Energy and system dependence of nuclear modification factors of inclusive charged particles and identified light hadrons measured in p–Pb, Xe–Xe and Pb–Pb collisions with ALICE

Abstract

We report recent ALICE results on primary charged particle and neutral meson production in pp, p–Pb, Pb–Pb and Xe–Xe collisions at LHC energies. In this article, measurements of the nuclear modification factors RAA of primary charged particles and of light neutral mesons in Pb–Pb, in Xe–Xe and in p–Pb collisions in a wide pT range and different centrality classes are discussed. We compare the nuclear modification factors obtained for different collision systems as a function of transverse momentum, collision centrality as well as charged particle multiplicity (dNch/dη). We also present comparison of experimental results to model calculations.