We study the centrality dependence of the mid-rapidity (|y| 〈 0.5) yields and transverse momentum distributions of K* (892)° and φ(1020) resonances produced in Pb + Pb collisions at SNN= 2.76 TeV. The...We study the centrality dependence of the mid-rapidity (|y| 〈 0.5) yields and transverse momentum distributions of K* (892)° and φ(1020) resonances produced in Pb + Pb collisions at SNN= 2.76 TeV. The mid- rapidity density (dN/dy) and the shape of the transverse momentum spectra are well reproduced by an earlier proposed Unified Statistical Thermal Freeze-out Model (USTFM), which incorporates the effects of both longitudinal as well as transverse hydrodynamic flow. The freeze-out properties in terms of kinetic freeze-out temperature and transverse flow velocity parameter are extracted from the model fits to the transverse momentum data provided by the ALICE experiment at the LHC. The kinetic freeze-out temperature is found to increase with decreasing event centrality while the transverse flow velocity parameter shows a mild decrease on moving towards peripheral collisions. Moreover the centrality dependence of the mid-rapidity system size at freeze-out has also been studied in terms of transverse radius parameter.展开更多
基金Supported by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research,New Delhi for This Work
文摘We study the centrality dependence of the mid-rapidity (|y| 〈 0.5) yields and transverse momentum distributions of K* (892)° and φ(1020) resonances produced in Pb + Pb collisions at SNN= 2.76 TeV. The mid- rapidity density (dN/dy) and the shape of the transverse momentum spectra are well reproduced by an earlier proposed Unified Statistical Thermal Freeze-out Model (USTFM), which incorporates the effects of both longitudinal as well as transverse hydrodynamic flow. The freeze-out properties in terms of kinetic freeze-out temperature and transverse flow velocity parameter are extracted from the model fits to the transverse momentum data provided by the ALICE experiment at the LHC. The kinetic freeze-out temperature is found to increase with decreasing event centrality while the transverse flow velocity parameter shows a mild decrease on moving towards peripheral collisions. Moreover the centrality dependence of the mid-rapidity system size at freeze-out has also been studied in terms of transverse radius parameter.