Production of charged pions, kaons, and (anti-)protons in Pb-Pb and inelastic pp collisions at sNN =5.02 TeV

Abstract

The ALICE Collaboration reports unique data on particle production in Pb-Pb and inelastic $p$-$p$ collisions at the LHC at 5.02 TeV. The measurements range from very peripheral to the most central collisions, and cover particles with transverse momenta from hundreds of MeV/$c$ to 20 GeV/$c$. The precision and breadth of the data provide tight constraints on our understanding of particle production mechanisms in these collisions.