Rivet analyses

Centrality dependence of charged particle production at large transverse momentum in Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}} = 2.76$ TeV

Experiment: ALICE (LHC)

Inspire ID: 1127497

Status: VALIDATED

Authors: - Przemyslaw Karczmarczyk - Jan Fiete Grosse-Oetringhaus - Jochen Klein

References: - arXiv: 1208.2711

Beams: p+ p+, 1000822080 1000822080

Beam energies: (1380.0, 1380.0); (287040.0, 287040.0)GeV

Run details: none listed

The inclusive transverse momentum (pT) distributions of primary charged particles are measured in the pseudo-rapidity range |η| < 0.8 as a function of event centrality in Pb–Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{nn}} = 2.76$ TeV with ALICE at the LHC. The data are presented in the pT range 0.15 < pT < 50 GeV/c for nine centrality intervals from 70-80% to 0-5%. The Pb-Pb spectra are presented in terms of the nuclear modification factor RAA using a pp reference spectrum measured at the same collision energy. We observe that the suppression of high-pT particles strongly depends on event centrality. In central collisions (0-5%) the yield is most suppressed with RAA ≈ 0.13 at pT = 6 − 7 GeV/c. Above pT = 7 GeV/c, there is a significant rise in the nuclear modification factor, which reaches RAA ≈ 0.4 for pT > 30 GeV/c. In peripheral collisions (70-80%), the suppression is weaker with RAA ≈ 0.7 almost independently of pT. The measured nuclear modification factors are compared to other measurements and model calculations.

Source code:ALICE_2012_I1127497.cc

// -*- C++ -*-
#include "Rivet/Analysis.hh"
#include "Rivet/Projections/Beam.hh"
#include "Rivet/Projections/ChargedFinalState.hh"
#include "Rivet/Tools/Cuts.hh"
#include "Rivet/Projections/SingleValueProjection.hh"
#include "Rivet/Analyses/AliceCommon.hh"
#include "Rivet/Projections/HepMCHeavyIon.hh"

namespace Rivet {

  /// @brief ALICE PbPb at 2.76 TeV R_AA analysis.
  class ALICE_2012_I1127497 : public Analysis {

  public:

    /// Constructor
    RIVET_DEFAULT_ANALYSIS_CTOR(ALICE_2012_I1127497);

    /// @name Analysis methods
    /// @{

    /// Book histograms and initialise projections before the run
    void init() {

      // Access the HepMC heavy ion info
      declare(HepMCHeavyIon(), "HepMC");

      // Declare centrality projection
      declareCentrality(ALICE::V0MMultiplicity(),
        "ALICE_2015_CENT_PBPB", "V0M", "V0M");

      // Charged, primary particles with |eta| < 0.5 and pT > 150 MeV
      declare(ALICE::PrimaryParticles(Cuts::abseta < 0.5 &&
        Cuts::pT > 150*MeV && Cuts::abscharge > 0), "APRIM");

      // Loop over all histograms
      for (size_t ihist = 0; ihist < NHISTOS; ++ihist) {

        // Initialize PbPb objects
        book(_histNch[PBPB][ihist], ihist+1, 1, 1);

        std::string nameCounterPbPb = "counter.pbpb." + std::to_string(ihist);
        book(_counterSOW[PBPB][ihist], nameCounterPbPb); // Sum of weights counter for PbPb

        std::string nameCounterNcoll = "counter.ncoll." + std::to_string(ihist);
        book(_counterNcoll[ihist], nameCounterNcoll); // Ncoll counter for PbPb

        // Initialize pp objects. In principle, only one pp histogram would be
        // needed since centrality does not make any difference here. However,
        // in some cases in this analysis the binning differ from each other,
        // so this is easy-to-implement way to account for that.
        std::string namePP = mkAxisCode(ihist+1,1,1) + "-pp";

        // The binning is taken from the reference data
        book(_histNch[PP][ihist], namePP, refData(ihist+1, 1, 1));

        std::string nameCounterpp = "counter.pp." + std::to_string(ihist);
        book(_counterSOW[PP][ihist], nameCounterpp); // Sum of weights counter for pp

        // Book ratios, to be used in finalize
        book(_histRAA[ihist], ihist+16, 1, 1);
      }

      // Centrality regions keeping boundaries for a certain region.
      // Note, that some regions overlap with other regions.
      _centrRegions.clear();
      _centrRegions = {{0., 5.},   {5., 10.},  {10., 20.},
                       {20., 30.}, {30., 40.}, {40., 50.},
                       {50., 60.}, {60., 70.}, {70., 80.},
                       {0., 10.},  {0., 20.},  {20., 40.},
                       {40., 60.}, {40., 80.}, {60., 80.}};

      // Find out the beam type, also specified from option.
      string beamOpt = getOption<string>("beam","NONE");
      if (beamOpt != "NONE") {
        MSG_WARNING("You are using a specified beam type, instead of using what"
    "is provided by the generator. "
    "Only do this if you are completely sure what you are doing.");
    if (beamOpt=="PP") isHI = false;
    else if (beamOpt=="HI") isHI = true;
    else {
      MSG_ERROR("Beam error (option)!");
      return;
        }
      }
      else {
        const ParticlePair& beam = beams();
        if (beam.first.pid() == PID::PROTON && beam.second.pid() == PID::PROTON) isHI = false;
    else if (beam.first.pid() == PID::LEAD && beam.second.pid() == PID::LEAD)
      isHI = true;
    else {
      MSG_ERROR("Beam error (found)!");
      return;
    }
      }
    }

    /// Perform the per-event analysis
    void analyze(const Event& event) {

      // Charged, primary particles with at least pT = 150 MeV
      // in eta range of |eta| < 0.5
      Particles chargedParticles =
        apply<ALICE::PrimaryParticles>(event,"APRIM").particlesByPt();

      // Check type of event.
      if ( isHI ) {

        const HepMCHeavyIon & hi = apply<HepMCHeavyIon>(event, "HepMC");
        if (!hi.ok()) {
      MSG_WARNING("HEPMC Heavy ion container needed for this analysis, but not "
        "found for this event. Skipping.");
      vetoEvent;
    }
        // Prepare centrality projection and value
        const CentralityProjection& centrProj =
          apply<CentralityProjection>(event, "V0M");
        double centr = centrProj();
        // Veto event for too large centralities since those are not used
        // in the analysis at all
        if ((centr < 0.) || (centr > 80.)) vetoEvent;

        // Fill PbPb histograms and add weights based on centrality value
        for (size_t ihist = 0; ihist < NHISTOS; ++ihist) {
          if (inRange(centr, _centrRegions[ihist].first, _centrRegions[ihist].second)) {
            _counterSOW[PBPB][ihist]->fill();
            _counterNcoll[ihist]->fill(hi.Ncoll());
            for (const Particle& p : chargedParticles) {
              double pT = p.pT()/GeV;
              if (pT < 50.) {
                const double pTAtBinCenter = _histNch[PBPB][ihist]->binAt(pT).xMid();
                _histNch[PBPB][ihist]->fill(pT, 1/pTAtBinCenter);
              }
            }
          }
        }

      }
      else {

        // Fill all pp histograms and add weights
        for (size_t ihist = 0; ihist < NHISTOS; ++ihist) {
          _counterSOW[PP][ihist]->fill();
          for (const Particle& p : chargedParticles) {
            double pT = p.pT()/GeV;
            if (pT < 50.) {
              const double pTAtBinCenter = _histNch[PP][ihist]->binAt(pT).xMid();
              _histNch[PP][ihist]->fill(pT, 1/pTAtBinCenter);
            }
          }
        }

      }

    }


    /// Normalise histograms etc., after the run
    void finalize() {

      // Right scaling of the histograms with their individual weights.
      for (size_t itype = 0; itype < EVENT_TYPES; ++itype ) {
        for (size_t ihist = 0; ihist < NHISTOS; ++ihist) {
          if (_counterSOW[itype][ihist]->sumW() > 0.) {
            scale(_histNch[itype][ihist],
              (1. / _counterSOW[itype][ihist]->sumW() / 2. / M_PI));
          }
        }
      }

      // Postprocessing of the histograms
      for (size_t ihist = 0; ihist < NHISTOS; ++ihist) {
        // If there are entires in histograms for both beam types
        if (_histNch[PP][ihist]->numEntries() > 0 && _histNch[PBPB][ihist]->numEntries() > 0) {
          // Initialize and fill R_AA histograms
          divide(_histNch[PBPB][ihist], _histNch[PP][ihist], _histRAA[ihist]);
          // Scale by Ncoll. Unfortunately some generators does not provide
          // Ncoll value (eg. JEWEL), so the following scaling will be done
          // only if there are entries in the counters
          double ncoll = _counterNcoll[ihist]->sumW();
          double sow = _counterSOW[PBPB][ihist]->sumW();
          if (ncoll > 1e-6 && sow > 1e-6)
            _histRAA[ihist]->scale(1. / (ncoll / sow));

        }
      }

    }

    /// @}

  private:

    bool isHI;
    static const int NHISTOS = 15;
    static const int EVENT_TYPES = 2;
    static const int PP = 0;
    static const int PBPB = 1;

    /// @name Histograms
    /// @{
    Histo1DPtr _histNch[EVENT_TYPES][NHISTOS];
    CounterPtr _counterSOW[EVENT_TYPES][NHISTOS];
    CounterPtr _counterNcoll[NHISTOS];
    Estimate1DPtr _histRAA[NHISTOS];
    /// @}

    std::vector<std::pair<double, double>> _centrRegions;

  };

  RIVET_DECLARE_PLUGIN(ALICE_2012_I1127497);


}