Azimuthal anisotropy of charged jet production in $\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}}$ = 2.76 TeV Pb-Pb collisions

Abstract

We present measurements of the azimuthal dependence of charged jet production in central and semi-central $\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}}$ = 2.76 TeV Pb-Pb collisions with respect to the second harmonic event plane, quantified as $v_2^{\mathrm{ch}\mathrm{jet}}$. Jet finding is performed employing the anti-$k_{\mathrm{T}}$ algorithm with a resolution parameter $R$ = 0.2 using charged tracks from the ALICE tracking system. The contribution of the azimuthal anisotropy of the underlying event is taken into account event-by-event. The remaining (statistical) region-to-region fluctuations are removed on an ensemble basis by unfolding the jet spectra for different event plane orientations independently. Significant non-zero $v_2^{\mathrm{ch}\mathrm{jet}}$ is observed in semi-central collisions (30-50\% centrality) for 20 $<$ $p_{\mathrm{T}}^{\mathrm{ch}\mathrm{jet}}$ $<$ 90 $\mathrm{GeV}/c$. The azimuthal dependence of the charged jet production is similar to the dependence observed for jets comprising both charged and neutral fragments, and compatible with measurements of the $v_2$ of single charged particles at high $p_{\mathrm{T}}$. Good agreement between the data and predictions from JEWEL, an event generator simulating parton shower evolution in the presence of a dense QCD medium, is found in semi-central collisions.

25 pages, 6 captioned figures, 1 table, authors from page 20, published version, figures at http://aliceinfo.cern.ch/ArtSubmission/node/1886

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