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Measuring $\mu_{B}$ at the LHC with ALICE

Nuclear Experiment 2023-01-27 v1

Abstract

The baryon chemical potential μB\mu_B is a fundamental parameter for the statistical mechanical description of particle production in heavy-ion collisions: its value encodes the average net baryon content of the fireball at chemical freeze-out. The first μB\mu_B measurement in high-energy Pb-Pb collisions at the LHC was published in 2018 in Nature, and it was found that μB=0.7±3.8\mu_B=0.7\pm3.8 MeV. In this contribution, an improved μB\mu_B measurement based on the study of antiparticle-to-particle ratios for protons, 3He^3\mathrm{He} and hypertriton (Λ3H^3_\Lambda\mathrm{H}) using the data collected by ALICE in Run 2 of the LHC, is presented. The isospin chemical potential is also determined via the π/π+\pi^-/\pi^+ ratio. The obtained μB\mu_B represents the most precise measurement available.

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@article{arxiv.2301.11091,
  title  = {Measuring $\mu_{B}$ at the LHC with ALICE},
  author = {Mario Ciacco},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.11091},
  year   = {2023}
}

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7 pages, 3 figures. Proceedings of the 108 Congresso Nazionale SIF