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Article Dans Une Revue Physical Review C Année : 2016

Centrality dependence of the nuclear modification factor of charged pions, kaons, and protons in Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}=2.76$ TeV

J. Adam
C. Roy
Laurent Aphecetche
Guillaume Batigne
B. Cheynis
Marie Germain
Philippe Pillot
Alexandre Shabetai
Diego Stocco

Résumé

Transverse momentum ($p_{\rm{T}}$) spectra of pions, kaons, and protons up to $p_{\rm{T}} = 20$ GeV/$c$ have been measured in Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}} = 2.76$ TeV using the ALICE detector for six different centrality classes covering 0-80%. The proton-to-pion and the kaon-to-pion ratios both show a distinct peak at $p_{\rm{T}} \approx 3$ GeV/$c$ in central Pb-Pb collisions that decreases towards more peripheral collisions. For $p_{\rm{T}} > 10$ GeV/$c$, the nuclear modification factor is found to be the same for all three particle species in each centrality interval within systematic uncertainties of 10-20%. This suggests there is no direct interplay between the energy loss in the medium and the particle species composition in the hard core of the quenched jet. For $p_{\rm{T}} < 10$ GeV/$c$, the data provide important constraints for models aimed at describing the transition from soft to hard physics.

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in2p3-01172195 , version 1 (07-07-2015)

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J. Adam, G. Conesa Balbastre, J. Faivre, C. Furget, R. Guernane, et al.. Centrality dependence of the nuclear modification factor of charged pions, kaons, and protons in Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}=2.76$ TeV. Physical Review C, 2016, 93, pp.034913. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevC.93.034913⟩. ⟨in2p3-01172195⟩
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