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First LHC results on coherent J/psi photoproduction in ultra-peripheral Pb-Pb collisions at sqrt{s_NN} = 2.76 TeV
The first LHC measurement on ultra-peripheral heavy-ion collisions was
carried out with the ALICE experiment. In this paper, ALICE results on
exclusive J/psi studies in Pb-Pb collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 2.76 TeV, in the
rapidity region -3.6 < y < -2.6, are given. The coherent J/psi cross section
was found to be dsigma/dy_coh_J/\psi = 1.00 +/- 0.18 (stat) +0.24 -0.26 (syst)
mb. These studies favour theoretical models that include strong modifications
to the nuclear gluon density, also known as nuclear gluon shadowing.Comment: Presented at DIFFRACTION 2012: International Workshop on Diffraction
in High-Energy Physics. Puerto del Carmen, Canary Islands, 10-15 September
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Prospects for meson production in pp collisions at the ALICE experiment
The ALICE experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will allow the
study of resonance production in nucleus-nucleus and proton-proton collisions.
This paper presents results based on physics performance studies to discuss
prospects in ALICE for (1020) meson production in pp interactions during
the LHC startup.Comment: To appear in the proceedings of International Conference on
Strangeness in Quark Matter (SQM 2007), Levoca, Slovakia, 24-29 Jun 2007.
Submitted to J.Phys.
Recent results on ultra-peripheral Pb-Pb and p-Pb collisions at the ALICE experiment
In this paper, we will discuss results on coherent and incoherent J/ψ photoproduction in ultra-peripheral Pb-Pb collisions at = 2.76, as well as preliminary results on exclusive J/ψ and two-photon production in ultra-peripheral p-Pb collisions at = 5.02 TeV. Results on four-pion production in ultra-peripheral Pb-Pb collisions will also be given. Finally, the prospects for other UPC measurements in ALICE will be briefly mentioned
Recent results on ultra-peripheral Pb-Pb and p-Pb collisions at the ALICE experiment
In this paper, we will discuss results on coherent and incoherent J/ψ photoproduction in ultra-peripheral Pb-Pb collisions at = 2.76, as well as preliminary results on exclusive J/ψ and two-photon production in ultra-peripheral p-Pb collisions at = 5.02 TeV. Results on four-pion production in ultra-peripheral Pb-Pb collisions will also be given. Finally, the prospects for other UPC measurements in ALICE will be briefly mentioned
Quantum tomography for collider physics: Illustrations with lepton pair production
Quantum tomography is a method to experimentally extract all that is
observable about a quantum mechanical system. We introduce quantum tomography
to collider physics with the illustration of the angular distribution of lepton
pairs. The tomographic method bypasses much of the field-theoretic formalism to
concentrate on what can be observed with experimental data, and how to
characterize the data. We provide a practical, experimentally-driven guide to
model-independent analysis using density matrices at every step. Comparison
with traditional methods of analyzing angular correlations of inclusive
reactions finds many advantages in the tomographic method, which include
manifest Lorentz covariance, direct incorporation of positivity constraints,
exhaustively complete polarization information, and new invariants free from
frame conventions. For example, experimental data can determine the
of the production process, which is a
model-independent invariant that measures the degree of coherence of the
subprocess. We give reproducible numerical examples and provide a supplemental
standalone computer code that implements the procedure. We also highlight a
property of that guarantees in a least-squares type fit
that a local minimum of a statistic will be a global minimum: There
are no isolated local minima. This property with an automated implementation of
positivity promises to mitigate issues relating to multiple minima and
convention-dependence that have been problematic in previous work on angular
distributions.Comment: 25 pages, 3 figure
J/ψ production and nuclear effects in p-Pb collisions at sNN−−−√ = 5.02 TeV
This is the published version.Inclusive J/ψ production has been studied with the ALICE detector in p-Pb collisions at the nucleon-nucleon center of mass energy sNN−−−√ = 5.02 TeV at the CERN LHC. The measurement is performed in the center of mass rapidity domains 2.03 < y cms < 3.53 and −4.46 < y cms < −2.96, down to zero transverse momentum, studying the μ + μ − decay mode. In this paper, the J/ψ production cross section and the nuclear modification factor R pPb for the rapidities under study are presented. While at forward rapidity, corresponding to the proton direction, a suppression of the J/ψ yield with respect to binary-scaled pp collisions is observed, in the backward region no suppression is present. The ratio of the forward and backward yields is also measured differentially in rapidity and transverse momentum. Theoretical predictions based on nuclear shadowing, as well as on models including, in addition, a contribution from partonic energy loss, are in fair agreement with the experimental results
Neutral pion production at midrapidity in pp and Pb–Pb collisions at √sNN=2.76TeV
This is the published version.Invariant yields of neutral pions at midrapidity in the transverse momentum range 0.6<pT<12GeV/c measured in Pb–Pb collisions at sNN−−−√=2.76 TeV are presented for six centrality classes. The pp reference spectrum was measured in the range 0.4<pT<10GeV/c at the same center-of-mass energy. The nuclear modification factor, RAA, shows a suppression of neutral pions in central Pb–Pb collisions by a factor of up to about 8−10 for 5≲pT≲7GeV/c. The presented measurements are compared with results at lower center-of-mass energies and with theoretical calculations
Multiplicity dependence of jet-like two-particle correlation structures in p–Pb collisions at √sNN=5.02TeV
Two-particle angular correlations between unidentified charged trigger and associated particles are measured by the ALICE detector in p–Pbcollisions at a nucleon–nucleon centre-of-mass energy of 5.02TeV. The transverse-momentum range 0.7 <pT,assoc<pT,trig<5.0GeV/c is examined, to include correlations induced by jets originating from low momentum-transfer scatterings (minijets). The correlations expressed as associated yield per trigger particle are obtained in the pseudorapidity range |η| <0.9. The near-side long-range pseudorapidity correlations observed in high-multiplicity p–Pbcollisions are subtracted from both near-side short-range and away-side correlations in order to remove the non-jet-like components. The yields in the jet-like peaks are found to be invariant with event multiplicity with the exception of events with low multiplicity. This invariance is consistent with the particles being produced via the incoherent fragmentation of multiple parton–parton scatterings, while the yield related to the previously observed ridge structures is not jet-related. The number of uncorrelated sources of particle production is found to increase linearly with multiplicity, suggesting no saturation of the number of multi-parton interactions even in the highest multiplicity p–Pbcollisions. Further, the number scales only in the intermediate multiplicity region with the number of binary nucleon–nucleon collisions estimated with a Glauber Monte-Carlo simulation.Funded by SCOAP
Transverse momentum dependence of inclusive primary charged-particle production in p–Pb collisions at √sNN=5.02 TeV
This is the published version.The transverse momentum (pT) distribution of primary charged particles is measured at midrapidity in minimum-bias p–Pb collisions at sNN−−−√=5.02 TeV with the ALICE detector at the LHC in the range 0.15<pT<50 GeV/c. 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 pT larger than 2 GeV/c, with a weak indication of a Cronin-like enhancement for pT around 4 GeV/c. The measurement is compared to theoretical calculations and to data in Pb–Pb collisions at sNN−−−√=2.76 TeV
Production of inclusive Υ(1S) and Υ(2S) in p–Pb collisions at √sNN=5.02TeV
We report on the production of inclusive Υ(1S) and Υ(2S) in p–Pb collisions at √sNN=5.02TeVat the LHC. The measurement is performed with the ALICE detector at backward (−4.46 <ycms<−2.96) and forward (2.03 <ycms<3.53) rapidity down to zero transverse momentum. The production cross sections of the Υ(1S) and Υ(2S) are presented, as well as the nuclear modification factor and the ratio of the forward to backward yields of Υ(1S). A suppression of the inclusive Υ(1S) yield in p–Pb collisions with respect to the yield from pp collisions scaled by the number of binary nucleon–nucleon collisions is observed at forward rapidity but not at backward rapidity. The results are compared to theoretical model calculations including nuclear shadowing or partonic energy loss effects
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