Direct photon production at mid-rapidity in Pb-Pb collisions at √sNN=2.76 TeV was studied in the transverse momentum range 0.9<14 GeV/c. Photons were detected with the highly segmented electromagnetic calorimeter PHOS and via conversions in the ALICE detector material with the e+e- pair reconstructed in the central tracking system. The results of the two methods were combined and direct photon spectra were measured for the 0-20%, 20-40%, and 40-80% centrality classes. For all three classes, agreement was found with perturbative QCD calculations for pT > 5 GeV/c. Direct photon spectra down to pT≈1 GeV/c could be extracted for the 20-40% and 0-20% centrality classes. The significance of the direct photon signal for 0.9<2.1 GeV/c is 2.6σ for the 0-20% class. The spectrum in this pT range and centrality class can be described by an exponential with an inverse slope parameter of (297±12stat±41syst) MeV. State-of-the-art models for photon production in heavy-ion collisions agree with the data within uncertainties.

Adam, J., Adamová, D., Aggarwal, M., Aglieri Rinella, G., Agnello, M., Agrawal, N., et al. (2016). Direct photon production in Pb-Pb collisions at √sNN = 2.76 TeV. PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B, 754, 235-248 [10.1016/j.physletb.2016.01.020].

Direct photon production in Pb-Pb collisions at √sNN = 2.76 TeV

ALICI, ANDREA;ARCELLI, SILVIA;BASILE, MAURIZIO;BELLINI, FRANCESCA;CARNESECCHI, FRANCESCA;CIFARELLI, LUISA;COLOCCI, MANUEL;GUERZONI, BARBARA;SCIOLI, GILDA;
2016

Abstract

Direct photon production at mid-rapidity in Pb-Pb collisions at √sNN=2.76 TeV was studied in the transverse momentum range 0.9<14 GeV/c. Photons were detected with the highly segmented electromagnetic calorimeter PHOS and via conversions in the ALICE detector material with the e+e- pair reconstructed in the central tracking system. The results of the two methods were combined and direct photon spectra were measured for the 0-20%, 20-40%, and 40-80% centrality classes. For all three classes, agreement was found with perturbative QCD calculations for pT > 5 GeV/c. Direct photon spectra down to pT≈1 GeV/c could be extracted for the 20-40% and 0-20% centrality classes. The significance of the direct photon signal for 0.9<2.1 GeV/c is 2.6σ for the 0-20% class. The spectrum in this pT range and centrality class can be described by an exponential with an inverse slope parameter of (297±12stat±41syst) MeV. State-of-the-art models for photon production in heavy-ion collisions agree with the data within uncertainties.
2016
Adam, J., Adamová, D., Aggarwal, M., Aglieri Rinella, G., Agnello, M., Agrawal, N., et al. (2016). Direct photon production in Pb-Pb collisions at √sNN = 2.76 TeV. PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B, 754, 235-248 [10.1016/j.physletb.2016.01.020].
Adam, J.; Adamová, D.; Aggarwal, M.M.; Aglieri Rinella, G.; Agnello, M.; Agrawal, N.; Ahammed, Z.; Ahn, S.U.; Aiola, S.; Akindinov, A.; Alam, S.N.; Al...espandi
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