Multiplicity and rapidity dependence of K*(892)0 and φ(1020) production in p-Pb collisions at √sNN=5.02 TeV

Authors：Acharya, S.; Adamova, D.; Adler, A.; Rinella, G. Aglieri; Agnello, M.; Agrawal, N.; Ahammed, Z.; Ahmad, S.; Ahn, S. U.; Ahuja, I.; Akindinov, A.; Al-Turany, M.; Aleksandrov, D.; Alessandro, B.; Alfanda, H. M.; Alfaro Molina, R.; Ali, B.; Ali, Y.; Alici, A.; Alizadehvandchali, N.; Alkin, A.; Alme, J.; Alocco, G.; Alt, T.; Altsybeev, I.; Anaam, M. N.; Andrei, C.; Andronic, A.; Anguelov, V.; Antinori, F.; Antonioli, P.; Anuj, C.; Apadula, N.; Aphecetche, L.; Appelshaeuser, H.; Arcelli, S.

Source：European Physical Journal C, 2023, 83(6): 540.

DOI：10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-11449-3

• PHI-MESON PRODUCTION
• TRANSVERSE-MOMENTUM
• PARTICLE-PRODUCTION
• PROTON
• HADRONS
• PHYSICS
• MATTER

The transverse-momentum (p(T)) spectra of K* (892)(0) and phi(1020) measured with the ALICE detector up to p(T) = 16 GeV/c in the rapidity range -1.2 < y < 0.3, in p-Pb collisions at the center-of-mass energy per nucleon-nucleon collision root s(NN) = 5.02 TeV are presented as a function of charged particle multiplicity and rapidity. The measured p(T) distributions show a dependence on both multiplicity and rapidity at low p(T) whereas no significant dependence is observed at high p(T). A rapidity dependence is observed in the p(T)-integrated yield (dN/dy), whereas the mean transverse momentum (< pT >) shows a flat behavior as a function of rapidity. The rapidity asymmetry (Y-asym) at low p(T) (< 5 GeV/c) is more significant for higher multiplicity classes. At high p(T), no significant rapidity asymmetry is observed in any of the multiplicity classes. Both K* (892)(0) and phi(1020) showsimilar Y-asym. The nuclear modification factor (QCP) as a function of p(T) shows a Cronin-like enhancement at intermediate p(T), which is more prominent at higher rapidities (Pb-going direction) and in higher multiplicity classes. At high p(T) (> 5 GeV/c), the Q(CP) values are greater than unity and no significant rapidity dependence is observed.