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Measurements of the Nuclear Modification Factor for Jets in Pb+Pb Collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}}=2.76$ TeV with the ATLAS Detector

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dc.contributor.authorATLAS collaboration (2890 authors)
dc.contributor.authorAguilar-Saavedra, Juan Antonio
dc.contributor.authorAmor Dos Santos, Susana Patricia
dc.contributor.authorAnjos, Nuno
dc.contributor.authorAraque, Juan Pedro
dc.contributor.authorCantrill, Robert
dc.contributor.authorCarvalho, João
dc.contributor.authorCastro, Nuno Filipe
dc.contributor.authorConde Muiño, Patricia
dc.contributor.authorDa Cunha Sargedas De Sousa, Mario Jose
dc.contributor.authorDo Valle Wemans, André
dc.contributor.authorFiolhais, Miguel
dc.contributor.authorGalhardo, Bruno
dc.contributor.authorGomes, Agostinho
dc.contributor.authorGonçalo, Ricardo
dc.contributor.authorJorge, Pedro
dc.contributor.authorLopes, Lourenco
dc.contributor.authorMachado Miguens, Joana
dc.contributor.authorMaio, Amélia
dc.contributor.authorManeira, José
dc.contributor.authorMarques, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorOnofre, António
dc.contributor.authorPalma, Alberto
dc.contributor.authorPedro, Rute
dc.contributor.authorPina, João Antonio
dc.contributor.authorPinto, Belmiro
dc.contributor.authorSantos, Helena
dc.contributor.authorSaraiva, João
dc.contributor.authorSilva, José
dc.contributor.authorTavares Delgado, Ademar
dc.contributor.authorVeloso, Filipe
dc.contributor.authorWolters, Helmut
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-04T05:24:26Z
dc.date.available2019-02-04T05:24:26Z
dc.date.issued2015-02-20
dc.date.updated2019-02-04T05:24:26Z
dc.description.abstract<p>Measurements of inclusive jet production are performed in <inline-formula><mml:math display="inline"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mi>p</mml:mi></mml:math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><mml:math display="inline"><mml:mi>Pb</mml:mi><mml:mo>+</mml:mo><mml:mi>Pb</mml:mi></mml:math></inline-formula> collisions at <inline-formula><mml:math display="inline"><mml:msqrt><mml:msub><mml:mi>s</mml:mi><mml:mi>NN</mml:mi></mml:msub></mml:msqrt><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:mn>2.76</mml:mn><mml:mtext> </mml:mtext><mml:mtext> </mml:mtext><mml:mi>TeV</mml:mi></mml:math></inline-formula> with the ATLAS detector at the LHC, corresponding to integrated luminosities of 4.0 and <inline-formula><mml:math display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mn>0.14</mml:mn><mml:mtext> </mml:mtext><mml:mtext> </mml:mtext><mml:msup><mml:mrow><mml:mi>nb</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mo>-</mml:mo><mml:mn>1</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msup></mml:mrow></mml:math></inline-formula>, respectively. The jets are identified with the anti-<inline-formula><mml:math display="inline"><mml:msub><mml:mi>k</mml:mi><mml:mi>t</mml:mi></mml:msub></mml:math></inline-formula> algorithm with <inline-formula><mml:math display="inline"><mml:mi>R</mml:mi><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:mn>0.4</mml:mn></mml:math></inline-formula>, and the spectra are measured over the kinematic range of jet transverse momentum <inline-formula><mml:math display="inline"><mml:mn>32</mml:mn><mml:mo>&lt;</mml:mo><mml:msub><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">T</mml:mi></mml:msub><mml:mo>&lt;</mml:mo><mml:mn>500</mml:mn><mml:mtext> </mml:mtext><mml:mtext> </mml:mtext><mml:mi>GeV</mml:mi></mml:math></inline-formula> and absolute rapidity <inline-formula><mml:math display="inline"><mml:mo stretchy="false">|</mml:mo><mml:mi>y</mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy="false">|</mml:mo><mml:mo>&lt;</mml:mo><mml:mn>2.1</mml:mn></mml:math></inline-formula> and as a function of collision centrality. The nuclear modification factor <inline-formula><mml:math display="inline"><mml:msub><mml:mi>R</mml:mi><mml:mi>AA</mml:mi></mml:msub></mml:math></inline-formula> is evaluated, and jets are found to be suppressed by approximately a factor of 2 in central collisions compared to <inline-formula><mml:math display="inline"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mi>p</mml:mi></mml:math></inline-formula> collisions. The <inline-formula><mml:math display="inline"><mml:msub><mml:mi>R</mml:mi><mml:mi>AA</mml:mi></mml:msub></mml:math></inline-formula> shows a slight increase with <inline-formula><mml:math display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mi>p</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">T</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math></inline-formula> and no significant variation with rapidity.</p>
dc.description.versionPeer Reviewed
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.Lett. 114 (2015) 072302; DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.072302
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.072302
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/26722
dc.language.isoeng
dc.titleMeasurements of the Nuclear Modification Factor for Jets in Pb+Pb Collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}}=2.76$ TeV with the ATLAS Detector
dc.typejournal article
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