Dijet Imbalance in 2.76 TeV PbPb Collisions in CMS

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Dijet Imbalance in 2.76 TeV PbPb Collisions in CMS David Krofcheck on behalf of the CMS Collaboration ICHEP 2012, Melbourne, July 6 th

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Dijet Imbalance in 2.76 TeV PbPb Collisions in CMS. David Krofcheck on behalf of the CMS Collaboration ICHEP 2012, Melbourne, July 6 th. Jet production in pp collisions. j et-jet correlation in QCD “ vaccuum ” . Jet production in PbPb collisions. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Dijet Imbalance in 2.76 TeV PbPb Collisions in CMS

David Krofcheck

on behalf of the CMS CollaborationICHEP 2012, Melbourne, July 6th

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Jet production in pp collisions

jet-jet correlation in QCD “vaccuum”

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Jet production in PbPb collisionsjet-jet correlation in QCD “medium”

γ – jet correlation to probe the medium?

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E-ΔΕ1

E-ΔΕ2

Dijet imbalance in PbPb collisionsΔφ

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Phys. Rev. C 84, 024906 (2011)

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Pixel and Silicon-Strip TrackerExcellent momentum resolution Large acceptance || < 2.53.8 T Solenoid

Hermetic calorimeter coverageECAL + HCAL || < 3.0

Forward HCAL 3.0 || < 5.0

Muon Detectors|| < 2.5

DAQ+Trigger: Dedicated triggers for Jets, Photons, Muon, high pT charged particles, etc.

Beam Scintillators

The CMS Detector

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Selecting jets in PbPb collisions

“peripheral” “central”

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Phys. Rev. C 84, 024906 (2011)

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Observed angular correlation between the PbPb dijets

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Dijets in PbPb are more imbalanced than PYTHIA+HYDJET

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Dijets in PbPb - asymmetry in central collisions

PLB 712 (2012) 176

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Observed angular correlation between γ – jet in PbPb collisions

γ – jet Correlation across PbPb overlap

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• Momentum ratio shifts/decreases with centrality– jets shifting below the 30 GeV pT threshold not included

Submitted to PLB, arXiv:1205.0206

Observed momentum imbalance in γ – jet correlation

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CMS

• Significant deviation of x⟨ J in PbPb compared to PYTHIA + HYDJET⟩• The centrality dependence is mostly visible in RJ

– jet pT shifting below the 30 GeV threshold

Mean xJ -Fraction without jet: RJ

Observed deviation between γ – jet from PbPb collisions

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Submitted to PLB, arXiv:1205.0206

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• We used dijets to compare PbPb collisions to pp at different impact parameters and transverse momenta

• Dijets can be strongly imbalanced in momentum as a result of passing through the QCD medium

• We observe γ – jet correlationsMeasuring the γ and jet energies may tell us about the energy loss mechanism of in-medium partons.

Summary

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