Centrality dependence of the nuclear modification factor of charged pions, kaons, and protons in Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV

J. Adam, D. Adamova, M.M. Aggarwal, G.A. Rinella, Maria Agnello, N. Agrawal, Z. Ahammed, S. U. Ahn, I. Aimo, S. Aiola, A. Akindinov, A. Alici, Reid Aikin, Ian Bearden, Hans Bøggild, Christian Holm Christensen, Kristjan Herlache Gulbrandsen, Jens Jørgen Gaardhøje, Hans Hjersing Dalsgaard, Børge Svane NielsenAlexander Colliander Hansen, Ante Bilandzic, Marek Chojnacki, Valentina Zaccolo, You Zhou, Christian Alexander Bourjau

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Abstract

Transverse momentum (pT) spectra of pions, kaons, and protons up to pT=20GeV/c have been measured in Pb-Pb collisions at sNN=2.76TeV 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 pT≈3GeV/c in central Pb-Pb collisions that decreases for more peripheral collisions. For pT>10GeV/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 pT<10GeV/c, the data provide important constraints for models aimed at describing the transition from soft to hard physics.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer034913
TidsskriftPhysical Review C
Vol/bind93
Udgave nummer3
ISSN2469-9985
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 25 mar. 2016

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