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A two-component (soft + hard) model (TCM) of hadron production in high-energy nuclear collisions is applied to ensemble-mean $p_t$ (denoted by $\bar p_t$) data for $p$-$p$, $p$-Pb and Pb-Pb collisions from the relativistic heavy ion…
The PYTHIA Monte Carlo (PMC), first introduced more than thirty years ago, remains a popular simulation tool both for analysis of $p$-$p$ collision dynamics and for detector design and calibration. The PMC assumes that almost all produced…
A two-component (soft + hard) model (TCM) of hadron production in yields and spectra derived from the charge-multiplicity dependence of 200 GeV p-p collisions at the relativistic heavy ion collider (RHIC) is extended to describe p-p…
A recent study of 5 TeV $p$-Pb centrality combined a Glauber model of $p$-Pb collision geometry with an assumption of linear scaling between $n_{ch}$ (charge) integrated within some $\eta$ acceptance and the number of nucleon participants…
The ALICE collaboration at the large hadron collider (LHC) recently reported high-statistics $p_t$ spectrum data from 5 TeV and 13 TeV $p$-$p$ collisions. Particle data for each energy were partitioned into event classes based on the total…
The multiplicity and average transverse momentum of the charged and identified particles produced in different kinds of colliding systems are an example of global observables used to characterize events over a wide range of energy. Studying…
In preparation for the heavy ion program at the relativistic heavy ion collider (RHIC) $d$-Au collisions were designated as a control experiment for possible discovery of a quark-gluon plasma (QGP) in more-central Au-Au collisions, and…
Identified-hadron (PID) spectra from 2.76 TeV Pb-Pb and $p$-$p$ collisions are analyzed via a two-component (soft + hard) model (TCM) of hadron production in high-energy nuclear collisions. The PID TCM is adapted with minor changes from a…
This is the second part of a two-part article on precision modeling of identified-hadron (PID) $p_t$ spectra from 5 TeV $p$-Pb collisions. In Part I a revised two-component (soft + hard) model (TCM) of PID spectra was introduced, an…
The average transverse momentum $\langle p_{\rm T}\rangle$ versus the charged-particle multiplicity $N_{\rm ch}$ was measured in p-Pb collisions at a collision energy per nucleon-nucleon pair $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}=5.02$ TeV and in pp…
The $p$-Pb collision system occupies a unique position regarding physical interpretation of high-energy particle data. More-peripheral $p$-Pb is indistinguishable from $p$-$p$ collision while more-central $p$-Pb overlaps an interval of…
In a recent analysis of high-statistics $p_t$ spectra from 5 and 13 TeV $p$-$p$ collisions a two-component (soft+hard) model (TCM) of hadron production near midrapidity, based on fixed model functions independent of collision multiplicity…
Collectivity, as interpreted to mean flow of a dense medium in high-energy A-A collisions described by hydrodynamics, has been attributed to smaller collision systems -- p-A and even p-p collisions -- based on recent analysis of LHC data.…
A parametrized mathematical model is required to extract the information carried by transverse momentum $p_t$ spectra from high-energy nuclear collisions and subject it to physical interpretation in terms of possible hadron production…
Studies of hadron production in proton-proton collisions, including charged particle transverse momentum, pseudo-rapidity and event-by-event multiplicity distributions at \sqrt{s} = 0.9, 2.36 and 7 TeV are shown. Measured spectra of…
Identified-hadron (PID) $p_t$ spectra from 13 TeV $p$-$p$ collisions are compared with a two-component (soft+hard) model (TCM) that accurately distinguishes jet-related hadron production (hard component) from nonjet projectile-nucleon…
Spectra of identified charged hadrons are measured in pPb collisions with the CMS detector at the LHC at sqrt(sNN) = 5.02 TeV. Charged pions, kaons, and protons in the transverse-momentum range pt approximately 0.1-1.7 GeV and laboratory…
The production of charged pions, kaons and (anti)protons has been measured at mid-rapidity ($-0.5 < y < 0$) in p-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}=5.02$ TeV using the ALICE detector at the LHC. Exploiting particle identification…
Measurements of two-particle angular correlations of inclusive charged particles as well as identified strange hadron in pp and pPb collisions are presented over a wide range in pseudorapidity and full azimuth. The data were collected using…
Measurements of strange hadron (K0s, Lambda + anti-Lambda, and Xi+ + Xi-) transverse momentum spectra in pp, pPb, and PbPb collisions are presented over a wide range of rapidity and event charged-particle multiplicity. The data were…