Speaker
Description
The production of strange hadrons in high-energy collisions offers valuable insight into hadronization, parton fragmentation, and nuclear effects. While strangeness enhancement has been associated to quark-gluon plasma formation in heavy-ion collisions, recent observations in small systems challenge conventional hadronization models. In this context, proton–nucleus collisions offer a valuable testing ground to study cold nuclear matter effects and nuclear modifications. To shed light on this complex scenario, the LHCb detector, with its unique forward acceptance and excellent particle identification, enables detailed studies of strangeness production in both collider and fixed-target modes over a unique kinematic range. New results on strange hadron production will be presented, providing new constraints on hadronization dynamics and nuclear effects in small systems.
| Is this an experimental talk? | Yes |
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| Is this on behalf of a collaboration? | Yes |
| Which collaboration? | LHCb |
| Are you willing to present as a poster if it is not selected for oral presentation? | Yes |