Multiplicity dependence of K*(892)0 and ϕ(1020) production in pp collisions at s=13 TeV

Collaboration
Oct 31, 2019
24 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 807 (2020) 135501,
  • Phys.Lett.B 807 (2020) 135501
  • Published: May 28, 2020
    and
  • Published: Aug 10, 2020
e-Print:
Report number:
  • CERN-EP-2019-245
Experiments:

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Abstract: (Elsevier B.V.)
The striking similarities that have been observed between high-multiplicity proton-proton (pp) collisions and heavy-ion collisions can be explored through multiplicity-differential measurements of identified hadrons in pp collisions. With these measurements, it is possible to study mechanisms such as collective flow that determine the shapes of hadron transverse momentum (pT) spectra, to search for possible modifications of the yields of short-lived hadronic resonances due to scattering effects in an extended hadron-gas phase, and to investigate different explanations provided by phenomenological models for enhancement of strangeness production with increasing multiplicity. In this paper, these topics are addressed through measurements of the K(892)0 and ϕ(1020) mesons at midrapidity in pp collisions at s= 13 TeV as a function of the charged-particle multiplicity. The results include the pT spectra, pT-integrated yields, mean transverse momenta, and the ratios of the yields of these resonances to those of longer-lived hadrons. Comparisons with results from other collision systems and energies, as well as predictions from phenomenological models, are also discussed.
Note:
  • p p: colliding beams
  • charged particle: multiplicity
  • p p: scattering
  • K*(892): hadroproduction
  • Phi(1020): hadroproduction
  • hadron: transverse momentum
  • transverse momentum: momentum spectrum
  • multiplicity: dependence
  • K*(892): yield
  • Phi(1020): yield