Centrality dependence of charged particle production at large transverse momentum in Pb–Pb collisions at √sNN=2.76 TeV

ALICE Collaboration

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2013.01.051

Centrality dependence of charged particle production at large transverse momentum in Pb–Pb collisions at √s_NN=2.76 TeV

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Abstract

The inclusive transverse momentum (p_T) distributions of primary charged particles are measured in the pseudo-rapidity range |η|<0.8 as a function of event centrality in Pb–Pb collisions at s_NN=2.76 TeV with ALICE at the LHC. The data are presented in the p_T range 0.15<p_T<50 GeV/c for nine centrality intervals from 70–80% to 0–5%. The results in Pb–Pb are presented in terms of the nuclear modification factor R_AA using a pp reference spectrum measured at the same collision energy. We observe that the suppression of high-p_T particles strongly depends on event centrality. The yield is most suppressed in central collisions (0–5%) with R_AA≈0.13 at p_T=6–7 GeV/c. Above p_T=7 GeV/c, there is a significant rise in the nuclear modification factor, which reaches R_AA≈0.4 for p_T>30 GeV/c. In peripheral collisions (70–80%), only moderate suppression (R_AA=0.6–0.7) and a weak p_T dependence is observed. The measured nuclear modification factors are compared to other measurements and model calculations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	52-62
Number of pages	11
Journal	Physics Letters B
Volume	720
Issue number	1-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2013.01.051
State	Published - Mar 13 2013
Externally published	Yes

Funding

The ALICE Collaboration acknowledges the following funding agencies for their support in building and running the ALICE detector: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation from Lisbon and Swiss Fonds Kidagan , Armenia; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) , Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos (FINEP) , Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) ; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) , the Chinese Ministry of Education (CMOE) and the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (MSTC) ; Ministry of Education and Youth of the Czech Republic ; Danish Natural Science Research Council , the Carlsberg Foundation and the Danish National Research Foundation ; The European Research Council under the European Communityʼs Seventh Framework Programme ; Helsinki Institute of Physics and the Academy of Finland ; French CNRS-IN2P3 , the ‘Region Pays de Loire’ , ‘Region Alsace’ , ‘Region Auvergne’ and CEA , France; German BMBF and the Helmholtz Association ; General Secretariat for Research and Technology, Ministry of Development , Greece; Hungarian OTKA and National Office for Research and Technology (NKTH) ; Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Science and Technology of the Government of India ; Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) of Italy ; MEXT Grant-in-Aid for Specially Promoted Research , Japan; Joint Institute for Nuclear Research , Dubna; National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) ; CONACYT , DGAPA , México, ALFA-EC and the HELEN Program (High-Energy physics Latin-American–European Network) ; Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM) and the Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO) , Netherlands; Research Council of Norway (NFR) ; Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education ; National Authority for Scientific Research — NASR (Autoritatea Naţională pentru Cercetare Ştiinţifică — ANCS) ; Federal Agency of Science of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation , International Science and Technology Center , Russian Academy of Sciences , Russian Federal Agency of Atomic Energy , Russian Federal Agency for Science and Innovations and CERN-INTAS ; Ministry of Education of Slovakia ; Department of Science and Technology , South Africa; CIEMAT , EELA , Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia of Spain , Xunta de Galicia (Consellería de Educación) , CEADEN, Cubaenergía , Cuba, and IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) ; Swedish Research Council (VR) and Knut & Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW) ; Ukraine Ministry of Education and Science ; United Kingdom Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) ; The United States Department of Energy , the United States National Science Foundation , the State of Texas , and the State of Ohio .

Funders	Funder number
ALFA-EC
CERN-INTAS
DGAPA , México
Danish Natural Science Research Council
Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Science and Technology of the Government of India
European Communityʼs Seventh Framework Programme
Federal Agency of Science
General Secretariat for Research and Technology, Ministry of Development
Helsinki Institute of Physics
Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia of Spain
Ministry of Education and Youth of the Czech Republic
Ministry of Education of Slovakia
NFR
Region Auvergne’ and CEA
Russian Federal Agency of Atomic Energy , Russian Federal Agency for Science and Innovations
State of Ohio
Swiss Fonds Kidagan
United Kingdom Science and Technology Facilities Council
Xunta de Galicia (Consellería de Educación
National Science Foundation	0968903, 0969966
National Science Foundation
U.S. Department of Energy
Science and Technology Facilities Council	ST/G008833/1, ST/J000140/1, ST/I003398/1, GRIDPP, ST/J000094/1
Science and Technology Facilities Council
European Research Council
Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science	20224014, 23340074, 23244055
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie
Danmarks Grundforskningsfond
International Science and Technology Center
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China
Academy of Finland	CNRS-IN2P3
Academy of Finland
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
Russian Academy of Sciences
Carlsbergfondet
Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation
Hungarian Scientific Research Fund
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
National Research Foundation of Korea
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Nemzeti Kutatási és Technológiai Hivatal
Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse
Vetenskapsrådet
International Atomic Energy Agency
Ministerstwo Edukacji i Nauki
Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos
Norges Forskningsråd
Autoritatea Natională pentru Cercetare Stiintifică
Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine
Helmholtz Association
Conseil Régional des Pays de la Loire
Centro de Aplicaciones Tecnológicas y Desarrollo Nuclear
National Agency for Strategic Research in Medical Education

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Centrality dependence of charged particle production at large transverse momentum in Pb–Pb collisions at √s_NN=2.76 TeV

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