Comparing the Tsallis Distribution with and without Thermodynamical Description in p+p Collisions

We compare two types of Tsallis distribution, that is, with and without thermodynamical description, using the experimental data from the STAR, PHENIX, ALICE, and CMS Collaborations on the rapidity and energy dependence of the transverse momentum spectra in p+p collisions. Both of them can fit the p...

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Main Authors: H. Zheng, Lilin Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-01-01
Series:Advances in High Energy Physics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9632126
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Summary:We compare two types of Tsallis distribution, that is, with and without thermodynamical description, using the experimental data from the STAR, PHENIX, ALICE, and CMS Collaborations on the rapidity and energy dependence of the transverse momentum spectra in p+p collisions. Both of them can fit the particle spectra well. We show that the Tsallis distribution with thermodynamical description gives lower temperatures than the ones without it. The extra factor mT (transverse mass) in the Tsallis distribution with thermodynamical description plays an important role in the discrepancies between the two types of Tsallis distribution. But for the heavy particles, the choice to use mT or ET (transverse energy) in the Tsallis distribution becomes more crucial.
ISSN:1687-7357
1687-7365