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Charged-hadron and identified-hadron ( KS0, Λ, Ξ− ) yield measurements in photonuclear Pb+Pb and p+Pb collisions at

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Article number064908
<mark>Journal publication date</mark>30/06/2025
<mark>Journal</mark>Physical Review C
Issue number6
Volume111
Publication StatusPublished
Early online date17/06/25
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

This paper presents the measurement of charged-hadron and identified-hadron (KS0, Λ, Ξ−) yields in photonuclear collisions using 1.7nb−1 of sNN=5.02TeV Pb+Pb data collected in 2018 with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. Candidate photonuclear events are selected using a combination of tracking and calorimeter information, including the zero-degree calorimeter. The yields as a function of transverse momentum and rapidity are measured in these photonuclear collisions as a function of charged-particle multiplicity. These photonuclear results are compared with 0.1nb−1 of sNN=5.02TeV p+Pb data collected in 2016 by ATLAS using similar charged-particle multiplicity selections. These photonuclear measurements shed light on potential quark-gluon plasma formation in photonuclear collisions via observables sensitive to radial flow, enhanced baryon-to-meson ratios, and strangeness enhancement. The results are also compared with the Monte Carlo generator and hydrodynamic calculations to test whether such photonuclear collisions may produce small droplets of quark-gluon plasma that flow collectively.