A 'soft+hard' model for Pion, Kaon, and Proton Spectra and $v_2$ measured in PbPb Collisions at $\sqrt s = 2.76 A$TeV

TL;DR

This paper presents an analytical 'soft + hard' model using Tsallis-Pareto distributions to describe pion, kaon, and proton spectra and azimuthal anisotropy in PbPb collisions at 2.76 ATeV, integrating jet and QGP contributions.

Contribution

It introduces a novel analytical model combining soft and hard components with Tsallis-Pareto distributions for heavy-ion collision spectra and anisotropy.

Findings

Successfully describes transverse momentum spectra of identified hadrons.

Reproduces azimuthal anisotropy ($v_2$) in PbPb collisions.

Highlights the additive nature of jet and QGP yields in spectra.

Abstract

Hadron spectra measured in high-energy collisions present distributions which can be derived from the non-extensive statistical and thermodynamical phenomena. Based on earlier theoretical developments, it seems, the methods are very applicable for jets hadronization processes in electron-positron, proton-proton, and even in heavy-ion collisions. Here, we present what can was learnt from the recent theoretical and phenomenological developments: transverse momentum spectra and azimuthal anisotropy ($v_2$) of charge averaged pions, kaons and protons stemming from central Pb+Pb collisions at $\sqrt s$ = 2.76 ATeV are described \textit{analytically} in a `soft + hard' model. In this model, we propose that hadron yields produced in heavy-ion collisions are simply the sum of yields stemming from jets (hard yields) in addition to the yields originating from the Quark-Gluon Plasma (soft yields). The hadron spectra in both types of yields are approximated by the Tsallis--Pareto like distribution.