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Reconstructing the final state of Pb+Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=2.76$ TeV

Nuclear Theory 2015-12-24 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Nuclear Experiment

Abstract

We fit the single-hadron transverse-momentum spectra measured in Pb+Pb collisions at sNN=2.76\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 2.76 TeV with the blast-wave model that includes production via resonance decays. Common fit to pions, kaons, (anti)protons, and lambdas yields centrality dependence of the freeze-out temperature and transverse expansion velocity. In the most central collisions we see T=98T=98 MeV and vt=0.654\langle v_t \rangle = 0.654. The KK^* resonance fits into this picture but the ϕ\phi meson might freeze-out a little earlier. Multistrange baryons seem to decouple at higher temperature and weaker transverse flow. Within our model we observe hints of chemical potential for the charged pions.

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@article{arxiv.1502.01247,
  title  = {Reconstructing the final state of Pb+Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=2.76$ TeV},
  author = {Ivan Melo and Boris Tomasik},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1502.01247},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

accepted version (some explanations added with respect to v1), 21 pages, 12 figures