Comparison of inclusive and photon-tagged jet suppression in 5.02 TeV Pb+Pb collisions with ATLAS


Aad, G ORCID: 0000-0002-6665-4934, Abbott, B ORCID: 0000-0002-5888-2734, Abeling, K ORCID: 0000-0002-1002-1652, Abicht, NJ ORCID: 0000-0001-5763-2760, Abidi, SH ORCID: 0000-0002-8496-9294, Aboulhorma, A ORCID: 0000-0002-9987-2292, Abramowicz, H ORCID: 0000-0001-5329-6640, Abreu, H ORCID: 0000-0002-1599-2896, Abulaiti, Y ORCID: 0000-0003-0403-3697, Abusleme Hoffman, AC ORCID: 0000-0003-0762-7204 et al (show 2917 more authors) (2023) Comparison of inclusive and photon-tagged jet suppression in 5.02 TeV Pb+Pb collisions with ATLAS. Physics Letters B, 846. p. 138154.

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Abstract

Parton energy loss in the quark–gluon plasma (QGP) is studied with a measurement of photon-tagged jet production in 1.7 nb−1 of Pb+Pb data and 260 pb−1 of pp data, both at sNN=5.02 TeV, with the ATLAS detector. The process pp →γ+jet+X and its analogue in Pb+Pb collisions is measured in events containing an isolated photon with transverse momentum (pT) above 50 GeV and reported as a function of jet pT. This selection results in a sample of jets with a steeply falling pT distribution that are mostly initiated by the showering of quarks. The pp and Pb+Pb measurements are used to report the nuclear modification factor, RAA, and the fractional energy loss, Sloss, for photon-tagged jets. In addition, the results are compared with the analogous ones for inclusive jets, which have a significantly smaller quark-initiated fraction. The RAA and Sloss values are found to be significantly different between those for photon-tagged jets and inclusive jets, demonstrating that energy loss in the QGP is sensitive to the colour-charge of the initiating parton. The results are also compared with a variety of theoretical models of colour-charge-dependent energy loss.

Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Science and Engineering > School of Physical Sciences
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 20 Oct 2023 09:37
Last Modified: 13 Nov 2023 03:06
DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2023.138154
Open Access URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/...
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3173877
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