$\phi$(1020) meson production with respect to high momentum hadrons in p-Pb collisions with ALICE at the LHC

ORAL

Abstract

Recent measurements show an enhancement of strange particles (e.g. an increase in the $\phi$(1020)/$\pi$ ratio) in p-Pb and high multiplicity p-p collisions. In order to probe the origin of this increase, it is necessary to separate the strange particles produced in hard processes (jets) from those produced in soft processes (bulk). By examining this trend from low to high multiplicity p-Pb collisions, we are able to study the onset of this enhancement from small to large collision systems.

Two-particle jet-like angular correlations with identified strange hadrons in p-Pb collisions allow us to measure both the jet and non-jet components of strange particle production. Modifications in the production mechanisms across different system sizes can be probed by examining changes in the $\phi$/h ratio within jets and in the underlying event separately. In addition, changes to the jet hadrochemistry via medium interactions are studied by measuring strangeness production in the away-side jet. In this talk I present current measurements of the $\phi$/h ratio in jets as a function of multiplicity using jet-like hadron-$\phi$(1020) angular correlations in p-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 5.02$ TeV.

Presenters

  • Justin T Blair

    University of Texas System

Authors

  • Justin T Blair

    University of Texas System