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Revisiting identified-particle $p_{\mathrm{T}}$ spectra using the Boltzmann-Gibbs blast-wave model in a Bayesian inference framework

Nuclear Theory 2026-06-28 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We perform a Bayesian analysis of transverse momentum (pTp_{\mathrm{T}}) spectra of identified particles, i.e., pions, kaons, and protons, at midrapidity in Au+Au collisions and Pb+Pb collisions using the Boltzmann-Gibbs blast-wave (BGBW) model. We investigate whether it is possible to simultaneously describe the pTp_{\mathrm{T}} spectra of identified particles without imposing the particle species-dependent pTp_{\mathrm{T}} fit ranges -- a practice that was followed in conventional blast-wave model studies to achieve reasonable simultaneous fits. Using Bayesian analysis, our results indicate that a simultaneous description of the pTp_{\mathrm{T}} spectra of pions, kaons, and protons is feasible without imposing the particle species-dependent pTp_{\mathrm{T}} fit ranges, for Au+Au collisions up to the available data (\sim2 GeV/c) and for Pb+Pb collisions up to 3 GeV/c. The extracted parameters remain broadly consistent with those obtained from conventional BGBW simultaneous fits, while the extension of the fit range leads to moderate changes in some parameters. Furthermore, Bayesian analysis yields well-constrained posterior distributions for the kinetic freeze-out temperature TkinT_{kin}, the average transverse flow velocity βT\langle \beta_{\mathrm{T}}\rangle, and the exponent of the velocity profile nn and shows their correlations transparently. We suggest that the BGBW model in a Bayesian inference framework proposed can be applied in future data analyses to simultaneously describe the pTp_{\mathrm{T}} spectra of identified particles and extract the relevant information about the collision system.

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@article{arxiv.2606.29187,
  title  = {Revisiting identified-particle $p_{\mathrm{T}}$ spectra using the Boltzmann-Gibbs blast-wave model in a Bayesian inference framework},
  author = {Z. Xie and W. Z. Li and J. Q. Tao and H. Zheng and W. C. Zhang and W. Dai and L. L. Zhu and X. Q. Liu and D. M. Zhou and B. H. Sa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2606.29187},
  year   = {2026}
}

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9 pages, 3 figures