Light (anti-)nuclei and (anti-)hypertriton production in pp collisions at $$\sqrt{s} =0.90, 2.76$$ and 7 TeV

Abstract

Production of light (anti-)nuclei and (anti-)hypertriton within midrapidity ($|y|<0.5$) and $p_T<3.0$ GeV/c in $pp$ interactions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 0.90, 2.76 and 7 TeV is investigated by the dynamically constrained phase space coalescence model (DCPC), combined with {\footnotesize{PACIAE}} model. The ALICE data for yields, ratios, as well as transverse momentum distributions of $\overline{d}$ and $d$ are well reproduced by the model simulations, meanwhile the three basic characters of $\rm^3{\overline{He}}$, $\rm^3{{He}}$, $\rm{{^3_{\overline \Lambda}\overline H}}$, and $\rm{^3_\Lambda H}$ are also predicted. Besides, we found the yields of light (anti-)nuclei produced are dependent upon their mass number $A$, namely, their yields sharply decrease with the increasing of $A$. The strangeness population factor $s_3=\rm{({^3_{\Lambda}H}/{^3{He}})/(\Lambda/p)}$ is found to be about 0.7 $\sim$ 0.8, and is comparable with the available experimental results.