TY - JOUR
T1 - Measurement of inclusive jet charged-particle fragmentation functions in Pb+Pb collisions at √sNN=2.76 TeV with the ATLAS detector
AU - Aad, G.
AU - Abbott, B.
AU - Abdallah, J.
AU - Abdel Khalek, S.
AU - Abdinov, O.
AU - Aben, R.
AU - Abi, B.
AU - Abolins, M.
AU - Dam, Mogens
AU - Hansen, Jørn Dines
AU - Hansen, Jørgen Beck
AU - Galster, Gorm Aske Gram Krohn
AU - Xella, Stefania
AU - Hansen, Peter Henrik
AU - Petersen, Troels Christian
AU - Thomsen, Lotte Ansgaard
AU - Mehlhase, Sascha
AU - Jørgensen, Morten Dam
AU - Pingel, Almut Maria
AU - Løvschall-Jensen, Ask Emil
AU - Alonso Diaz, Alejandro
AU - Monk, James William
AU - Pedersen, Lars Egholm
AU - Wiglesworth, Graig
PY - 2014/12/12
Y1 - 2014/12/12
N2 - Measurements of charged-particle fragmentation functions of jets produced in ultra-relativistic nuclear collisions can provide insight into the modification of parton showers in the hot, dense medium created in the collisions. ATLAS has measured jets in sNN=2.76 TeV Pb+Pb collisions at the LHC using a data set recorded in 2011 with an integrated luminosity of 0.14 nb−1. Jets were reconstructed using the anti-kt algorithm with distance parameter values R=0.2,0.3,and 0.4. Distributions of charged-particle transverse momentum and longitudinal momentum fraction are reported for seven bins in collision centrality for R=0.4 jets with pT jet>100 GeV. Commensurate minimum pT values are used for the other radii. Ratios of fragment distributions in each centrality bin to those measured in the most peripheral bin are presented. These ratios show a reduction of fragment yield in central collisions relative to peripheral collisions at intermediate z values, 0.04≲z≲0.2, and an enhancement in fragment yield for z≲0.04. A smaller, less significant enhancement is observed at large z and large pT in central collisions.
AB - Measurements of charged-particle fragmentation functions of jets produced in ultra-relativistic nuclear collisions can provide insight into the modification of parton showers in the hot, dense medium created in the collisions. ATLAS has measured jets in sNN=2.76 TeV Pb+Pb collisions at the LHC using a data set recorded in 2011 with an integrated luminosity of 0.14 nb−1. Jets were reconstructed using the anti-kt algorithm with distance parameter values R=0.2,0.3,and 0.4. Distributions of charged-particle transverse momentum and longitudinal momentum fraction are reported for seven bins in collision centrality for R=0.4 jets with pT jet>100 GeV. Commensurate minimum pT values are used for the other radii. Ratios of fragment distributions in each centrality bin to those measured in the most peripheral bin are presented. These ratios show a reduction of fragment yield in central collisions relative to peripheral collisions at intermediate z values, 0.04≲z≲0.2, and an enhancement in fragment yield for z≲0.04. A smaller, less significant enhancement is observed at large z and large pT in central collisions.
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0370-2693
VL - 739
SP - 320
EP - 342
JO - Physics Letters B: Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology
JF - Physics Letters B: Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology
ER -