English

Multiplicity and Underlying Event in ALICE: as measurements and as tools to probe QCD

Nuclear Experiment 2018-05-16 v1

Abstract

With the high collision energies at the LHC, the contributions to particle production from hard-QCD processes increase, but it remains dominated by soft-QCD processes. Such processes challenge the theoretical models, since they are described by non-perturbative phenomenology. A selection of the most recent ALICE measurements of charged-particle multiplicities and the Underlying Event will be presented, focusing on model comparisons. A summary of the current understanding of soft-QCD processes will be discussed, evaluating possible ways to further constrain theory.

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@article{arxiv.1805.05695,
  title  = {Multiplicity and Underlying Event in ALICE: as measurements and as tools to probe QCD},
  author = {Valentina Zaccolo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1805.05695},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

4 pages, 3 figures, Rencontres de Moriond - QCD and high-energy interactions