Abstract
The transverse momentum (Formula presented.) distribution of primary charged particles is measured at midrapidity in minimum-bias p–Pb collisions at (Formula presented.)NN = 5.02(Formula presented.) TeV with the ALICE detector at the LHC in the range. The spectra are compared to the expectation based on binary collision scaling of particle production in pp collisions, leading to a nuclear modification factor consistent with unity for (Formula presented.) larger than 2 GeV/(Formula presented.)(Formula presented.) around 4 (Formula presented.). The measurement is compared to theoretical calculations and to data in Pb–Pb collisions at (Formula presented.) TeV.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 3054 |
Journal | European Physical Journal C |
Volume | 74 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 1 2014 |
Externally published | Yes |
Funding
We thank X.-N. Wang, K. Eskola, and I. Helenius for communications about their predictions. The ALICE Collaboration would like to thank all its engineers and technicians for their invaluable contributions to the construction of the experiment and the CERN accelerator teams for the outstanding performance of the LHC complex. The ALICE Collaboration gratefully acknowledges the resources and support provided by all Grid centres and the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG) collaboration. The ALICE Collaboration acknowledges the following funding agencies for their support in building and running the ALICE detector: State Committee of Science, World Federation of Scientists (WFS) 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 Community’s 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) and Centro Fermi - Museo Storico della Fisica e Centro Studi e Ricerche “Enrico Fermi”, 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 EPLANET Program (European Particle Physics Latin American 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 Science Centre, Poland; Ministry of National Education/Institute for Atomic Physics and CNCS-UEFISCDI-Romania; Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federal Agency of Atomic Energy, Russian Federal Agency for Science and Innovations and The Russian Foundation for Basic Research; Ministry of Education of Slovakia; Department of Science and Technology, South Africa; CIEMAT, EELA, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO) of Spain, Xunta de Galicia (Consellería de Educación), CEADEN, Cubaenergía, Cuba, and IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency); Swedish Research Council (VR) and Knut and 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 |
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ALFA-EC | |
DGAPA, México | |
Danish Natural Science Research Council | |
Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Science and Technology of the Government of India | |
General Secretariat for Research and Technology, Ministry of Development | |
Helsinki Institute of Physics | |
Ministry of Education and Youth of the Czech Republic | |
Ministry of Education of Slovakia | |
Ministry of National Education/Institute for Atomic Physics and CNCS-UEFISCDI-Romania | |
NFR | |
Region Auvergne’ and CEA | |
Russian Federal Agency of Atomic Energy, Russian Federal Agency for Science and Innovations | |
State Committee of Science, World Federation | |
State of Ohio | |
Swiss Fonds Kidagan | |
United Kingdom Science and Technology Facilities Council | |
Xunta de Galicia (Consellería de Educación | |
National Science Foundation | 1307461 |
National Science Foundation | |
U.S. Department of Energy | |
Seventh Framework Programme | |
Science and Technology Facilities Council | 2014 STFC Nuclear Physics CG, ST/G008833/1, ST/J000140/1, ST/I003398/1, GRIDPP, ST/J000094/1, ST/J000108/1 |
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 | 25287048, 26610071, 23340074 |
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science | |
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology | |
Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie | |
Danmarks Grundforskningsfond | |
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo | |
National Natural Science Foundation of China | |
Russian Foundation for Basic Research | |
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 | |
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad | |
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 | |
Narodowe Centrum Nauki | |
Vetenskapsrådet | |
International Atomic Energy Agency | |
Ministerstwo Edukacji i Nauki | |
Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos | |
Norges Forskningsråd | |
Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine | |
Helmholtz Association | |
Conseil Régional des Pays de la Loire | |
Museo Storico della Fisica e Centro Studi e Ricerche Enrico Fermi | |
Centro de Aplicaciones Tecnológicas y Desarrollo Nuclear |