@article{ca3bad94fc2b4555888222ad4c8e73f2,
title = "Neutral to charged kaon yield fluctuations in Pb – Pb collisions at sNN=2.76 TeV",
abstract = "We present the first measurement of event-by-event fluctuations in the kaon sector in Pb – Pb collisions at sNN=2.76 TeV with the ALICE detector at the LHC. The robust fluctuation correlator νdyn is used to evaluate the magnitude of fluctuations of the relative yields of neutral and charged kaons, as well as the relative yields of charged kaons, as a function of collision centrality and selected kinematic ranges. While the correlator νdyn[K+,K−] exhibits a scaling approximately in inverse proportion of the charged particle multiplicity, νdyn[KS0,K±] features a significant deviation from such scaling. Within uncertainties, the value of νdyn[KS0,K±] is independent of the selected transverse momentum interval, while it exhibits a pseudorapidity dependence. The results are compared with HIJING, AMPT and EPOS–LHC predictions, and are further discussed in the context of the possible production of disoriented chiral condensates in central Pb – Pb collisions.",
author = "{ALICE Collaboration} and S. Acharya and D. Adamov{\'a} and A. Adler and J. Adolfsson and {Aglieri Rinella}, G. and M. Agnello and N. Agrawal and Z. Ahammed and S. Ahmad and Ahn, {S. U.} and I. Ahuja and Z. Akbar and A. Akindinov and M. Al-Turany and Alam, {S. N.} and D. Aleksandrov and B. Alessandro and Alfanda, {H. M.} and {Alfaro Molina}, R. and B. Ali and Y. Ali and A. Alici and N. Alizadehvandchali and A. Alkin and J. Alme and G. Alocco and T. Alt and I. Altsybeev and Anaam, {M. N.} and C. Andrei and D. Andreou and A. Andronic and V. Anguelov and F. Antinori and P. Antonioli and C. Anuj and N. Apadula and L. Aphecetche and H. Appelsh{\"a}user and S. Arcelli and R. Arnaldi and Arsene, {I. C.} and M. Arslandok and A. Augustinus and R. Averbeck and S. Aziz and Azmi, {M. D.} and A. Badal{\`a} and Baek, {Y. W.} and L. Fabbietti",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 European Organization for Nuclear Research, ALICE",
year = "2022",
month = sep,
day = "10",
doi = "10.1016/j.physletb.2022.137242",
language = "English",
volume = "832",
journal = "Physics Letters B",
issn = "0370-2693",
publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",
}