# Production of charged pions, kaons and protons at large transverse momenta in pp and Pb–Pb collisions at sqrt(sNN) = 2.76 TeV

Submission Date:
17/01/2014
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System:
p-p
System:
Pb-Pb
Energy:
2.76 TeV
Abstract Plain Text:

Transverse momentum spectra of pi+-, K+- and p(p-bar) up to pT = 20 GeV/c at mid-rapidity in pp and Pb-Pb collisions at sqrt(sNN) = 2.76 TeV have been measured using the ALICE detector at the LHC. The proton-to-pion and the kaon-to-pion ratios both show a distinct peak at pT ~ 3 GeV/c in central Pb-Pb collisions. Below the peak, pT < 3 GeV/c, both ratios are in good agreement with hydrodynamical calculations, suggesting that the peak itself is dominantly the result of radial flow rather than anomalous hadronization processes.  For pT >10 GeV/c particle ratios in pp and Pb-Pb collisions are in agreement and the nuclear modification factors for pi+-, K+- and p(p-bar) indicates that, within the systematic and statistical uncertainties, the suppression is the same. This suggests that the chemical composition of leading particles from jets in the medium is similar to that of vacuum jets.

Original submission to PRL, now with PLB since 15 May 2014.