Neutral pion production at midrapidity in pp and Pb-Pb collisions at sNN=2.76TeV\sqrt{s_{{\mathrm {NN}}}}= 2.76\,{\mathrm {TeV}}

Collaboration
May 15, 2014
20 pages
Published in:
  • Eur.Phys.J.C 74 (2014) 10, 3108
  • Published: Oct 16, 2014
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Report number:
  • CERN-PH-EP-2014-091
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Abstract: (Springer)
Invariant yields of neutral pions at midrapidity in the transverse momentum range 0.6 < p_\mathrm{T}< 12\,{\mathrm \mathrm{GeV}}/ c measured in Pb–Pb collisions at sNN=2.76TeV\sqrt{s_{\mathrm {NN}}}= 2.76\,{\mathrm {\,}}\mathrm{TeV} are presented for six centrality classes. The pp reference spectrum was measured in the range 0.4<pT<10GeV/0.4 < p_\mathrm{T}< 10\,{\mathrm {\,}}\mathrm{GeV}/ c at the same center-of-mass energy. The nuclear modification factor, RAAR_\mathrm{{AA}} , shows a suppression of neutral pions in central Pb–Pb collisions by a factor of up to about 8108{-}10 for 5 \lesssim p_\mathrm{T}\lesssim 7\,{\mathrm \mathrm{GeV}}/ c. The presented measurements are compared with results at lower center-of-mass energies and with theoretical calculations.
Note:
  • heavy ion: scattering
  • lead
  • transverse momentum dependence
  • suppression
  • p p: interaction
  • pi0: hadroproduction
  • impact parameter: dependence
  • nuclear matter: effect
  • ALICE
  • experimental results