Momentum spectra of identified particles in pp collisions with the ALICE detector

The performance of the ALICE detector for charged hadrons identification turned out to be effective immediately after the start of the first pp collisions. The central barrel detectors (ITS, TPC and TOF) have provided π, K, p identification in a wide range of momenta. The ALICE detector was designed to perform such a study in a very efficient way by using the energy-loss dependence in the lower pT region (with the ITS and the TPC) and the time-of-flight measurement in the higher $p_T$ region (with the TOF). The capability to reconstruct a wide set of particles is also shown.