TY - JOUR
T1 - pi(0) and eta meson production in proton-proton collisions at root s=8 TeV
AU - Acharya, S.
AU - Adam, J.
AU - Adamova, D.
AU - Adolfson, Jan
AU - Aggarwal, MM.
AU - Rinella, G.A.
AU - Agnello, A.
AU - Agrawal, N.
AU - Ahammed, Z.
AU - Ahmad, N
AU - U. Ahn, S.
AU - Aiola, S.
AU - Akindinov, A.
AU - Al-Turany, M.
AU - Alam, SN
AU - Alba, J.L.B.
AU - Albuquerque, DSD
AU - Aleksandrov, D.
AU - Alessandro, B.
AU - Alfaro Molina, R.
AU - Alici, A.
AU - Alkin, A.
AU - Alme, J.
AU - Bearden, Ian
AU - Christensen, Christian Holm
AU - Chojnacki, Marek
AU - Gaardhøje, Jens Jørgen
AU - bsm989, bsm989
AU - Bourjau, Christian Alexander
AU - Nielsen, Børge Svane
AU - Gajdosova, Katarina
AU - Zhou, You
AU - Pacik, Vojtech
AU - Pimentel, Lais Ozelin de Lima
AU - Thoresen, Freja
AU - Zou, Shijie
PY - 2018/3/1
Y1 - 2018/3/1
N2 - An invariant differential cross section measurement of inclusive π0 and η meson production at mid-rapidity in pp collisions at s=8 TeV was carried out by the ALICE experiment at the LHC. The spectra of π0 and η mesons were measured in transverse momentum ranges of 0.30 and AESSS for the η overestimate the cross sections of both neutral mesons, although such calculations agree with the measured η/ π0 ratio within uncertainties. The results were also compared with PYTHIA 8.2 predictions for which the Monash 2013 tune yields the best agreement with the measured neutral meson spectra. The measurements confirm a universal behavior of the η/ π0 ratio seen for NA27, PHENIX and ALICE data for pp collisions from s=27.5 GeV to s=8 TeV within experimental uncertainties. A relation between the π0 and η production cross sections for pp collisions at s=8 TeV is given by mT scaling for pT>3.5 GeV/c. However, a deviation from this empirical scaling rule is observed for transverse momenta below pT<3.5 GeV/c in the η/ π0 ratio with a significance of 6.2 σ.
AB - An invariant differential cross section measurement of inclusive π0 and η meson production at mid-rapidity in pp collisions at s=8 TeV was carried out by the ALICE experiment at the LHC. The spectra of π0 and η mesons were measured in transverse momentum ranges of 0.30 and AESSS for the η overestimate the cross sections of both neutral mesons, although such calculations agree with the measured η/ π0 ratio within uncertainties. The results were also compared with PYTHIA 8.2 predictions for which the Monash 2013 tune yields the best agreement with the measured neutral meson spectra. The measurements confirm a universal behavior of the η/ π0 ratio seen for NA27, PHENIX and ALICE data for pp collisions from s=27.5 GeV to s=8 TeV within experimental uncertainties. A relation between the π0 and η production cross sections for pp collisions at s=8 TeV is given by mT scaling for pT>3.5 GeV/c. However, a deviation from this empirical scaling rule is observed for transverse momenta below pT<3.5 GeV/c in the η/ π0 ratio with a significance of 6.2 σ.
U2 - 10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-5612-8
DO - 10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-5612-8
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1434-6044
VL - 78
JO - European Physical Journal C
JF - European Physical Journal C
IS - 3
M1 - 263
ER -