First measurements of <i>N</i>-subjettiness in central Pb-Pb collisions at p √<i>s</i><sub>NN</sub>=2.76 TeV


Acharya S., Adamova D., Adler A., Adolfsson J., Rinella G. A., Agnello M., ...Daha Fazla

JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, cilt.2021, sa.10, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 2021 Sayı: 10
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/jhep10(2021)003
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, INSPEC, zbMATH, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • İstanbul Kültür Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

The ALICE Collaboration reports the first fully-corrected measurements of the N-subjettiness observable for track-based jets in heavy-ion collisions. This study is performed using data recorded in pp and Pb-Pb collisions at centre-of-mass energies of root s = 7 TeV and root s(NN) = 2.76 TeV, respectively. In particular the ratio of 2-subjettiness to 1-subjettiness, tau(2)/tau(1), which is sensitive to the rate of two-pronged jet substructure, is presented. Energy loss of jets traversing the strongly interacting medium in heavy-ion collisions is expected to change the rate of two-pronged substructure relative to vacuum. The results are presented for jets with a resolution parameter of R = 0.4 and charged jet transverse momentum of 40 <= p(T,jet) <= 60 GeV/c, which constitute a larger jet resolution and lower jet transverse momentum interval than previous measurements in heavy-ion collisions. This has been achieved by utilising a semi-inclusive hadron-jet coincidence technique to suppress the larger jet combinatorial background in this kinematic region. No significant modification of the tau(2)/tau(1) observable for track-based jets in Pb-Pb collisions is observed relative to vacuum PYTHIA6 and PYTHIA8 references at the same collision energy. The measurements of tau(2)/tau(1), together with the splitting aperture angle increment R, are also performed in pp collisions at root s = 7 TeV for inclusive jets. These results are compared with PYTHIA calculations at root s = 7 TeV, in order to validate the model as a vacuum reference for the Pb-Pb centre-of-mass energy. The PYTHIA references for tau(2)/tau(1) are shifted to larger values compared to the measurement in pp collisions. This hints at a reduction in the rate of two-pronged jets in Pb-Pb collisions compared to pp collisions.