Direct photon production in Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV

Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/68378271:_____/16:00458656 RIV/68407700:21340/16:00301034
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2016.01.020" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2016.01.020</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2016.01.020" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.physletb.2016.01.020</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Direct photon production in Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV
Original language description
Direct photon production at mid-rapidity in Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN) = 2.76 TeV was studied in the transverse momentum range 0.9 < p(T) < 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 p(T) greater than or similar to 5 GeV/c. Direct photon spectra down to p(T) approximate to 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 < p(T) < 2.1 GeV/c is 2.6 sigma for the 0-20% class. The spectrum in this p(T) range and centrality class can be described by an exponential with an inverse slope parameter of (297 +/- 12(stat) +/- 41(syst)) MeV. State-of-the-art models for photon production in heavy-ion collisions agree with the data within uncertainties.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
BG - Nuclear, atomic and molecular physics, accelerators
OECD FORD branch
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Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2016
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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