Centrality, rapidity, and transverse momentum dependence of isolated prompt photon production in lead-lead collisions at √sNN=2.76 TeV measured with the ATLAS detector

G. Aad; B. Abbott; J. Abdallah; S. Abdel Khalek; O. Abdinov; R. Aben; B. Abi; M. Abolins; O.S. AbouZeid; R. Abreu; H. Abreu; David L. Adams; T. Adye; B.S. Acharya; Mogens Dam; Jørn Dines Hansen; Jørgen Beck Hansen; Stefania Xella; Peter Henrik Hansen; Troels Christian Petersen; Lotte Ansgaard Thomsen; Almut Maria Pingel; Ask Emil Løvschall-Jensen; Alejandro Alonso Diaz; James William Monk; Lars Egholm Pedersen; Graig Wiglesworth; Gorm Aske Gram Krohn Galster

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Centrality, rapidity, and transverse momentum dependence of isolated prompt photon production in lead-lead collisions at √sNN=2.76 TeV measured with the ATLAS detector

G. Aad, B. Abbott, J. Abdallah, S. Abdel Khalek, O. Abdinov, R. Aben, B. Abi, M. Abolins, O.S. AbouZeid, R. Abreu, H. Abreu, David L. Adams, T. Adye, B.S. Acharya, Mogens Dam, Jørn Dines Hansen, Jørgen Beck Hansen, Stefania Xella, Peter Henrik Hansen, Troels Christian PetersenLotte Ansgaard Thomsen, Almut Maria Pingel, Ask Emil Løvschall-Jensen, Alejandro Alonso Diaz, James William Monk, Lars Egholm Pedersen, Graig Wiglesworth, Gorm Aske Gram Krohn Galster

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Prompt photon production in sNN=2.76-TeV Pb+Pb collisions has been measured by the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider using data collected in 2011 with an integrated luminosity of 0.14 nb-1. Inclusive photon yields, scaled by the mean nuclear thickness function, are presented as a function of collision centrality and transverse momentum in two pseudorapidity intervals, |η|<1.37 and 1.52≤|η|<2.37. The scaled yields in the two pseudorapidity intervals, as well as the ratios of the forward yields to those at midrapidity, are compared to the expectations from next-to-leading-order perturbative QCD (pQCD) calculations. The measured cross sections agree well with the predictions for proton-proton collisions within statistical and systematic uncertainties. Both the yields and the ratios are also compared to two other pQCD calculations, one which uses the isospin content appropriate to colliding lead nuclei and another which includes nuclear modifications to the nucleon parton distribution functions.

Original language	English
Article number	034914
Journal	Physical Review C
Volume	93
Issue number	3
ISSN	2469-9985
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.93.034914
Publication status	Published - 28 Mar 2016

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Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdel Khalek, S., Abdinov, O., Aben, R., Abi, B., Abolins, M., AbouZeid, O. S., Abreu, R., Abreu, H., Adams, D. L., Adye, T., Acharya, B. S., Dam, M., Hansen, J. D., Hansen, J. B., Xella, S., Hansen, P. H., ... Galster, G. A. G. K. (2016). Centrality, rapidity, and transverse momentum dependence of isolated prompt photon production in lead-lead collisions at √sNN=2.76 TeV measured with the ATLAS detector. Physical Review C, 93(3), [034914]. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.93.034914

Aad, G, Abbott, B, Abdallah, J, Abdel Khalek, S, Abdinov, O, Aben, R, Abi, B, Abolins, M, AbouZeid, OS, Abreu, R, Abreu, H, Adams, DL, Adye, T, Acharya, BS, Dam, M , Hansen, JD , Hansen, JB , Xella, S , Hansen, PH , Petersen, TC, Thomsen, LA, Pingel, AM, Løvschall-Jensen, AE, Alonso Diaz, A, Monk, JW, Pedersen, LE, Wiglesworth, G & Galster, GAGK 2016, 'Centrality, rapidity, and transverse momentum dependence of isolated prompt photon production in lead-lead collisions at √sNN=2.76 TeV measured with the ATLAS detector', Physical Review C, vol. 93, no. 3, 034914. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.93.034914

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Centrality, rapidity, and transverse momentum dependence of isolated prompt photon production in lead-lead collisions at √sNN=2.76 TeV measured with the ATLAS detector

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