Measurement of the nuclear modification factor of b-jets in 5.02 TeV Pb+Pb collisions with the ATLAS detector

G. Aad, T.P.A. Åkesson, E.E. Corrigan, C. Doglioni, P.A. Ekman, J. Geisen, V. Hedberg, G. Jarlskog, B. Konya, E. Lytken, K.H. Mankinen, C. Marcon, J.U. Mjörnmark, G.A. Mullier, R. Poettgen, N.D. Simpson, E. Skorda, O. Smirnova, L. Zwalinski, ATLAS Collaboration

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Abstract

This paper presents a measurement of b-jet production in Pb+Pb and pp collisions at sNN=5.02 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The measurement uses 260 pb - 1 of pp collisions collected in 2017 and 1.4 nb - 1 of Pb+Pb collisions collected in 2018. In both collision systems, jets are reconstructed via the anti- kt algorithm. The b-jets are identified from a sample of jets containing muons from the semileptonic decay of b-quarks using template fits of the muon momentum relative to the jet axis. In pp collisions, b-jets are reconstructed for radius parameters R= 0.2 and R= 0.4 , and only R= 0.2 jets are used in Pb+Pb collisions. For comparison, inclusive R= 0.2 jets are also measured using 1.7 nb - 1 of Pb+Pb collisions collected in 2018 and the same pp collision data as the b-jet measurement. The nuclear modification factor, RAA , is calculated for both b-jets and inclusive jets with R= 0.2 over the transverse momentum range of 80–290 GeV. The nuclear modification factor for b-jets decreases from peripheral to central collisions. The ratio of the b-jet RAA to inclusive jet RAA is also presented and suggests that the RAA for b-jets is larger than that for inclusive jets in central Pb+Pb collisions. The measurements are compared with theoretical calculations and suggest a role for mass and colour-charge effects in partonic energy loss in heavy-ion collisions. © 2023, CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration.
Original languageEnglish
Article number438
JournalEuropean Physical Journal C
Volume83
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

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  • Subatomic Physics

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