Measurement of prompt photon production in sNN=8.16 TeV p + Pb collisions with ATLAS

2019 
Abstract The inclusive production rates of isolated, prompt photons in p + Pb collisions at s NN = 8.16 TeV are studied with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider using a dataset with an integrated luminosity of 165 nb −1 recorded in 2016. The cross-section and nuclear modification factor R p Pb are measured as a function of photon transverse energy from 20 GeV to 550 GeV and in three nucleon–nucleon centre-of-mass pseudorapidity regions, ( − 2.83 , − 2.02 ) , ( − 1.84 , 0.91 ) , and ( 1.09 , 1.90 ) . The cross-section and R p Pb values are compared with the results of a next-to-leading-order perturbative QCD calculation, with and without nuclear parton distribution function modifications, and with expectations based on a model of the energy loss of partons prior to the hard scattering. The data disfavour a large amount of energy loss and provide new constraints on the parton densities in nuclei.
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