Transverse momentum dependence of $\Omega/\phi$ ratio in high energy collisions

TL;DR

This paper models the $p_T$ dependence of the $\\Omega/\phi$ ratio in high-energy collisions using a constituent quark approach, linking it to the curvature of strange quark spectra before hadronization.

Contribution

It introduces a novel method to extract and analyze the curvature of strange quark $p_T$ spectra from experimental data to explain the $\\Omega/\phi$ ratio behavior across different collision systems.

Findings

The $\\Omega/\phi$ ratio's change rate is governed by the curvature of strange quark $p_T$ spectra.

Experimental data supports the link between strange quark spectra curvature and $\\Omega/\phi$ ratio dependence.

The curvature change may be related to strong collective flow effects in the partonic stage.

Abstract

We apply a constituent quark equal-velocity combination model to study the $p_{T}$ dependence of $\Omega/\phi$ ratio in $pp$, $p$-Pb and Pb-Pb collisions at LHC energies. We demonstrate that the relative change rate of the $\Omega/\phi$ ratio is dominated by a discrete curvature property of $p_{T}$ spectrum of strange quarks just before hadronization. Using experimental data of $\phi$ mesons after a quark number scaling operation, we extract $p_{T}$ spectrum of strange quarks just before hadronization and study its curvature property in high and low multiplicity events in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=$ 7, 13 TeV, $p$-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$= 5.02 TeV and Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$= 2.76 TeV. We apply these curvature properties of $p_{T}$ spectra of strange quarks to explain the observed $p_{T}$ dependence of $\Omega/\phi$ ratio in those collisions. We discuss the possible origin of the change of curvature property for $p_{T}$ spectra of strange quarks just before hadronization by considering the influence of strong collective flow formed in partonic stage evolution in collisions at LHC energies.