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GSI-2023-00211

http://join2-wiki.gsi.de/foswiki/pub/Main/Artwork/join2_logo100x88.png Observation of a multiplicity dependence in the $p_{\rm T}$-differential charm baryon-to-meson ratios in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 13$ TeV

ALICE Collaboration (Corresponding author)

2022

Please use a persistent id in citations: doi:10.17182/HEPDATA.128718

Abstract: The production of prompt D0, Ds+, and Λc+ hadrons, and their ratios, Ds+/D0 and Λc+/D0, are measured in proton–proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV at midrapidity (|y|<0.5) with the ALICE detector at the LHC. The measurements are performed as a function of the charm-hadron transverse momentum (p$_T$) in intervals of charged-particle multiplicity, measured with two multiplicity estimators covering different pseudorapidity regions. While the strange to non-strange Ds+/D0 ratio indicates no significant multiplicity dependence, the baryon-to-meson p$_T$-differential Λc+/D0 ratio shows a multiplicity-dependent enhancement, with a significance of 5.3σ for 1 < p$_T$ <12 GeV/c, comparing the highest multiplicity interval with respect to the lowest one. The measurements are compared with a theoretical model that explains the multiplicity dependence by a canonical treatment of quantum charges in the statistical hadronisation approach, and with predictions from event generators that implement colour reconnection mechanisms beyond the leading colour approximation to model the hadronisation process. The Λc+/D0 ratios as a function of p$_T$ present a similar shape and magnitude as the Λ/KS0 ratios in comparable multiplicity intervals, suggesting a potential common mechanism for light- and charm-hadron formation, with analogous multiplicity dependence. The p$_T$-integrated ratios, extrapolated down to p$_T$ = 0, do not show a significant dependence on multiplicity within the uncertainties.

Note: Journal Article GSI record: GSI-2023-00146

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Contributing Institute(s):

1. ALICE (ALI)
2. Detektorlabor (DTL)
3. IT (CIT)
4. ExtreMe Matter Institute, EMMI (EXM)
5. Collaboration CERN: ALICE (ALICE@CERN)

Research Program(s):

1. 612 - Cosmic Matter in the Laboratory (POF4-612) (POF4-612)
2. HGS-HIRe - HGS-HIRe for FAIR (HGS-HIRe) (HGS-HIRe)
3. SUC-GSI-Heidelberg - Strategic university cooperation GSI-U Heidelberg (SUC-GSI-HE) (SUC-GSI-HE)
4. SUC-GSI-Frankfurt - Strategic university cooperation GSI-U Frankfurt/M (SUC-GSI-FR) (SUC-GSI-FR)
5. SUC-GSI-Darmstadt - Strategic university cooperation GSI-TU Darmstadt (SUC-GSI-DA) (SUC-GSI-DA)

Experiment(s):

1. LHC: ALICE

Appears in the scientific report 2022

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Linked articles:

http://join2-wiki.gsi.de/foswiki/pub/Main/Artwork/join2_logo100x88.png Journal Article Acharya, S. ; Adamova, D. ; Adler, A. ; et al
Observation of a multiplicity dependence in the $p_{\rm T}$-differential charm baryon-to-meson ratios in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 13$ TeV
Physics letters / B 829, 137065 (2022) [10.1016/j.physletb.2022.137065]2022   Files  Fulltext by arXiv.org BibTeX | EndNote: XML, Text | RIS

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