Event multiplicity, transverse momentum and energy dependence of charged particle production, and system thermodynamics in pp collisions at the Large Hadron Collider

Abstract

In the present work, we study the recent collision energy and multiplicity dependence of the charged particle transverse momentum spectra as measured by the ALICE collaboration in pp collisions at &sqrt; s=5.02 and 13 TeV using the non-extensive Tsallis distribution and the Boltzmann-Gibbs blast wave (BGBW) model. A thermodynamically consistent form of the Tsallis distribution is used to extract the kinetic freeze-out parameters from the transverse momentum spectra of charged particles at mid-rapidity. In addition, a comprehensive study of fitting range dependence of transverse momentum spectra on the freeze-out parameters is done using Tsallis statistics. The applicability of BGBW model is verified by fitting the transverse momentum spectra of the bulk part (∼2.5 GeV/c) for both 5.02 and 13 TeV energies and also in different multiplicity classes. The radial flow, ⟨ β is almost independent of collision energy and multiplicity whereas the behavior of kinetic freeze-out temperature significantly depends on multiplicity classes. It is found that the Tsallis distribution generally leads to a better description for the complete transverse momentum spectra whereas the BGBW model explains the bulk part of the system. © 2020 IOP Publishing Ltd.