Measurement of electrons from heavy-flavour hadron decays in p-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=5.02 TeV

J. Adam; D. Adamova; M.M. Aggarwal; G. Aglieri Rinella; Maria Agnello; Z. Ahammed; S. Aiola; A. Akindinov; B. Alessandro; J. Alme; T. Alt; C. Andrei; Ian Bearden; Hans Bøggild; Christian Holm Christensen; Kristjan Herlache Gulbrandsen; Jens Jørgen Gaardhøje; Hans Hjersing Dalsgaard; Børge Svane Nielsen; Alexander Colliander Hansen; Ante Bilandzic; Marek Chojnacki; Valentina Zaccolo; You Zhou; Christian Alexander Bourjau

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Measurement of electrons from heavy-flavour hadron decays in p-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=5.02 TeV

J. Adam, D. Adamova, M.M. Aggarwal, G. Aglieri Rinella, Maria Agnello, Z. Ahammed, S. Aiola, A. Akindinov, B. Alessandro, J. Alme, T. Alt, C. Andrei, Ian Bearden, Hans Bøggild, Christian Holm Christensen, Kristjan Herlache Gulbrandsen, Jens Jørgen Gaardhøje, Hans Hjersing Dalsgaard, Børge Svane Nielsen, Alexander Colliander HansenAnte Bilandzic, Marek Chojnacki, Valentina Zaccolo, You Zhou, Christian Alexander Bourjau

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The production of electrons from heavy-flavour hadron decays was measured as a function of transverse momentum (p_T) in minimum-bias p–Pb collisions at s_NN=5.02 TeV using the ALICE detector at the LHC. The measurement covers the p_T interval 0.5<p_T<12 GeV/c and the rapidity range −1.065<y_cms<0.135 in the centre-of-mass reference frame. The contribution of electrons from background sources was subtracted using an invariant mass approach. The nuclear modification factor R_pPb was calculated by comparing the p_T-differential invariant cross section in p–Pb collisions to a pp reference at the same centre-of-mass energy, which was obtained by interpolating measurements at s=2.76 TeV and s=7 TeV. The R_pPb is consistent with unity within uncertainties of about 25%, which become larger for p_T below 1 GeV/c. The measurement shows that heavy-flavour production is consistent with binary scaling, so that a suppression in the high-p_T yield in Pb–Pb collisions has to be attributed to effects induced by the hot medium produced in the final state. The data in p–Pb collisions are described by recent model calculations that include cold nuclear matter effects.

Original language	English
Journal	Physics Letters B
Volume	754
Pages (from-to)	81-93
ISSN	0370-2693
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2015.12.067
Publication status	Published - 10 Mar 2016

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Adam, J., Adamova, D., Aggarwal, M. M., Aglieri Rinella, G., Agnello, M., Ahammed, Z., Aiola, S., Akindinov, A., Alessandro, B., Alme, J., Alt, T., Andrei, C., Bearden, I., Bøggild, H., Christensen, C. H., Gulbrandsen, K. H., Gaardhøje, J. J., Dalsgaard, H. H., Nielsen, B. S., ... Bourjau, C. A. (2016). Measurement of electrons from heavy-flavour hadron decays in p-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=5.02 TeV. Physics Letters B, 754, 81-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2015.12.067

Adam, J, Adamova, D, Aggarwal, MM, Aglieri Rinella, G, Agnello, M, Ahammed, Z, Aiola, S, Akindinov, A, Alessandro, B, Alme, J, Alt, T, Andrei, C, Bearden, I , Bøggild, H , Christensen, CH , Gulbrandsen, KH , Gaardhøje, JJ, Dalsgaard, HH, Nielsen, BS, Hansen, AC, Bilandzic, A, Chojnacki, M, Zaccolo, V, Zhou, Y & Bourjau, CA 2016, 'Measurement of electrons from heavy-flavour hadron decays in p-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=5.02 TeV', Physics Letters B, vol. 754, pp. 81-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2015.12.067

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Measurement of electrons from heavy-flavour hadron decays in p-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=5.02 TeV

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