Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Experiment
Scientific paper
2011-10-04
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Experiment
Talk given at Quark Matter 2011 conference
Scientific paper
We present transverse momentum distributions of inclusive charged particles and identified hadrons in $pp$ and Pb--Pb collisions at $\rs= 2.76$ TeV, measured by ALICE at the LHC. The Pb--Pb data are presented in intervals of collision centrality and cover transverse momenta up to 50 GeV/$c$. Nuclear medium effects are studied in terms of the nuclear modification factor \raa. The results indicate a strong suppression of high-$p_T$ particles in Pb--Pb collisions, consistent with a large energy loss of hard-scattered partons in the hot, dense and long-lived medium created at the LHC. We compare the preliminary results for inclusive charged particles to previous results from RHIC and calculations from energy loss models. Furthermore, we compare the nuclear modification factors of inclusive charged particles to those of identified $\pi^0$, $\pi^{\pm}$, K$^0_s$, and $\Lambda$.
Appelshäuser Harald
for the ALICE Collaboration
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