We show that the experimental data of p T spectra of identified hadrons released recently by ALICE collaboration for p-Pb collisions at √ s NN = 5.02 TeV exhibit a distinct universal behavior -the quark number scaling.We further show that the scaling is a direct consequence of quark (re-)combination mechanism of hadronization and can be regarded as a strong indication of the existence of the underlying source with constituent quark degree of freedom for the production of hadrons in p-Pb collisions at such high energies. We make also predictions for production of other hadrons.
We show that the experimental data of mid-rapidity p T spectra for proton, Λ, Ξ , Ω − , K(892) * 0 and Ξ(1530) * 0 in minimum-bias pp collisions at √ s = 7 TeV can be systemically explained by the quark combination mechanism of hadronization. The averaged transverse momentum p T and spectra ratios such as Ξ/Λ and Ω/φ calculated from quark combination reproduce the data much better than those from traditional string and/or cluster fragmentation. The available data of hadronic p T spectra released by ALICE collaboration in the first three high-multiplicity classes of pp collisions at √ s = 7 TeV are also well explained. We make predictions for other hadrons, and propose two scaling behaviors among decuplet baryons and vector mesons as the effective probe of hadron production mechanism at such high collision energy.
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