Transverse momentum dependence of inclusive primary charged-particle production in p-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}}$ = 5.02 TeV

Abstract

The transverse momentum ($p_{\mathrm{T}}$) distribution of primary charged particles is measured at midrapidity in minimum-bias p-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}}=5.02$ TeV with the ALICE detector at the LHC in the range $0.15<p_{\mathrm{T}}<50$ GeV/$c$. The spectra are compared to the expectation based on binary collision scaling of particle production in pp collisions, leading to a nuclear modification factor consistent with unity for $p_{\mathrm{T}}$ larger than 2 GeV/$c$, with a weak indication of a Cronin-like enhancement for $p_{\mathrm{T}}$ around 4 GeV/$c$. The measurement is compared to theoretical calculations and to data in Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}}=2.76$ TeV.

16 pages, 4 captioned figures, 1 table, authors from page 11, published version, figures at http://aliceinfo.cern.ch/ArtSubmission/node/834

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