f0(980) production in inelastic pp collisions at s = 5.02 TeV

ALICE Collaboration

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2022.137644

f₀(980) production in inelastic pp collisions at s = 5.02 TeV

ALICE Collaboration

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The measurement of the production of f₀(980) in inelastic pp collisions at s=5.02 TeV is presented. This is the first reported measurement of inclusive f₀(980) yield at LHC energies. The production is measured at midrapidity, |y|<0.5, in a wide transverse momentum range, 0<p_T<16 GeV/c, by reconstructing the resonance in the f₀(980) →π⁺π⁻ hadronic decay channel using the ALICE detector. The p_T-differential yields are compared to those of pions, protons and ϕ mesons as well as to predictions from the HERWIG 7.2 QCD-inspired Monte Carlo event generator and calculations from a coalescence model that uses the AMPT model as an input. The ratio of the p_T-integrated yield of f₀(980) relative to pions is compared to measurements in e⁺e⁻ and pp collisions at lower energies and predictions from statistical hadronisation models and HERWIG 7.2. A mild collision energy dependence of the f₀(980) to pion production is observed in pp collisions from SPS to LHC energies. All considered models underpredict the p_T-integrated 2f₀(980)/(π⁺ +π⁻) ratio. The prediction from the canonical statistical hadronisation model assuming a zero total strangeness content of f₀(980) is consistent with the data within 1.9σ and is the closest to the data. The results provide an essential reference for future measurements of the particle yield and nuclear modification in p–Pb and Pb–Pb collisions, which have been proposed to be instrumental to probe the elusive nature and quark composition of the f₀(980) scalar meson.

Original language	English
Article number	137644
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	846
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2022.137644
State	Published - 2023.11.10

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f₀(980) production in inelastic pp collisions at s = 5.02 TeV

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