Measurement of jet spectra and in pp and Pb–Pb collisions at with the ALICE detector

Aiola, S. and Abelev, B. and Adam, J. and Adamová, D. and Aggarwal, M. M. and Aglieri, Rinella G. and Agnello, M. and Agostinelli, A. and Agrawal, N. and Ahammed, Z. and Ahmad, N. and Ahmed, I. and Ahn, S. U. and Ahn, S. A. and Aimo, I. and Ajaz, M. and Akindinov, A. and Alam, S. N. and Aleksandrov, D. and Alessandro, B. and Alexandre, D. and Alici, A. and Alkin, A. and Alme, J. and Alt, T. and Altinpinar, S. and Altsybeev, I. and Alves, Garcia Prado C. and Andrei, C. and Andronic, A. and Barnaföldi, Gergely Gábor and Bencédi, Gyula and Berényi, Dániel and Boldizsár, László and Dénes, Ervin and Hamar, Gergő and Kiss, Gábor and Varga-Kőfaragó, Mónika and Lévai, Péter and Oláh, László and Pochybova, Sona (2014) Measurement of jet spectra and in pp and Pb–Pb collisions at with the ALICE detector. NUCLEAR PHYSICS A, 931. pp. 382-387. ISSN 0375-9474

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Abstract

Hard-scattered partons provide an ideal probe for the study of the Quark-Gluon Plasma because they are produced prior to the formation of the QCD medium in heavy-ion collisions. Jet production is therefore susceptible to modifications induced by the presence of the medium (“jet quenching”). Both RHIC and LHC experiments have provided compelling evidence of jet quenching. Jets are reconstructed in ALICE utilizing the central tracking system for the charged constituents and the Electromagnetic Calorimeter for the neutral constituents. Jet spectra are reported for central (0-10%) and semi-central (10-30%) Pb–Pb events at √sNN = 2.76 TeV. The nuclear modification factor, determined using a pp baseline measured at the same collisional energy, shows a strong suppression of jet production in central Pb–Pb collisions with the expected centrality ordering. Observations are in qualitative agreement with medium-induced energy loss models. Furthermore, indication of a path-length dependence of jet suppression is inferred from measurements of the yields relative to the orientation of the event plane.

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