Measurement of jet suppression in central Pb-Pb collisions at sNN\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}} = 2.76 TeV

Collaboration
Feb 5, 2015
14 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 746 (2015) 1-14
  • Published: Apr 22, 2015
e-Print:
Report number:
  • CERN-PH-EP-2015-023
Experiments:

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
The transverse momentum ( pT ) spectrum and nuclear modification factor ( RAA ) of reconstructed jets in 0–10% and 10–30% central Pb–Pb collisions at sNN=2.76 TeV were measured. Jets were reconstructed using the anti- kT jet algorithm with a resolution parameter of R=0.2 from charged and neutral particles, utilizing the ALICE tracking detectors and Electromagnetic Calorimeter (EMCal). The jet pT spectra are reported in the pseudorapidity interval of |ηjet|<0.5 for 405 GeV/c to suppress jets constructed from the combinatorial background in Pb–Pb collisions. The leading charged particle requirement applied to jet spectra both in pp and Pb–Pb collisions had a negligible effect on the RAA . The nuclear modification factor RAA was found to be 0.28±0.04 in 0–10% and 0.35±0.04 in 10–30% collisions, independent of pT,jet within the uncertainties of the measurement. The observed suppression is in fair agreement with expectations from two model calculations with different approaches to jet quenching.
Note:
  • heavy ion: scattering
  • lead
  • jet: quenching
  • track data analysis: jet
  • calorimeter: electromagnetic
  • model: Glauber
  • p p: scattering
  • charged particle
  • leading particle
  • transverse momentum: momentum spectrum