Naslov
Measurement of electrons from heavy-flavour hadron decays in p-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=5.02 TeV

Autori
Adam, J. ; ... ; Antičić, Tome ; ... ; Erhardt, Filip ; ... ; Gotovac, Sven ; ... ; Mudnić, Eugen ; ... ; Planinić, Mirko ; ... ; Poljak, Nikola ; ... ; Simatović, Goran ; ... ; Utrobičić, Antonija ; ... ; Vicković, Linda ; ... ; Zyzak, M.

Kolaboracija
ALICE Collaboration

Izvornik
Physics letters. B (0370-2693) 754 (2016); 81-93

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Ključne riječi
quark-gluon plasma ; charged-particle production ; nucleus-nucleus collisions ; large transverse-momentum ; proton-proton collisions ; plus au collisions ; root-S=7 TEV ; root-S-NN=5.02 TEV ; meson production ; neutral pion

Sažetak
The production of electrons from heavy-flavour hadron decays was measured as a function of transverse momentum (p(T)) in minimum-bias p-Pb collisions at root s(NN) = 5.02 TeV using the ALICE detector at the LHC. The measurement covers the p(T) interval 0.5 < p(T) < 12 GeV/c and the rapidity range -1.065 < y(cms) < 0.135 in the centre-of-mass reference frame. The contribution of electrons from background sources was subtracted using an invariant mass approach. The nuclear modification factor R-pPb was calculated by comparing the p(T)-differential invariant cross section in p-Pb collisions to a pp reference at the same centre-of-mass energy, which was obtained by interpolating measurements at root s = 2.76 TeV and root s= 7 TeV. The R-pPb is consistent with unity within uncertainties of about 25%, which become larger for p(T) below 1 GeV/c. The measurement shows that heavy-flavour production is consistent with binary scaling, so that a suppression in the high-p(T) yield in Pb-Pb collisions has to be attributed to effects induced by the hot medium produced in the final state. The data in p-Pb collisions are described by recent model calculations that include cold nuclear matter effects

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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Fizika

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