https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-022-02739-y
Regular Article
Comparison of strange particle production measurements in central Pb–Pb collisions at 
= 2.76 and 5.02 TeV by using Monte Carlo simulation models EPOS-1.99 and EPOS-LHC
1
Department of Physics, COMSATS University Islamabad, Park Road, 44000, Islamabad, Pakistan
2
Department of Physics, Govt. Gordon College, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Received:
21
September
2021
Accepted:
19
April
2022
Published online:
26
April
2022
The present paper is a comparative study of transverse momentum spectra of 
− mesons, 
hyperons, multi-strange baryons 
, 
and 
in the most central Pb–Pb collisions at = 2.76 and 5.02 TeV for the mid rapidity interval 
< 0.5 by using two different Monte Carlo simulation models, EPOS-1.99 and EPOS-LHC. Particle ratios 
are studied at the two center-of-mass energies to understand the enhancement of heavier hadrons over the lighter ones. Nuclear modification factors are also constructed for multi-strange baryons at = 2.76 TeV to study particle production and energy loss mechanisms. The validity of these models is tested for Pb–Pb collisions at = 2.76 and 5.02 TeV by comparing the simulation data with ALICE experimental data.
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