M. Floris

Hadron yields and the phase diagram of strongly interacting matter

Abstract This paper presents a brief review of the interpretation of measurements of hadron yields in hadronic interactions within the framework of thermal models, over a broad energy range (from SIS to LHC energies, s NN ≃ 2.5 GeV – 5 TeV ). Recent experimental results and theoretical developments are reported, with an emphasis on topics discussed during the Quark Matter 2014 conference.

NA60 results on the rho spectral function in In-In collisions

The NA60 experiment at the CERN SPS has studied low-mass muon pairs in 158 AGeV In-In collisions. A strong excess of pairs is observed above the yield expected from neutral meson decays. After subtraction of the decay sources, the shape of the resulting mass spectrum is largely consistent with a dominant contribution

Identified particles in pp and Pb–Pb collisions at LHC energies with the ALICE detector

The ALICE experiment has been taking data since 2009, with proton and lead beams. In this paper, the different particle identification techniques used by the experiment are briefly reviewed. The current results on identified particle spectra in pp collisions at and 7 TeV, and in Pb?Pb collisions at are summarized. In particular, the energy dependence of the spectral shapes and particle ratios in pp collisions is discussed and the results are compared to previous experiments and commonly used Monte Carlo models. The baryon/meson ratio ?/K0S is studied in Pb?Pb collisions as a function of transverse momentum and centrality, and it is compared to previous results. The evolution of the particle spectra in Pb?Pb with collision centrality is compared to measurements at lower energies and discussed in the context of thermal and hydrodynamical models.

Highlights from the NA60 experiment

NA60 measured dimuon production in p-A and In-In collisions at the CERN SPS. This paper presents a high statistics measurement of

Charged particle production in Pb--Pb collisions at the LHC with the ALICE detector

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Search for collective expansion in pp collisions at the LHC

meson production in In-In collisions at 158 AGeV. Both the transverse momentum, rapidity, decay angular distributions and the absolute yield were measured as a function of centrality. The results are compared to previous measurements in order to shed light on the long standing

Soft Particle Production, Flow and Correlations in Heavy Ion Collisions at the LHC

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A comparative measurement of varphi-->K+K- and varphi-->mu+mu- in In-In collisions at the CERN SPS

puzzle. In addition, highlights on