Peter Christiansen Lund University for the ALICE Collaboration

Peter Christiansen (Lund University) for the ALICE Collaboration

2 Outline of talk ● ● ● The Particle IDentification (PID) capabilities of the ALICE experiment Short introduction to the different p. T regimes of particle species dependent physics Intermediate p. T results ● ● ● High p. T results ● ● Baryon to meson ratio at LHC Identified elliptic and triangular flow Identified RAA at p. T > 6 Ge. V/c Conclusions May 28, 2012 High p. T identified particle production in ALICE Hard Probes 2012, P. Christiansen (Lund)

ALICE as a charged particle PID detector (central barrel) TOF TRD TPC HMPID ITS May 28, 2012 High p. T identified particle production in ALICE Hard Probes 2012, P. Christiansen (Lund) 3

π0 (EMCAL) ALICE as a neutral particle PID detector π0 → 2γ converts to 2(e- + e+) π0 (PHOS) K 0 s Λ May 28, 2012 High p. T identified particle production in ALICE Hard Probes 2012, P. Christiansen (Lund) 4

The 3 regimes of p. T and their particle species dependence 5 ● Low: p. T ≤ 2 Ge. V/c ● ● High Intermediate: 2 ≤ p. T ≤ 8 Ge. V/c ● ● Low ● Interm. ● ● Flow peaks (mass dependence) Coalescence? scaling) (valence quark Color anomalous baryon fragmentation? (string junction) …. . High: p. T ≥ 8 Ge. V/c ● May 28, 2012 Radial flow (mass dependence) Vacuum fragmentation? High p. T identified particle production in ALICE Hard Probes 2012, P. Christiansen (Lund)

Why do we expect particle species dependent modifications even at higher p. T? ● ● Large effects at intermediate p. T – does this effect just disappear? The low value of RAA suggests that most hard partons interacts strongly with the medium S. Sapeta and U. A. Wiedemann, Eur. Phys. J. C 55 (2008) 293: • Indirect • “in all models of radiative parton energy loss, the interaction of a parent parton with the QCD medium transfers color between partonic projectile and target. This changes the color flow in the parton shower and is thus likely to affect hadronization. ” • Direct • “In addition, flavor or baryon number could be exchanged between medium and projectile. ” May 28, 2012 High p. T identified particle production in ALICE Hard Probes 2012, P. Christiansen (Lund) 6

7 Low p. T: spectra and particle ratios ● Integrated particle ratios are similar at RHIC and LHC for K/π and p/π (feeddown corrected) ● But protons are clearly ”pushed out” to higher p. T at LHC: stronger flow May 28, 2012 High p. T identified particle production in ALICE Hard Probes 2012, P. Christiansen (Lund)

Intermediate p. T: Λ/K 0 s vs. centrality ● The baryon to meson ratio is also enhanced at LHC ● ● More so than at RHIC But much less than predicted in some coalescence models ● ● 8 R. C. Hwa and C. B. Yang, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 042301 (2006). Recent EPOS model calculation describes the data well: Werner, ar. Xiv: 1204. 1394. May 28, 2012 High p. T identified particle production in ALICE Hard Probes 2012, P. Christiansen (Lund) K. Bulk or jet effect? Parallel talk: Misha VELDHOEN Monday 16: 30

Elliptic and triangular flow for identified particles at high p. T PID using TPC: d. E/dx - <d. E/dx>π 4. 5 < p. T < 5. 0 Ge. V/c ● PID using “clean” regions of d. E/dx on the relativistic rise Submitted to ar. Xiv May 28, 2012 High p. T identified particle production in ALICE Hard Probes 2012, P. Christiansen (Lund) 9

Elliptic and triangular flow for identified particles at high p. T ● The v 2 and v 3 also peaks in the intermediate p. T region ● ● Large particle species dependence End of hydrodynamic flow for p. T ≥ 9 -10 Ge. V/c ? ● ● ● Triangular flow which is not sensitive to collision geometry becomes small No or small particle species dependence for v 2 (little mass dependence) And pion v 2 is well described by jet quenching prediction Parallel talk: Jan RAK Monday 15: 00 Submitted to ar. Xiv May 28, 2012 10 High p. T identified particle production in ALICE Hard Probes 2012, P. Christiansen (Lund)

RAA for unidentified charged particles Parallel talk: Michele FLORIS Monday 17: 50 Poster: Philipp LUETTIG ● ● Several models capture the essential features some miss absolute scale) (but The relative particle species dependent effects should be easier to describe as complicated space time dynamics probably falls out in the “double ratio” May 28, 2012 High p. T identified particle production in ALICE Hard Probes 2012, P. Christiansen (Lund) 11

RAA for identified particles can be obtained using the additional d. E/dx info p. T → 9. 0 < p. T < 10. 0 Ge. V/c 4. 5 < p. T < 5. 0 Ge. V/c pp On the relativistic rise: May 28, 2012 60 -80% pp → central Pb. Pb High p. T identified particle production in ALICE Hard Probes 2012, P. Christiansen (Lund) 0 -5% 12

13 Charged pion spectra at high p. T May 28, 2012 High p. T identified particle production in ALICE Hard Probes 2012, P. Christiansen (Lund)

14 Charged pion RAA ● Is smaller than charged particle RAA for p. T < 6 -8 Ge. V/c ● Agrees with charged particle RAA for p. T > 6 -8 Ge. V/c May 28, 2012 High p. T identified particle production in ALICE Hard Probes 2012, P. Christiansen (Lund)

Comparison of charged and neutral pion RAA Parallel talk: Yury KHARLOV Monday 17: 10 ● Complementary analyses with different systematics ● Important as these measurements will be limited at LHC by systematic errors May 28, 2012 High p. T identified particle production in ALICE Hard Probes 2012, P. Christiansen (Lund) 15

16 Charged kaon+proton RAA The separation of K and p is challenging. Work in progress! All charged ~ π+K+p (electrons and muons are negligible) ● Is larger than charged particle RAA for p. T < 6 -8 Ge. V/c ● Agrees with charged particle RAA for p. T > 6 -8 Ge. V/c May 28, 2012 High p. T identified particle production in ALICE Hard Probes 2012, P. Christiansen (Lund)

A general model with particle species dependent modifications S. Sapeta and U. A. Wiedemann, Eur. Phys. J. C 55 (2008) 293 STAR data Phys. Rev. Lett. 108 072302 (2012). • Effect inside jet • But for p. T>>8 Ge. V/c we expect all hadrons to belong to jets • K/π and p/π medium > vacuum → (K+p)/π medium > vacuum → ● Prediction incompatible with data K+p less suppressed than π ● Question: what do we learn about the interaction between parton and medium? May 28, 2012 High p. T identified particle production in ALICE Hard Probes 2012, P. Christiansen (Lund) 17

18 RAA for light quark hadrons ar. Xiv: 1203. 2160 ● ● ● Light quark hadrons with p. T > 8 Ge. V/c are equally suppressed This seem to indicate that medium interactions do not affect fragmentation for p. T > 8 Ge. V/c - fragmentation occurs into vacuum Light quark results also provide a baseline for understanding heavy quark energy loss Parallel talk: May 28, 2012 High p. T identified particle production in ALICE Hard Probes 2012, P. Christiansen (Lund) Zaida CONESA DEL VALLE Monday 16: 30

19 Conclusions ● The intermediate p. T region is rich in exciting physics where PID provides much additional information ● ● ● Large baryon to meson ratios and large particle species dependent flow: v 2 and v 3 The transition (6 ≤ p. T ≤ 10 Ge. V/c) to a hard high p. T region where particle species dependent effects are much smaller is observed both in the identified RAA and v 2 and in the small value of v 3 Longer term perspective: jet studies including PID Thank you! May 28, 2012 High p. T identified particle production in ALICE Hard Probes 2012, P. Christiansen (Lund)

20 Backup slides May 28, 2012 High p. T identified particle production in ALICE Hard Probes 2012, P. Christiansen (Lund)

21 Transverse momentum resolution May 28, 2012 High p. T identified particle production in ALICE Hard Probes 2012, P. Christiansen (Lund)

Comparison of low p. T and high p. T charged pion spectra May 28, 2012 High p. T identified particle production in ALICE Hard Probes 2012, P. Christiansen (Lund) 22

Spectra and RAA for unidentified particles May 28, 2012 High p. T identified particle production in ALICE Hard Probes 2012, P. Christiansen (Lund) 23

How well defined is PID fragmentation? ● One of the goals of ALICE analyses is to improve this (pp) ● But it also implies that we need to have an experimental baseline: ● Unidentified vs. identified e. g. RAA ● pp vs. AA e. g. Λ/K 0 s ● beam energy variation e. g. LHC vs. RHIC May 28, 2012 High p. T identified particle production in ALICE Hard Probes 2012, P. Christiansen (Lund) 24

25 STAR results Note there that STAR ratios << 1 Valence quark fragments at high p. T Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 072302 (2012). May 28, 2012 High p. T identified particle production in ALICE Hard Probes 2012, P. Christiansen (Lund)

Color anomalous baryons fragmentation ● Color anomalous baryon fragmentation (P. Aurenche, B. G. Zakharov, Eur. Phys. J. C 71 (2011) 1829. ). The model is aimed at explaining the baryon anomaly but these effects persists out to higher p. T. ● ● ● A hard scattered quark (triplet) can pickup a gluon from the medium → sextet state a gluon (octet) can pick up another gluon → decuplet state The fragmentation of these color states is very different from normal quark (triplet) and gluon (octet) states and relies on string junction (soft effect). May 28, 2012 High p. T identified particle production in ALICE Hard Probes 2012, P. Christiansen (Lund) 26