Multiplicity dependence of and production in pp collisions at TeV

The ALICE collaboration

doi:10.1007/JHEP12(2025)038

Multiplicity dependence of and production in pp collisions at TeV

The ALICE collaboration

European Organization for Nuclear Research
University of Houston
INFN Sezione di Bari
INFN Sezione di Torino
INFN Sezione di Bologna
Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre India
Department of Physics
Aligarh Muslim University
University of P.J. Šafárik
National Research and Innovation Agency - BRIN
FIAS
GSI Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung
Central China Normal University
Instituto de Fisica
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Sungkyunkwan University
Department of Physics and Technology
University of Bergen
Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
Physik Department
Technical University of Munich
Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering
University of Derby
Institut für Kernphysik
University of Münster
University of Heidelberg
INFN
Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
University of São Paulo
Department of Physics
University of Oslo
Yale University
University of Tokyo
Wayne State University
INFN Sezione di Catania
Kangwon National University
University of Science and Technology of China
Université Paris-Saclay

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The first measurement at midrapidity (|y| < 0.5) of the production yield of the strange-charm baryons and as a function of transverse momentum (p_T) in different charged-particle multiplicity classes in proton-proton collisions at TeV with the ALICE experiment at the LHC is reported. The baryon is reconstructed via the decay channel in the range 4 < p_T< 12 GeV/c, while the baryon is reconstructed via both the and decay channels in the range 2 < p_T< 12 GeV/c. The baryon-to-meson and the baryon-to-baryon production yield ratios show no significant dependence on multiplicity. In addition, the observed yield ratios are not described by theoretical predictions that model charm-quark fragmentation based on measurements at e⁺e⁻ and e⁻p colliders, indicating differences in the charm-baryon production mechanism in pp collisions. A comparison with different event generators and tunings, including different modelling of the hadronisation process, is also discussed. Moreover, the branching-fraction ratio of is measured as 0.825 ± 0.094 (stat.) ± 0.081 (syst.). This value supersedes the previous ALICE measurement, improving the statistical precision by a factor of 1.6.

Original language	English
Article number	38
Journal	Journal of High Energy Physics
Volume	2025
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP12(2025)038
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2025
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Charm Physics
Hadron-Hadron Scattering
Proton-Proton Scattering

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Multiplicity dependence of and production in pp collisions at TeV

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