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K$^{*}(892)^{0}$ and $ϕ(1020)$ meson production at high transverse momentum in pp and Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_\mathrm{NN}}$ = 2.76 TeV

Journal article published in 2017 by Danilo Silva De Albuquerque, Andrea Alici, Anton Alkin, Johan Alme, Torsten Alt, Sedat Altinpinar, Igor Altsybeev, Caio Alves Garcia Prado, Mangmang An, Laurent Bernard Aphecetche, Cristian Andrei, Harry Arthur Andrews, Anton Andronic, Venelin Anguelov, Benjamin Audurier and other authors.
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26 pages, 10 captioned figures, 3 tables, authors from page 17, submitted to PRC, figures at http://aliceinfo.cern.ch/ArtSubmission/node/3363 ; see paper for full list of authors ; The production of K$^{*}(892)^{0}$ and $ϕ(1020)$ mesons in proton-proton (pp) and lead-lead (Pb-Pb) collisions at $\sqrt{s_\mathrm{NN}} =$ 2.76 TeV has been analyzed using a high luminosity data sample accumulated in 2011 with ALICE detector at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Transverse momentum ($p_{\mathrm{T}}$) spectra have been measured for K$^{*}(892)^{0}$ and $ϕ(1020)$ mesons via their hadronic decay channels for $p_{\mathrm{T}}$ up to 20 GeV/$c$. The measurements in pp collisions have been compared to model calculations and used to determine the nuclear modification factor and particle ratios. The K$^{*}(892)^{0}$/K ratio exhibits significant reduction from pp to central Pb-Pb collisions, consistent with the suppression of the K$^{*}(892)^{0}$ yield at low $p_{\mathrm{T}}$ due to rescattering of its decay products in the hadronic phase. In central Pb-Pb collisions the $p_{\mathrm{T}}$ dependent $ϕ(1020)/π$ and K$^{*}(892)^{0}$/$π$ ratios show an enhancement over pp collisions for $p_{\mathrm{T}}$ $∼$3 GeV/$c$, consistent with previous observations of strong radial flow. At high $p_{\mathrm{T}}$, particle ratios in Pb-Pb collisions are similar to those measured in pp collisions. In central Pb-Pb collisions, the production of K$^{*}(892)^{0}$ and $ϕ(1020)$ mesons is suppressed for $p_{\mathrm{T}}> 8$ GeV/$c$. This suppression is similar to that of charged pions, kaons and protons, indicating that the suppression does not depend on particle mass or flavor in the light quark sector.