Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Physics Letters B
Abstract
The CMS Collaboration presents the first measurement of the differential cross section of jets from charm quarks produced in proton–lead (pPb) collisions at a nucleon–nucleon center-of-mass energy of sNN=5.02TeV, as well as results from charm quark jets in proton–proton (pp) collisions at s=2.76 and 5.02TeV. By comparing the yields of the pPb and pp collision systems at the same energy, a nuclear modification factor for charm jets from 55 to 400 GeV/c in pPb collisions at sNN=5.02TeV of RpA=0.92±0.07(stat)±0.11(syst) is obtained. This is consistent with an absence of final-state energy loss for charm quarks in pPb collisions. In addition, the fraction of jets coming from charm quarks is found to be consistent with that predicted by PYTHIA 6 for pp collisions at s=2.76 and 5.02TeV, and is independent of the jet transverse momentum from 55 to 400 GeV/c.
DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2017.06.053
Publication Date
2017
Recommended Citation
Sirunyan, A. M.; Baarmand, Marc M.; Bhopatkar, Vallary; Colafranceschi, Stefano; Hohlmann, Marcu; Noonan, Daniel; Roy, Tuhin S.; Yumiceva, F.; and The CMS Collaboration, "Measurements Of The Charm Jet Cross Section And Nuclear Modification Factor In pPb Collisions At sNN=5.02 TeV" (2017). Aerospace, Physics, and Space Science Faculty Publications. 464.
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