Measurement of dijet kTk_T in p–Pb collisions at sNN\sqrt{s}_{NN}=5.02 TeV

Collaboration
Mar 10, 2015
11 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 746 (2015) 385-395
  • Published: May 19, 2015
e-Print:
Report number:
  • CERN-PH-EP-2015-041
Experiments:

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
A measurement of dijet correlations in p–Pb collisions at sNN=5.02 TeV with the ALICE detector is presented. Jets are reconstructed from charged particles measured in the central tracking detectors and neutral energy deposited in the electromagnetic calorimeter. The transverse momentum of the full jet (clustered from charged and neutral constituents) and charged jet (clustered from charged particles only) is corrected event-by-event for the contribution of the underlying event, while corrections for underlying event fluctuations and finite detector resolution are applied on an inclusive basis. A projection of the dijet transverse momentum, kTy=pT,jetch+nesin(Δφdijet) with Δφdijet the azimuthal angle between a full and charged jet and pT,jetch+ne the transverse momentum of the full jet, is used to study nuclear matter effects in p–Pb collisions. This observable is sensitive to the acoplanarity of dijet production and its potential modification in p–Pb collisions with respect to pp collisions. Measurements of the dijet kTy as a function of the transverse momentum of the full and recoil charged jet, and the event multiplicity are presented. No significant modification of kTy due to nuclear matter effects in p–Pb collisions with respect to the event multiplicity or a PYTHIA8 reference is observed.
Note:
  • nuclear matter: effect
  • dijet: transverse momentum
  • dijet: pair production
  • p nucleus: scattering
  • underlying event
  • charged particle: jet
  • multiplicity: dependence
  • correlation
  • event shape analysis: planarity
  • ALICE