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Measurement of K<sup>⁎</sup>(892)<sup>±</sup> production in inelastic pp collisions at the LHC
Journal
Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
ISSN
03702693
Date Issued
2022-05-10
Author(s)
Acharya, S.
Adamová, D.
Adler, A.
Adolfsson, J.
Aglieri Rinella, G.
Agnello, M.
Agrawal, N.
Ahammed, Z.
Ahmad, S.
Ahn, S. U.
Ahuja, I.
Akbar, Z.
Akindinov, A.
Al-Turany, M.
Alam, S. N.
Aleksandrov, D.
Alessandro, B.
Alfanda, H. M.
Alfaro Molina, R.
Ali, B.
Ali, Y.
Alici, A.
Alizadehvandchali, N.
Alkin, A.
Alme, J.
Alt, T.
Altenkamper, L.
Altsybeev, I.
Anaam, M. N.
Andrei, C.
Andreou, D.
Andronic, A.
Angeletti, M.
Anguelov, V.
Antinori, F.
Antonioli, P.
Anuj, C.
Apadula, N.
Aphecetche, L.
Appelshäuser, H.
Arcelli, S.
Arnaldi, R.
Arsene, I. C.
Arslandok, M.
Augustinus, A.
Averbeck, R.
Aziz, S.
Azmi, M. D.
Badalà, A.
Baek, Y. W.
Bai, X.
Bailhache, R.
Bailung, Y.
Bala, R.
Balbino, A.
Baldisseri, A.
Balis, B.
Ball, M.
Banerjee, D.
Barbera, R.
Barioglio, L.
Barlou, M.
Barnaföldi, G. G.
Barnby, L. S.
Barret, V.
Bartels, C.
Barth, K.
Bartsch, E.
Baruffaldi, F.
Bastid, N.
Basu, S.
Batigne, G.
Batyunya, B.
Bauri, D.
Bazo Alba, J. L.
Bearden, I. G.
Beattie, C.
Belikov, I.
Bell Hechavarria, A. D.C.
Bellini, F.
Bellwied, R.
Belokurova, S.
Belyaev, V.
Bencedi, G.
Beole, S.
Bercuci, A.
Berdnikov, Y.
Berdnikova, A.
Berenyi, D.
Bergmann, L.
Besoiu, M. G.
Betev, L.
Bhaduri, P. P.
Bhasin, A.
Bhat, I. R.
Bhat, M. A.
Bhattacharjee, B.
Bhattacharya, P.
Bianchi, L.
Bianchi, N.
Abstract
The first results on K⁎(892)± resonance production in inelastic pp collisions at LHC energies of s=5.02, 8, and 13 TeV are presented. The K⁎(892)± has been reconstructed via its hadronic decay channel K⁎(892)→±KS0+π± with the ALICE detector. Measurements of transverse momentum distributions, pT-integrated yields, and mean transverse momenta for charged K⁎(892) are found to be consistent with previous ALICE measurements for neutral K⁎(892) within uncertainties. For pT>1 GeV/c the K⁎(892)± transverse momentum spectra become harder with increasing centre-of-mass energy from 5.02 to 13 TeV, similar to what previously observed for charged kaons and pions. For pT<1 GeV/c the K⁎(892)± yield does not evolve significantly and the abundance of K⁎(892)± relative to K is rather independent of the collision energy. The transverse momentum spectra, measured for K⁎(892)± at midrapidity in the interval 0 < pT<15 GeV/c, are not well described by predictions of different versions of PYTHIA 6, PYTHIA 8 and EPOS-LHC event generators. These generators reproduce the measured pT-integrated K⁎±/K ratios and describe well the momentum dependence for pT<2 GeV/c.
Volume
828
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