Analysis of kinetic freeze out temperature and transverse flow velocity in nucleus-nucleus and proton-proton collisions at same center of mass energy

TL;DR

This study analyzes the kinetic freeze-out temperature and transverse flow velocity in various nucleus-nucleus and proton-proton collisions at RHIC and LHC energies using the blast wave model with Tsallis statistics, revealing mass dependence and similarities across collision types.

Contribution

It introduces a detailed analysis of freeze-out parameters across different collision systems and energies, highlighting mass dependence and thermodynamic similarities.

Findings

Kinetic freeze-out temperature depends on particle mass.

Central collisions have higher freeze-out temperatures and flow velocities.

Similar thermodynamic properties observed in peripheral AA and pp collisions.

Abstract

Transverse momentum spectra of different types of identified charged particles in central Gold-Gold (Au-Au) collisions, and inelastic (INEL) or non-single-diffrative (NSD) proton-proton (pp) collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), as well as in central and peripheral Lead-Lead (Pb-Pb) collisions, and INEL or NSD pp collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) are analyzed by the blast wave model with Tsallis statistics. The model results are approximately in agreement with the experimental data measured by STAR, PHENIX and ALICE Collaborations in special transverse momentum ranges. Kinetic freeze out temperature and transverse flow velocity are extracted from the transverse momentum spectra of the particles. It is shown that kinetic freeze out temperature of the emission source depends on mass of the particles, which reveals the mass differential kinetic freeze out scenario in collisions at RHIC and LHC. Furthermore, the kinetic freeze out temperature and transverse flow velocity in central nucleus-nucleus (AA) collisions are larger than in peripheral collisions, and both of them are slightly larger in peripheral nucleus-nucleus collisions or almost equivalent to that in pp proton-proton collisions at the same center of mass energy which shows their similar thermodynamic nature.