Hadronization studies at the LHC with ALICE

Abstract

Studies of the production of heavy-flavour baryons are of prominent importance to investigate hadronization mechanisms at the LHC, in particular through the study of the evolution of the baryon-over-meson production ratio. Measurements performed in pp and p--Pb collisions at the LHC have revealed unexpected features, qualitatively similar to what was observed in heavy-ion collisions and, in the charm sector, not in line with the expectations based on previous measurements from ${\mathrm{e}}^{+}{\mathrm{e}}^{-}$ colliders and in ep collisions. These results suggest that charmed baryon formation might not be universal and that the baryon-over-meson ratio depends on the collision system or multiplicity. A review of ALICE measurements of charmed baryons, including ${\mathrm{\Lambda }}_{\mathrm{c}}^{+}/{\mathrm{D}}^0$ as a function of charged-particle multiplicity in pp, p--Pb and Pb--Pb collisions, ${\mathrm{\Sigma }}_{\mathrm{c}}^{0,+,++}/{\mathrm{D}}^0$ and ${\mathrm{\Xi }}_{\mathrm{c}}^{0,+}/{\mathrm{D}}^0$ as a function of $p_{\mathrm{T}}$ in pp collisions and $\mathrm{\Gamma }({\mathrm{\Xi }}_{\mathrm{c}}^0\to {\mathrm{\Xi }}^{-}{\mathrm{e}}^{+}{\nu }_{\mathrm{e}})/\Gamma ({\mathrm{\Xi }}_{\mathrm{c}}^0\to {\mathrm{\Xi }}^{-}{\pi }^{+})$, will be presented. Comparison to phenomenological models will be also discussed. Emphasis will be given to the discussion of the impact of these studies on the understanding of hadronization processes.

arXiv commentProceedings of 40th International Conference on High Energy physics, July 28 - August 6, 2020. 6 pages, 3 figures

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