Neutral pion (π 0 ) and η meson production cross sections were measured up to unprecedentedly high transverse momenta (pT ) in p–Pb collisions at √sNN = 8.16 TeV. The mesons were reconstructed via their two-photon decay channel in the rapidity interval −1.3 < y < 0.3 in the ranges of 0.4 < pT < 200 GeV/c and 1.0 < pT < 50 GeV/c, respectively. The respective nuclear modification factor (RpPb ) is presented for pT up to of 200 and 30 GeV/c, where the former was achieved by extending the π 0 measurement in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV using the merged cluster technique. The values of RpPb are below unity for pT < 10 GeV/c, while they are consistent with unity for pT > 10 GeV/c, leaving essentially no room for final state energy loss. The new data provide strong constraints for nuclear parton distribution and fragmentation functions over a broad kinematic range and are compared to model predictions as well as previous results at √sNN = 5.02 TeV .

Nuclear modification factor of light neutral-meson spectra up to high transverse momentum in p-Pb collisions at √sNN=8.16 TeV / Acharya, S., Adamová, D., Adler, A., Adolfsson, J., Aglieri Rinella, G., Agnello, M., Agrawal, N., Ahammed, Z., Ahmad, S., Ahn, S.U., Ahuja, I., Akbar, Z., Akindinov, A., Al-Turany, M., Alam, S.N., Aleksandrov, D., Alessandro, B., Alfanda, H.M., Alfaro Molina, R., Ali, B., et al.. - In: PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B. - ISSN 0370-2693. - 827:(2022), pp. 1-12. [10.1016/j.physletb.2022.136943]

Nuclear modification factor of light neutral-meson spectra up to high transverse momentum in p-Pb collisions at √sNN=8.16 TeV

L. Cunqueiro
Membro del Collaboration Group
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2022

Abstract

Neutral pion (π 0 ) and η meson production cross sections were measured up to unprecedentedly high transverse momenta (pT ) in p–Pb collisions at √sNN = 8.16 TeV. The mesons were reconstructed via their two-photon decay channel in the rapidity interval −1.3 < y < 0.3 in the ranges of 0.4 < pT < 200 GeV/c and 1.0 < pT < 50 GeV/c, respectively. The respective nuclear modification factor (RpPb ) is presented for pT up to of 200 and 30 GeV/c, where the former was achieved by extending the π 0 measurement in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV using the merged cluster technique. The values of RpPb are below unity for pT < 10 GeV/c, while they are consistent with unity for pT > 10 GeV/c, leaving essentially no room for final state energy loss. The new data provide strong constraints for nuclear parton distribution and fragmentation functions over a broad kinematic range and are compared to model predictions as well as previous results at √sNN = 5.02 TeV .
2022
ALICE experiment; heavy-ion collisions; light neutral meson production
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Nuclear modification factor of light neutral-meson spectra up to high transverse momentum in p-Pb collisions at √sNN=8.16 TeV / Acharya, S., Adamová, D., Adler, A., Adolfsson, J., Aglieri Rinella, G., Agnello, M., Agrawal, N., Ahammed, Z., Ahmad, S., Ahn, S.U., Ahuja, I., Akbar, Z., Akindinov, A., Al-Turany, M., Alam, S.N., Aleksandrov, D., Alessandro, B., Alfanda, H.M., Alfaro Molina, R., Ali, B., et al.. - In: PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B. - ISSN 0370-2693. - 827:(2022), pp. 1-12. [10.1016/j.physletb.2022.136943]
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