학술논문

Measurement of the Centrality Dependence of the Dijet Yield in p+Pb Collisions at sNN=8.16 TeV with the ATLAS Detector
Document Type
article
Source
Physical Review Letters. 132(10)
Subject
Nuclear and Plasma Physics
Particle and High Energy Physics
Physical Sciences
ATLAS Collaboration
Mathematical Sciences
Engineering
General Physics
Mathematical sciences
Physical sciences
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Abstract
ATLAS measured the centrality dependence of the dijet yield using 165  nb^{-1} of p+Pb data collected at sqrt[s_{NN}]=8.16  TeV in 2016. The event centrality, which reflects the p+Pb impact parameter, is characterized by the total transverse energy registered in the Pb-going side of the forward calorimeter. The central-to-peripheral ratio of the scaled dijet yields, R_{CP}, is evaluated, and the results are presented as a function of variables that reflect the kinematics of the initial hard parton scattering process. The R_{CP} shows a scaling with the Bjorken x of the parton originating from the proton, x_{p}, while no such trend is observed as a function of x_{Pb}. This analysis provides unique input to understanding the role of small proton spatial configurations in p+Pb collisions by covering parton momentum fractions from the valence region down to x_{p}∼10^{-3} and x_{Pb}∼4×10^{-4}.