Nuclear modification factor of light neutral-meson spectra up to high transverse momentum in p-Pb collisions at √SNN=8.16 TeV



Acharya, S, Adamova, D, Adler, A, Adolfsson, J, Rinella, G Aglieri, Agnello, M, Agrawal, N, Ahammed, Z, Ahmad, S, Ahn, SU
et al (show 1001 more authors) (2022) Nuclear modification factor of light neutral-meson spectra up to high transverse momentum in p-Pb collisions at √SNN=8.16 TeV PHYSICS LETTERS B, 827. 136943-. ISSN 0370-2693, 1873-2445

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Abstract

Neutral pion (π<sup>0</sup>) and η meson production cross sections were measured up to unprecedentedly high transverse momenta (p<inf>T</inf>) in p–Pb collisions at s<inf>NN</inf>=8.16TeV. The mesons were reconstructed via their two-photon decay channel in the rapidity interval −1.3<y<0.3 in the ranges of 0.4<p<inf>T</inf><200 GeV/c and 1.0<p<inf>T</inf><50 GeV/c, respectively. The respective nuclear modification factor (R<inf>pPb</inf>) is presented for p<inf>T</inf> up to of 200 and 30 GeV/c, where the former was achieved by extending the π<sup>0</sup> measurement in pp collisions at s=8TeV using the merged cluster technique. The values of R<inf>pPb</inf> are below unity for p<inf>T</inf><10 GeV/c, while they are consistent with unity for p<inf>T</inf>>10 GeV/c, leaving essentially no room for final state energy loss. The new data provide strong constraints for nuclear parton distribution and fragmentation functions over a broad kinematic range and are compared to model predictions as well as previous results at s<inf>NN</inf>=5.02TeV.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: 5106 Nuclear and Plasma Physics, 5107 Particle and High Energy Physics, 51 Physical Sciences
Divisions: Faculty of Science & Engineering > School of Physical Sciences
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 16 May 2022 13:40
Last Modified: 16 Jun 2026 07:51
DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2022.136943
Open Access URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/...
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3154882
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