Abstract

In this Letter we report the first results on π±, K±, p, and p̅ production at midrapidity (|y|<0.5) in central Pb-Pb collisions at √sNN=2.76  TeV, measured by the ALICE experiment at the LHC. The pT distributions and yields are compared to previous results at √sNN=200  GeV and expectations from hydrodynamic and thermal models. The spectral shapes indicate a strong increase of the radial flow velocity with √sNN, which in hydrodynamic models is expected as a consequence of the increasing particle density. While the K/π ratio is in line with predictions from the thermal model, the p/π ratio is found to be lower by a factor of about 1.5. This deviation from thermal model expectations is still to be understood.

Autore Pugliese

• Bruno Giuseppe Eugenio

Tutti gli autori

• Abelev B. , Bruno G.E. , et al.

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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Anno di pubblicazione

2012

ISSN

0031-9007

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