The first measurement of the e+e− pair production at midrapidity and low invariant mass in central Pb-Pb collisions at √sNN = 5.02 TeV at the Large Hadron Collider is presented. The yield of e+e− pairs is compared with a cocktail of expected hadronic decay contributions in the invariant mass (mee) and pair transverse momentum (pT,ee) ranges mee < 3.5 GeV/c2 and pT,ee < 8 GeV/c. For 0.18 < mee < 0.5 GeV/c2 the ratio of data to the cocktail of hadronic contributions amounts to 1.40 ± 0.11 (stat.) ± 0.23 (syst.) ± 0.16 (cocktail) and 1.42 ± 0.11 (stat.) ± 0.23 (syst.)+0.24−0.29 (cocktail), including or not including medium effects in the estimation of the heavy-flavor background, respectively. It is consistent with predictions from two different models for an additional contribution of thermal e+e− pairs from the hadronic and partonic phases. In the intermediate-mass range (1.2 < mee < 2.6 GeV/c2), the pair transverse impact parameter of the e+e− pairs (DCAee, where “DCA” denotes “distance of closest approach”) is used for the first time in Pb-Pb collisions to separate displaced dielectrons from heavy-flavor hadron decays from a possible (thermal) contribution produced at the interaction point. The data are consistent with a suppression of e+e− pairs from cc and an additional prompt component. Finally, the first direct-photon measurement in the 10% most central Pb-Pb collisions at √sNN = 5.02 TeV is reported via the study of virtual direct photons in the transverse momentum range 1 < pT < 5 GeV/c. A model including prompt photons, as well as photons from the preequilibrium and fluid-dynamic phases, can reproduce the result, while being at the upper edge of the data uncertainties.

Dielectron production in central Pb-Pb collisions at sqrt(s_NN)=5.02 TeV

G. Alocco
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S. Beole
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L. Bianchi
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E. Botta
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A. Ferretti
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M. Gagliardi
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M. Masera
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M. Pennisi
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S. Perciballi
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S. Politano
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S. Pucillo
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L. Quaglia
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L. Terlizzi
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S. Trogolo
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E. Vercellin
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2025-01-01

Abstract

The first measurement of the e+e− pair production at midrapidity and low invariant mass in central Pb-Pb collisions at √sNN = 5.02 TeV at the Large Hadron Collider is presented. The yield of e+e− pairs is compared with a cocktail of expected hadronic decay contributions in the invariant mass (mee) and pair transverse momentum (pT,ee) ranges mee < 3.5 GeV/c2 and pT,ee < 8 GeV/c. For 0.18 < mee < 0.5 GeV/c2 the ratio of data to the cocktail of hadronic contributions amounts to 1.40 ± 0.11 (stat.) ± 0.23 (syst.) ± 0.16 (cocktail) and 1.42 ± 0.11 (stat.) ± 0.23 (syst.)+0.24−0.29 (cocktail), including or not including medium effects in the estimation of the heavy-flavor background, respectively. It is consistent with predictions from two different models for an additional contribution of thermal e+e− pairs from the hadronic and partonic phases. In the intermediate-mass range (1.2 < mee < 2.6 GeV/c2), the pair transverse impact parameter of the e+e− pairs (DCAee, where “DCA” denotes “distance of closest approach”) is used for the first time in Pb-Pb collisions to separate displaced dielectrons from heavy-flavor hadron decays from a possible (thermal) contribution produced at the interaction point. The data are consistent with a suppression of e+e− pairs from cc and an additional prompt component. Finally, the first direct-photon measurement in the 10% most central Pb-Pb collisions at √sNN = 5.02 TeV is reported via the study of virtual direct photons in the transverse momentum range 1 < pT < 5 GeV/c. A model including prompt photons, as well as photons from the preequilibrium and fluid-dynamic phases, can reproduce the result, while being at the upper edge of the data uncertainties.
2025
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dielectron production, Pb-Pb collisions
S. Acharya; D. Adamov??; G. Aglieri Rinella; M. Agnello; N. Agrawal; Z. Ahammed; S. Ahmad; S. U. Ahn; I. Ahuja; A. Akindinov; M. Al-Turany; D. Aleksan...espandi
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