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Nonperturbative-transverse-momentum broadening in dihadron angular correlations in √sNN = 200 GeV proton-nucleus collisions
Physical Review C
  • C. Aidala, University of Michigan
  • Nicole J. Apadula, Iowa State University
  • John C. Hill, Iowa State University
  • Nels J. Hotvedt, Iowa State University
  • John G. Lajoie, Iowa State University
  • Alexandre Lebedev, Iowa State University
  • S. H. Lee, Iowa State University and Stony Brook University
  • Craig Ogilvie, Iowa State University
  • Milap R. Patel, Iowa State University
  • Joshua Perry, Iowa State University
  • Timothy T. Rinn, Iowa State University
  • Marzia Rosati, Iowa State University
  • Jonathan C. Runchey, Iowa State University
  • Abhisek Sen, Iowa State University and University of Tennessee
  • M. Shimomura, Iowa State University and Nara Women's University
  • Arbin Timilsina, Iowa State University
  • et al.
  • PHENIX Collaboration, PHENIX Collaboration
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
4-1-2019
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevC.99.044912
Abstract

The PHENIX collaboration has measured high-pT dihadron correlations in p+p, p+Al, and p+Au collisions at √sNN=200 GeV. The correlations arise from inter- and intrajet correlations and thus have sensitivity to nonperturbative effects in both the initial and final states. The distributions of pout, the transverse-momentum component of the associated hadron perpendicular to the trigger hadron, are sensitive to initial- and final-state transverse momenta. These distributions are measured multidifferentially as a function of xE, the longitudinal momentum fraction of the associated hadron with respect to the trigger hadron. The near-side pout widths, sensitive to fragmentation transverse momentum, show no significant broadening between p+Au, p+Al, and p+p. The away-side nonperturbative pout widths are found to be broadened in p+Au when compared to p+p; however, there is no significant broadening in p+Al compared to p+p collisions. The data also suggest that the away-side pout broadening is a function of Ncoll, the number of binary nucleon-nucleon collisions, in the interaction. The potential implications of these results with regard to initial- and final-state transverse-momentum broadening and energy loss of partons in a nucleus, among other nuclear effects, are discussed.

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This article is published as Aidala, C., Y. Akiba, M. Alfred, V. Andrieux, N. Apadula, H. Asano, B. Azmoun et al. "Nonperturbative-transverse-momentum broadening in dihadron angular correlations in s N N= 200 GeV proton-nucleus collisions." Physical Review C 99, no. 4 (2019): 044912. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.99.044912. Posted with permission.

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American Physical Society
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C. Aidala, Nicole J. Apadula, John C. Hill, Nels J. Hotvedt, et al.. "Nonperturbative-transverse-momentum broadening in dihadron angular correlations in √sNN = 200 GeV proton-nucleus collisions" Physical Review C Vol. 99 Iss. 4 (2019) p. 044912
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/craig-ogilvie/300/