Publication
Title
Constraining gluon distributions in nuclei using dijets in proton-proton and proton-lead collisions at =5.02 TeV
Author
Institution/Organisation
CMS Collaboration
Abstract
The pseudorapidity distributions of dijets as functions of their average transverse momentum (p(T)(ave)) are measured in proton-lead (pPb) and proton-proton (pp) collisions. The data samples were collected by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC, at a nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy of 5.02 TeV. A significant modification of the pPb spectra with respect to the pp spectra is observed in all p(T)(ave) intervals investigated. The ratios of the pPb and pp distributions are compared to next-to-leading order perturbative quantum chromodynamics calculations with unbound nucleon and nuclear parton distribution functions (PDFs). These results give the first evidence that the gluon PDF at large Bjorken x in lead ions is strongly suppressed with respect to the PDF in unbound nucleons.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Physical review letters. - New York, N.Y., 1958, currens
Publication
New York, N.Y. : American Physical Society , 2018
ISSN
0031-9007 [print]
1079-7114 [online]
DOI
10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.121.062002
Volume/pages
121 :6 (2018) , 18 p.
Article Reference
062002
ISI
000441021400008
Pubmed ID
30141647
Medium
E-only publicatie
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Affiliation
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External links
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Last edited 09.10.2023
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