https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-023-04324-3
Regular Article
Monte Carlo predictions for 
and 
mesons production in pp and Pb–Pb collisions at LHC energies
1
Department of Physics, Faculty of Basic and Applied Sciences (FBAS), International Islamic University(IIU), H-10, 44000, Islamabad, Pakistan
2
Department of Physics, COMSATS University Islamabad Campus, Park Road, 44000, Islamabad, Pakistan
3
Department of Physics, Qurtuba University, 25000, Peshawar, Pakistan
a
alamgir.phdphy106@iiu.edu.pk
Received:
14
April
2023
Accepted:
27
July
2023
Published online:
3
August
2023
We have investigated the production of and mesons in pp collisions at 
, 13 and 5.02 TeV. We have also examined the production of and mesons in Pb–Pb collisions at 
TeV. The 
distributions of and at 
and 13 TeV are presented in the kinematic range of 
and 
GeV/c, respectively. In addition to and mesons production, the yields are reported in pp and Pb–Pb collisions at 
TeV within the kinematic range of 
GeV/c and at the rapidity interval of 
. The Monte Carlo event generators like PYTHIA8, EPOS-LHC, and EPOS
1.99 are used to produce the mesons in proton–proton (pp) and lead–lead (Pb–Pb) collisions. The nuclear modification factor 
has also been constructed at TeV. The obtained Monte Carlo simulation predictions are compared with the ALICE data. All the model’s predictions do not reproduce the ALICE data, but PYTHIA8 predictions are far better than other models and are very close to the ALICE data. It is observed that the predictions of PYTHIA8 CR mode 2 describe the ALICE data very well at 
and 5.02 TeV. As can be seen from , EPOS-LHC predictions are consistent with ALICE data for at TeV. Moreover, the ratio of data/model provides a good quantitative analysis.
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