Monte Carlo Simulation Study on Particle Production in Proton–Proton Collisions at LHC Energy
摘要
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN explores the frontiers of particle physics by colliding protons and heavy ions at unprecedented energies. High-energy proton–proton (p–p) collisions lead to the production of a plethora of subatomic particles. The subatomic particles made of multiple quarks bounded by strong force are called hadrons. These include particles like pions ( \(\pi ^{\pm }\) , \(\pi ^{0}\) ), kaons ( \(K^{\pm }\) , \(K^{0}\) ), protons (p), neutrons (n), etc. The study of hadron production provides precise insights into the predictions made by the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics, enhances our understanding of Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP), and aids in the search for new physics beyond the Standard Model (BSM). In this paper, we present a study of particle production and measurement of the different kinematic spectra of charged hadrons in p–p collisions at a center-of-mass energy \(\sqrt{s}\) = 13.6 TeV by utilizing Monte Carlo-based event generator Pythia8. Root data analysis framework is used to analyze data obtained from the MC simulated on Hard-QCD events. This includes the study of transverse momentum ( \(p_{T}\) ), multiplicity, and energy spectra of charged hadrons. Furthermore, the effect of multi-parton interactions on these spectra was also analyzed.