Explanation of hadron transverse-momentum spectra in heavy-ion collisions at sqrt(sNN) = 2.76 TeV within chemical non-equilibrium statistical hadronization model

Abstract

Chemical non-equilibrium version of the statistical hadronization model combined with a single-freeze-out scenario is used to analyze the transverse-momentum spectra of pions, kaons and protons produced in heavy-ion collisions at sqrt(sNN) = 2.76 TeV. With the statistical parameters found in earlier studies of hadronic ratios and two new geometric parameters determined by the absolute normalization and slopes of the spectra, we obtain a very good agreement between the data and the model predictions. In particular, the enhancement of pions observed at the very low transverse-momenta is very well reproduced. In the chemical non-equilibrium approach, this effect may be naturally interpreted as the onset of pion condensation in heavy-ion collisions. We further stress that the chemical non-equilibrium explains not only the proton yield but the proton spectra as well.

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