Journal article
Observation of medium-induced modifications of jet fragmentation in Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=5.02 TeV using isolated photon-tagged jets
Physical review letters, Vol.121(24), 242301
12/14/2018
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.242301
PMID: 30608764
Abstract
Measurements of fragmentation functions for jets associated with an isolated photon are presented for the first time in pp and PbPb collisions. The analysis uses data collected with the CMS detector at the CERN LHC at a nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy of 5.02 TeV. Fragmentation functions are obtained for jets with ${p_{\mathrm{T}}}^{\text{jet}} > $ 30 GeV/$c$ in events containing an isolated photon with ${p_{\mathrm{T}}}^{\gamma} > $ 60 GeV/$c$, using charged tracks with transverse momentum $ {p_{\mathrm{T}}}^{\text{trk}} > $ 1 GeV/$c$ in a cone around the jet axis. The association with an isolated photon constrains the initial ${p_{\mathrm{T}}}$ and azimuthal angle of the parton whose shower produced the jet. For central PbPb collisions, modifications of the jet fragmentation functions are observed when compared to those measured in pp collisions, while no significant differences are found in the 50\% most peripheral collisions. Jets in central PbPb events show an excess (depletion) of low (high) $ {p_{\mathrm{T}}} $ particles, with a transition around 3 GeV/$c$.
Measurements of fragmentation functions for jets associated with an isolated photon are presented for the first time in pp and PbPb collisions. The analysis uses data collected with the CMS detector at the CERN LHC at a nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy of 5.02 TeV. Fragmentation functions are obtained for jets with p$_\mathrm{T}^\text{jet} >$ 30 GeV in events containing an isolated photon with p$_\mathrm{T}^\gamma>$ 60 GeV, using charged tracks with transverse momentum p$_\mathrm{T}^\text{trk} >$ 1 GeV in a cone around the jet axis. The association with an isolated photon constrains the initial p$_\mathrm{T}$ and azimuthal angle of the parton whose shower produced the jet. For central PbPb collisions, modifications of the jet fragmentation functions are observed when compared to those measured in pp collisions, while no significant differences are found in the 50% most peripheral collisions. Jets in central PbPb events show an excess (depletion) of low (high) p$_\mathrm{T}$ particles, with a transition around 3 GeV.
Measurements of fragmentation functions for jets associated with an isolated photon are presented for the first time in pp and Pb-Pb collisions. The analysis uses data collected with the CMS detector at the CERN LHC at a nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy of 5.02 TeV. Fragmentation functions are obtained for jets with pTjet>30 GeV/c in events containing an isolated photon with pTγ>60 GeV/c, using charged tracks with transverse momentum pTtrk>1 GeV/c in a cone around the jet axis. The association with an isolated photon constrains the initial pT and azimuthal angle of the parton whose shower produced the jet. For central Pb-Pb collisions, modifications of the jet fragmentation functions are observed when compared to those measured in pp collisions, while no significant differences are found in the 50% most peripheral collisions. Jets in central Pb-Pb events show an excess (depletion) of low (high) pT particles, with a transition around 3 GeV/c. This measurement shows for the first time the in-medium shower modifications of partons (quark dominated) with well-defined initial kinematics. It constitutes a new well-controlled reference for testing theoretical models of the parton passage through the quark-gluon plasma.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Observation of medium-induced modifications of jet fragmentation in Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=5.02 TeV using isolated photon-tagged jets
- Creators
- CMS Collaboration
- Contributors
- Yasar Onel (Contributor) - University of Iowa, Physics and AstronomyJane M Nachtman (Contributor) - University of Iowa, Physics and Astronomy
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Physical review letters, Vol.121(24), 242301
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.242301
- PMID
- 30608764
- NLM abbreviation
- Phys Rev Lett
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- eISSN
- 1079-7114
- Publisher
- American Physical Society
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/14/2018
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy
- Record Identifier
- 9984428825202771
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