Measurements of jet quenching using semi-inclusive hadron+jet distributions in pp and central Pb-Pb collisions at sNN=5.02 TeV

Collaboration
Aug 30, 2023
36 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.C 110 (2024) 1, 014906
  • Published: Jul 9, 2024
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  • CERN-EP-2023-188
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Abstract: (APS)
The ALICE Collaboration reports measurements of the semi-inclusive distribution of charged-particle jets recoiling from a high transverse momentum (high pT) charged hadron, in pp and central Pb-Pb collisions at center-of-mass energy per nucleon–nucleon collision sNN=5.02 TeV. The large uncorrelated background in central Pb-Pb collisions is corrected using a data-driven statistical approach which enables precise measurement of recoil jet distributions over a broad range in pT,chjet and jet resolution parameter R. Recoil jet yields are reported for R=0.2, 0.4, and 0.5 in the range 7<pT,chjet<140 GeV/c and π/2<Δφ<π, where Δφ is the azimuthal angular separation between hadron trigger and recoil jet. The low-pT,chjet reach of the measurement explores unique phase space for studying jet quenching, the interaction of jets with the quark–gluon plasma generated in high-energy nuclear collisions. Comparison of pT,chjet distributions from pp and central Pb-Pb collisions probes medium-induced jet energy loss and intra-jet broadening, while comparison of their acoplanarity distributions explores in-medium jet scattering and medium response. The measurements are compared to theoretical calculations incorporating jet quenching.
Note:
  • jet: quenching
  • jet: recoil
  • charged particle: jet
  • jet: interaction
  • hadron: jet
  • jet: energy loss
  • jet: yield
  • jet: resolution
  • hadron: trigger
  • transverse momentum: high