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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. ; Adolfsson, J. LU ; Basu, S. LU orcid ; Christiansen, P. LU ; Matonoha, O. LU ; Nassirpour, A.F. LU orcid ; Ohlson, A. LU ; Oskarsson, A. LU ; Richert, T. LU and Rueda, O.V. LU , et al. (2022) In Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics 827.
Abstract
Neutral pion (π0) and η meson production cross sections were measured up to unprecedentedly high transverse momenta (pT) in p–Pb collisions at sNN=8.16TeV. 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 π0 measurement in pp collisions at s=8TeV 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... (More)
Neutral pion (π0) and η meson production cross sections were measured up to unprecedentedly high transverse momenta (pT) in p–Pb collisions at sNN=8.16TeV. 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 π0 measurement in pp collisions at s=8TeV 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=5.02TeV. © 2022 European Organization for Nuclear Research (Less)
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Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
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0370-2693
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10.1016/j.physletb.2022.136943
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  abstract     = {{Neutral pion (π0) and η meson production cross sections were measured up to unprecedentedly high transverse momenta (pT) in p–Pb collisions at sNN=8.16TeV. The mesons were reconstructed via their two-photon decay channel in the rapidity interval −1.3&lt;y&lt;0.3 in the ranges of 0.4&lt;pT&lt;200 GeV/c and 1.0&lt;pT&lt;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 π0 measurement in pp collisions at s=8TeV using the merged cluster technique. The values of RpPb are below unity for pT&lt;10 GeV/c, while they are consistent with unity for pT&gt;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=5.02TeV. © 2022 European Organization for Nuclear Research}},
  author       = {{Acharya, S. and Adolfsson, J. and Basu, S. and Christiansen, P. and Matonoha, O. and Nassirpour, A.F. and Ohlson, A. and Oskarsson, A. and Richert, T. and Rueda, O.V. and Silvermyr, D. and Zurlo, N.}},
  issn         = {{0370-2693}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics}},
  title        = {{Nuclear modification factor of light neutral-meson spectra up to high transverse momentum in p–Pb collisions at sNN=8.16 TeV}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2022.136943}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.physletb.2022.136943}},
  volume       = {{827}},
  year         = {{2022}},
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