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Photon and neutral pion production in pp and Pb-Pb collisions at LHC energies in the ALICE experiment
Document Type
Working Paper
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Subject
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Nuclear Experiment
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Abstract
We present the results for direct photon and neutral pion production obtained from proton-proton and lead-lead collisions in the ALICE experiment. Measurement of neutral pions in pp collisions allows to test the validity of QCD-inspired models. The study of neutral pion yields in Pb-Pb collisions permits to study the medium-induced suppression relative to the pp case. The yield of direct photons is compared to perturbative QCD calculations. In the case of central Pb-Pb collisions the observed excess of photons below 4 GeV/c is used to find the effective temperature of the matter.
Comment: Talk presented at LISHEP 2015, 14 pages, 15 figures