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Comparative Analysis of Pion, Kaon and Proton Spectra Produced at PHENIX

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2012-03-14 v1 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

The shapes of invariant differential cross section for identified pi,K, p and pbar production as function of transverse momentum measured in pp collisions by the PHENIX detector are analyzed. Simultaneous fit of these data to the sum of exponential and power-law terms show significant difference in the exponential term contributions. This effect qualitatively explains the observed shape of the experimental K/pi and p/pi yield ratios measured as function of transverse momentum of produced hadrons. A picture with two types of mechanisms for hadron production is given.

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@article{arxiv.1203.2840,
  title  = {Comparative Analysis of Pion, Kaon and Proton Spectra Produced at PHENIX},
  author = {A. A. Bylinkin and A. A. Rostovtsev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1203.2840},
  year   = {2012}
}