Observation and studies of jet quenching in PbPb collisions at s N N = 2.76 TeV
A. Alikhanyan National Laboratory · Institute of High Energy Physics · +182 more institutions
Abstract
Jet production in PbPb collisions at a nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy of 2.76 TeV was studied with the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) detector at the LHC, using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $6.7\phantom{\rule{0.28em}{0ex}}\ensuremath{\mu}$b${}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$. Jets are reconstructed using the energy deposited in the CMS calorimeters and studied as a function of collision centrality. With increasing collision centrality, a striking imbalance in dijet transverse momentum is observed, consistent with jet quenching. The observed effect extends from the lower cutoff used in this study (jet ${p}_{\mathrm{T}}=120$ GeV/c) up to the statistical limit of the available data sample…
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- Physics
- Nuclear physics
- Jet quenching
- Particle physics
- Large Hadron Collider
- Nucleon
- Jet (fluid)
- Quark–gluon plasma
- Affordable and clean energy
Funding
- NSNational Science Foundation
- UDU.S. Department of Energy
- APAlfred P. Sloan Foundation
- AVAlexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
- DADepartamento Administrativo de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (COLCIENCIAS)
- ETEesti Teaduste Akadeemia
- TATürkiye Atom Enerjisi Kurumu
- CCERN
- KZKanton Zürich
- ECEuropean Commission
- DFDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- SNSchweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
- FDFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
- NNNational Natural Science Foundation of China
- RPResearch Promotion Foundation
- NSNational Science Council
- CDCoordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
- AOAcademy of Finland
- BFBundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
- CAChinese Academy of Sciences
- ETEidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
- CNConsejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología
- GSGeneral Secretariat for Research and Technology
- CNConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
- JIJoint Institute for Nuclear Research
- NKNemzeti Kutatási és Technológiai Hivatal
- MOMinistry of Education, Science and Technology
- ALA.G. Leventis Foundation
- FCFundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
- CNCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- MDMinisterio de Ciencia e Innovación
- UAUniversidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí
- SOSchool of Mathematics, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences
- BFBundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung
- LMLietuvos Mokslų Akademija
- PAPakistan Atomic Energy Commission
- INIstituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
- BOBoard of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology
- SAScience and Technology Facilities CouncilAwards: ST/F006748/1, ST/F007094/1, ST/I005912/1, ST/G502347/1, ST/I000410/1, ST/I002200/1, GRIDPP, ST/I505572/1, ST/H00081X/2
- CDComisión de Investigaciones Científicas
- CDCentro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional
- INInstitut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules