The invariant differential cross sections for inclusive π0 and η mesons at midrapidity were measured in pp collisions at s√=2.76 TeV for transverse momenta 0.4<pT<40 GeV/c and 0.6<pT<20 GeV/c, respectively, using the ALICE detector. This large range in pT was achieved by combining various analysis techniques and different triggers involving the electromagnetic calorimeter (EMCal). In particular, a new single-cluster, shower-shape based method was developed for the identification of high- pT neutral pions, which exploits that the showers originating from their decay photons overlap in the EMCal. Above 4 GeV/ c , the measured cross sections are found to exhibit a similar power-law behavior with an exponent of about 6.3. Next-to-leading-order perturbative QCD calculations differ from the measured cross sections by about 30% for the π0 , and between 30–50% for the η meson, while generator-level simulations with PYTHIA 8.2 describe the data to better than 10–30%, except at pT<1 GeV/ c . The new data can therefore be used to further improve the theoretical description of π0 and η meson production.
Production of pi(0) and eta mesons up to high transverse momentum in pp collisions at 2.76 TeV / Acharya, S; Adamova, D.; Adolfson, J; Aggarwal, M.; Rinella, G.; Agnello, M.; Agrawal, N; Bufalino, S.; Concas, M.; Grosa, F.; Ravasenga, I.. - In: THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS. - ISSN 1434-6044. - STAMPA. - 77:9(2017), pp. 1-25. [10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-5144-7]
Production of pi(0) and eta mesons up to high transverse momentum in pp collisions at 2.76 TeV
Agnello, M.;Bufalino, S.;Concas, M.;Grosa, F.;Ravasenga, I.
2017
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The invariant differential cross sections for inclusive π0 and η mesons at midrapidity were measured in pp collisions at s√=2.76 TeV for transverse momenta 0.4Pubblicazioni consigliate
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