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Azimuthal Correlations within Exclusive Dijets with Large Momentum Transfer in Photon-Lead Collisions

CMS Collaboration; Tumasyan, A.; Adam, W.; Bergauer, T.; Dragicevic, M.; Del Valle, A. Escalante; Frühwirth, R.; Jeitler, M.; Krammer, N.; Lechner, L.; Liko, D.; Mikulec, I.; Pitters, F. M.; Rad, N.; Schieck, J.; Schöfbeck, R.; Spanring, M.; Templ, S.; Waltenberger, W.; ... mehr

Abstract:

The structure of nucleons is multidimensional and depends on the transverse momenta, spatial geometry, and polarization of the constituent partons. Such a structure can be studied using high-energy photons produced in ultraperipheral heavy-ion collisions. The first measurement of the azimuthal angular correlations of exclusively produced events with two jets in photon-lead interactions at large momentum transfer is presented, a process that is considered to be sensitive to the underlying nuclear gluon polarization. This study uses a data sample of ultraperipheral lead-lead collisions at $\sqrt{sNN}=5.02  TeV$, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $0.38  nb^{−1}$, collected with the CMS experiment at the LHC. The measured second harmonic of the correlation between the sum and difference of the two jet transverse momentum vectors is found to be positive, and rising, as the dijet transverse momentum increases. A well-tuned model that has been successful at describing a wide range of proton scattering data from the HERA experiments fails to describe the observed correlations, suggesting the presence of gluon polarization effects.


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DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000161834
Veröffentlicht am 30.08.2023
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DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.051901
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Zitationen: 3
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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Astroteilchenphysik (IAP)
Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik (ETP)
Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik (IPE)
Institut für Theoretische Teilchenphysik (TTP)
Scientific Computing Center (SCC)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsmonat/-jahr 08.2023
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 0031-9007, 1079-7114
KITopen-ID: 1000161834
HGF-Programm 51.11.01 (POF IV, LK 01) Teilchenphysik
Erschienen in Physical Review Letters
Verlag American Physical Society (APS)
Band 131
Heft 5
Seiten Art.-Nr.: 051901
Vorab online veröffentlicht am 01.08.2023
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