicity, the non-extensivity parameter, qq decreases, which indicates the tendency of the produced system towards thermodynamic equilibration. The increase in strange particle multiplicity is observed to be due to the increase of temperature and not to the size of the freeze-out volume.Comment: Version similar to the published version in EPJ

    Hadronic Ratios and the Number of Projectile Participants. Thermal hadron production in Si-Au collisions

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    We investigate the dependence of hadronic ratios on the number of projectile participants using a thermal model incorporating exact baryon number and strangeness conservation. A comparison is made with results from Au−AuAu-Au collisions obtained at the BNL-AGS.Comment: 5 pages LaTeX2e, 4 figures in Postscript forma

    Radial Flow in Non-Extensive Thermodynamics and Study of Particle Spectra at LHC in the Limit of Small (q−1)(q-1)

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    We expand the Tsallis distribution in a Taylor series of powers of (q-1), where q is the Tsallis parameter, assuming q is very close to 1. This helps in studying the degree of deviation of transverse momentum spectra and other thermodynamic quantities from a thermalized Boltzmann distribution. After checking thermodynamic consistency, we provide analytical results for the Tsallis distribution in the presence of collective flow up to the first order of (q-1). The formulae are compared with the experimental data.Comment: Replaced with Accepted version in Eur. Phys. J.

    Radial Flow and Differential Freeze-out in Proton-Proton Collisions at s=7\sqrt{s}= 7 TeV at the LHC

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    We analyse the transverse momentum (pTp_{\rm T})-spectra as a function of charged-particle multiplicity at midrapidity (∣y∣<0.5|y| < 0.5) for various identified particles such as π±\pi^{\pm}, K±K^{\pm}, KS0K_S^0, p+p‾p+\overline{p}, ϕ\phi, K∗0+K∗0‾K^{*0} + \overline {K^{*0}}, and Λ\Lambda + Λˉ\bar{\Lambda} in proton-proton collisions at s\sqrt{s} = 7 TeV using Boltzmann-Gibbs Blast Wave (BGBW) model and thermodynamically consistent Tsallis distribution function. We obtain the multiplicity dependent kinetic freeze-out temperature (TkinT_{\rm kin}) and radial flow (β\beta) of various particles after fitting the pTp_{\rm T}-distribution with BGBW model. Here, TkinT_{\rm kin} exhibits mild dependence on multiplicity class while β\beta shows almost independent behaviour. The information regarding Tsallis temperature and the non-extensivity parameter (qq) are drawn by fitting the pTp_{\rm T}-spectra with Tsallis distribution function. The extracted parameters of these particles are studied as a function of charged particle multiplicity density (dNch/dηdN_{ch}/d\eta). In addition to this, we also study these parameters as a function of particle mass to observe any possible mass ordering. All the identified hadrons show a mass ordering in temperature, non-extensive parameter and also a strong dependence on multiplicity classes, except the lighter particles. It is observed that as the particle multiplicity increases, the qq-parameter approaches to Boltzmann-Gibbs value, hence a conclusion can be drawn that system tends to thermal equilibrium. The observations are consistent with a differential freeze-out scenario of the produced particles.Comment: Published versio
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