  The production of pions and protons in the $p_T$ range between 10 and 20
GeV/c for Pb+Pb collisions at LHC is studied in the recombination model. It is
shown that the dominant mechanism for hadronization is the recombination of
shower partons from neighboring jets when the jet density is high. Protons are
more copiously produced than pions in that $p_T$ range because the coalescing
partons can have lower momentum fractions, but no thermal partons are involved.
The proton-to-pion ratio can rise beyond 20. When such a high $p_T$ hadron is
used as a trigger particle, there will not be any associated particles that are
not in the background.
