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Two-pion femtoscopy in p-Pb collisions at √sNN = 5.02 TeV

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Year: 2015
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Two-pion em oscopy in p-Pb collisions a √sNN = 5.02 TeV
ALICE Collabo a ion
ALICE Collabo a ion. (2015). Two-pion em oscopy in p-Pb collisions a √sNN = 5.02
TeV. Physical Re iew C, 91(3), A icle 034906.
h ps://doi.o g/10.1103/PhysRe C.91.034906
2015
PHYSICAL REVIEW C 91, 034906 (2015)
Two-pion em oscopy in p-Pb collisions a √sNN =5.02 TeV
J. Adam e al.∗
(ALICE Collabo a ion)
(Recei ed 3 Feb ua y 2015; published 24 Ma ch 2015)
We epo he esul s o he em oscopic analysis o pai s o iden ical pions measu ed in p-Pb collisions a
√sNN =5.02 TeV. Fem oscopic adii a e de e mined as a unc ion o e en mul iplici y and pai momen um in
h ee spa ial dimensions. As in he pp collision sys em, he analysis is complica ed by he p esence o sizable
backg ound co ela ion s uc u es in addi ion o he em oscopic signal. The adii inc ease wi h e en mul iplici y
and dec ease wi h pai ans e se momen um. When aken a compa able mul iplici y, he adii measu ed in p-Pb
collisions, a high mul iplici y and low pai ans e se momen um, a e 10%–20% highe han hose obse ed in
pp collisions bu below hose obse ed in A-Acollisions. The esul s a e compa ed o hyd odynamic p edic ions
a la ge e en mul iplici y as well as discussed in he con ex o calcula ions based on gluon sa u a ion.
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRe C.91.034906 PACS numbe (s): 25.75.Dw,24.10.Nz,25.75.Ag
I. INTRODUCTION
The La ge Had on Collide (LHC) [1] deli e ed Pb-Pb
collisions a √sNN =2.76 TeV in 2010 and in 2011. Se e al
signa u es o a qua k-gluon plasma we e obse ed, including
a s ong supp ession o high-pTpa icle p oduc ion (“je
quenching”) [2–4], as well as collec i e beha io a low
pT[5,6], which is well desc ibed by hyd odynamic models
wi h a low shea - iscosi y- o-en opy a io. A compa ison
o e e ence esul s om pp collisions a √s=0.9, 2.76,
and 7 TeV shows ha hese e ec s canno be desc ibed by
an incohe en supe posi ion o nucleon-nucleon collisions.
As such, hey can be in e p e ed as inal-s a e phenomena,
cha ac e is ic o he new s a e o ma e [7–10] c ea ed in
hea y-ion collisions. To e i y he c ea ion o such a s a e,
p-Pb collisions a √sNN =5.02 TeV, whe e a qua k-gluon
plasma is no expec ed o o m, we e p o ided by he
LHC. In pa icula , cold-nuclea -ma e e ec s, such as gluon
sa u a ion, which a e expec ed o in luence a numbe o
obse ables, a e being in es iga ed [11].
One o he obse ables cha ac e izing he bulk collec i e
sys em is he size o he pa icle-emi ing egion a eeze-
ou , which can be ex ac ed wi h em oscopic echniques
[12,13]. In pa icula , wo-pa icle co ela ions o iden ical
pions [ e e ed o as Bose-Eins ein, o Hanbu y-B own–Twiss
co ela ions] p o ide a de ailed pic u e o he sys em size and
i s dependence on he pai ans e se momen um and he e en
mul iplici y. Fem oscopy measu es he appa en wid h o he
dis ibu ion o ela i e sepa a ion o emission poin s, which
is con en ionally called he “ adius pa ame e .” The adius
can be de e mined independen ly o h ee di ec ions: long
along he beam axis, ou along he pai ans e se momen um,
and side, pe pendicula o he o he wo. Such measu emen s
we e pe o med a he LHC o cen al Pb-Pb collisions [14]
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a icle’s i le, jou nal ci a ion, and DOI.
as well as o pp collisions a √s=0.9 and 7 TeV [15–18]
and compa ed o esul s om hea y-ion collisions a lowe
collision ene gies. Two clea ends we e ound. (i) In A-A
collisions all adii scale app oxima ely linea ly wi h he cube
oo o he inal-s a e cha ged-pa icle mul iplici y densi y
a mid apidi y dNch/dη1/3 o all h ee adii sepa a ely,
consis en wi h p e ious indings [13]. Fo pp collisions, he
adii scale linea ly wi h he cube oo o cha ged-pa icle
mul iplici y densi y as well; howe e , he slope and in e cep
o he scaling line a e clea ly di e en han o A-A. (ii) A
signi ican , uni e sal dec ease o he adii wi h pai momen um
has been obse ed in A-Acollisions, while he analogous end
in pp depends on he conside ed di ec ion (ou , side, o long)
and e en mul iplici y. A ans e se momen um dependence o
he adii simila o A-Awas obse ed o he asymme ic d-Au
collision sys em a he BNL Rela i is ic Hea y Ion Collide
(RHIC) [19,20]. The one-dimensional adii ex ac ed om he
ALICE h ee-pion cumulan analysis we e also in es iga ed
in pp,p-Pb, and Pb-Pb collisions a he LHC [21]. Fo he
p-Pb sys em, a a gi en mul iplici y, he adii we e ound o
be 5%–15% la ge han hose in pp, while he adii in Pb-Pb
we e 35%–55% la ge han hose in p-Pb.
The A-Apion em oscopy esul s a e in e p e ed wi hin
he hyd odynamic amewo k as a signa u e o collec i e
adial low. Models including his e ec a e able o ep oduce
he ALICE da a o cen al collisions [22,23]. A emp s
o desc ibe he pp da a in he same amewo k ha e no
been success ul so a and i is specula ed ha addi ional
e ec s ela ed o he unce ain y p inciple may play a ole
in such small sys ems [24]. In p-Acollisions, hyd odynamic
models ha assume he c ea ion o a ho and dense sys em
expanding hyd odynamically p edic sys em sizes la ge han
hose obse ed in pp, and compa able o hose obse ed in
lowe -ene gy A-Acollisions a he same mul iplici y [24,25].
Howe e , such models ha e an inhe en unce ain y o he
ini ial-s a e shape and size, which can also di e be ween pp
and pe iphe al A-Acollisions.
Al e na i ely, a model based on gluon sa u a ion sugges s
ha he ini ial sys em size in p-Acollisions should be simila
o ha obse ed in pp collisions, a leas in he ans e se
di ec ion [26,27]. A ha s age bo h sys ems a e ea ed in
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he same manne in he colo glass condensa e (CGC) model,
so ha hei subsequen e olu ion should lead o compa able
adius pa ame e a eeze-ou . Re e ence [28] sugges s a
(small) Yang-Mills e olu ion in addi ion. The obse a ion o
a la ge size in he p-Asys em wi h espec o pp would
mean ha a compa able ini ial s a e e ol es di e en ly in
he wo cases, which is no easily explained wi hin he
CGC app oach alone. The d-Au da a measu ed a RHIC
sugges ha hyd odynamic e olu ion may be p esen in such a
sys em, while he ALICE h ee-pion analysis a he LHC [21]
lea es oom o di e en in e p e a ions. The pion em oscopic
adii as a unc ion o pai ans e se momen um om p-Pb
collisions a √sNN =5.02 TeV, which a e epo ed in his
pape , p o ide addi ional cons ain s on he alidi y o bo h
app oaches.
The pape is o ganized as ollows. In Sec. II he da a- aking
condi ions, oge he wi h e en and ack selec ions, a e
desc ibed. The em oscopic co ela ion unc ion analysis, as
well as he ex ac ion o he adii and associa ed sys ema ic
unce ain ies and he discussion o he i ing p ocedu e, a e
explained in Sec. III. In Sec. IV he esul s o he adii
a e shown and compa ed o model p edic ions. Sec ion V
concludes he pape .
II. DATA TAKING AND TRACK RECONSTRUCTION
The LHC deli e ed p-Pb collisions a he beginning o 2013
a √sNN =5.02 TeV (4 and 1.58 TeV pe nucleon o he pand
Pb beams, espec i ely). The nucleon-nucleon cen e -o -mass
sys em is shi ed wi h espec o he ALICE labo a o y sys em
by 0.465 uni o apidi y in he di ec ion o he p o on beam.
The ALICE de ec o and i s pe o mance a e desc ibed
in Re s. [29,30]. The main igge ing de ec o is he V0,
consis ing o wo a ays o 32 scin illa o coun e s, which
a e ins alled on each side o he in e ac ion poin and co e
2.8<η
lab <5.1 (V0A, loca ed on he Pb- emnan side),
and −3.7<η
lab <−1.7 (V0C). The minimum-bias igge
equi es a signal in bo h V0 de ec o s wi hin a ime window
ha is consis en wi h he collision occu ing a he cen e o
he ALICE de ec o . Addi ionally, speci ic selec ion c i e ia
o emo e pileup collisions a e applied [30]. App oxima ely
8×107minimum-bias e en s we e analyzed.
The analysis was pe o med in mul iplici y classes, which
we e de e mined based on he signal om he V0A de-
ec o , loca ed along he Pb-going beam. This ensu es ha
he mul iplici y de e mina ion p ocedu e uses pa icles a
apidi ies signi ican ly di e en om he ones used o he pion
co ela ion analysis, a oiding po en ial au oco ela ion e ec s.
E en s a e g ouped in ou mul iplici y classes: 0%–20%,
20%–40%, 40%–60%, and 60%–90%, de ined as ac ions o
he analyzed e en sample so ed by dec easing V0A signal,
which is p opo ional o he mul iplici y wi hin he accep ance
o his de ec o . Table Ishows he mul iplici y class de ini ions
and he co esponding mean cha ged-pa icle mul iplici y
densi ies dNch/dηa e aged o e |ηlab|<0.5 as ob ained
using he me hod p esen ed in Re . [31]. The dNch/dη
alues a e no co ec ed o igge and e ex- econs uc ion
ine iciency, which is abou 4% o nonsingle di ac i e e en s
[31].
TABLE I. De ini ion o he V0A mul iplici y classes as ac-
ions o he analyzed e en sample and hei co esponding
dNch/dη(|ηlab|0.5,pT0). The gi en unce ain ies a e sys ema ic
only because he s a is ical unce ain ies a e negligible.
E en class (%) dNch/dη
|ηlab|0.5,pT0 (GeV/c)
60–90 8.2±0.3
40–60 16.1±0.4
20–40 23.2±0.5
0–20 35.5±0.8
Cha ged ack econs uc ion is pe o med using he Time
P ojec ion Chambe (TPC) and he Inne T acking Sys em
(ITS). The TPC is a la ge- olume cylind ical gaseous acking
chambe , p o iding in o ma ion o pa icle ajec o ies and
hei speci ic ene gy loss. The eadou chambe s moun ed on
he end caps a e a anged in 18 sec o s on each side (co e ing
he ull azimu hal angle) measu ing up o 159 samples pe
ack. The TPC co e s an accep ance o |ηlab|<0.8 o acks
which each he ou e adius o he TPC and |ηlab|<1.5
o sho e acks. The ITS is composed o posi ion-sensi i e
silicon de ec o s. I consis s o six cylind ical laye s: wo
laye s o silicon pixel de ec o (SPD) closes o he beam
pipe co e ing |ηlab|<2.0 and |ηlab|<1.4 o inne and ou e
laye s, espec i ely, wo laye s o silicon d i de ec o in he
middle co e ing |ηlab|<0.9, and wo laye s o silicon s ip
de ec o on he ou side co e ing |ηlab|<1.0. The in o ma ion
om he ITS is used o acking and p ima y pa icle selec ion.
The momen um o each ack is de e mined om i s cu a u e
in he uni o m magne ic ield o 0.5 T o ien ed along he beam
axis, p o ided by he ALICE solenoidal magne .
The p ima y- e ex posi ion is de e mined wi h acks
econs uc ed in he ITS and TPC, as desc ibed in Re . [32].
E en s a e selec ed i he e ex posi ion along he beam
di ec ion is wi hin ±10 cm o he cen e o he de ec o . This
ensu es a uni o m accep ance in ηlab.
Each ack is equi ed o exploi signals in bo h TPC and
ITS. The ack segmen s om bo h de ec o s ha e o ma ch.
Addi ionally, each ack is equi ed o ha e a leas one hi in
he SPD. A TPC ack segmen is econs uc ed om space
poin s (clus e s). Each ack is equi ed o be composed o
a leas 50 o he 159 such clus e s. The pa ame e s o he
ack a e de e mined by a Kalman i o he se o TPC +ITS
clus e s. The quali y o he i χ2was equi ed o be be e
han 4 pe clus e in he TPC and be e han 36 in ITS.
T acks ha show a kink opology in he TPC a e ejec ed. To
ensu e ha dominan ly p ima y-pa icle acks a e selec ed,
he dis ance o closes app oach o he p ima y e ex is
equi ed o be close han 2.0 cm in he longi udinal di ec ion
and (0.0105 +0.0350 ×p−1.1
T) cm, wi h pTin GeV/c,in he
ans e se di ec ion. The kinema ic ange o pa icles selec ed
o his analysis is 0.12 <p
T<4.0GeV/c and |ηlab|<0.8.
The ime-o - ligh (TOF) de ec o is used oge he wi h
he TPC o pion iden i ica ion. The TOF is a cylind ical
de ec o o modula s uc u e, consis ing o 18 azimu hal
sec o s di ided in o 5 modules along he beam axis a a
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adius ≃380 cm. The ac i e elemen s a e mul igap esis i e
chambe s (MRPCs). Fo bo h TPC and TOF, he signal
(speci ic ene gy loss dE/dx o he TPC and he ime o ligh
o TOF) o each econs uc ed pa icle is compa ed wi h he
one expec ed o a pion. The di e ence is con on ed wi h
he de ec o esolu ion. The allowed de ia ions a y be ween
2σand 5σ o he TPC and 2σand 3σ o TOF depending
on he momen um o he pa icle. The selec ion c i e ia a e
op imized o ob ain a high-pu i y sample while maximizing
e iciency, especially in he egions whe e he expec ed signal
o o he pa icles (elec ons, kaons, and p o ons o he TPC;
kaons o TOF) app oaches he pion alue. The pu i y o he
pion sample is abo e 98%.
The accep ed pa icles om each e en a e combined
o pai s. The wo-pa icle de ec o accep ance e ec s, ack
spli ing and ack me ging, a e p esen . T ack spli ing occu s
when a single ajec o y is mis akenly econs uc ed as wo
acks. The ALICE acking algo i hm has been speci ically
designed o supp ess such cases. In a a e e en when spli ing
happens, wo acks a e econs uc ed mos ly om he same
clus e s in he ALICE TPC. The e o e, pai s which sha e mo e
han 5% o clus e s a e emo ed om he sample. Toge he
wi h he an ime ging cu desc ibed below, his elimina es he
in luence o he spli pai s. T ack me ging can be unde s ood
as wo-pa icle co ela ed e iciency and sepa a ion powe . In
he ALICE TPC, wo acks canno be dis inguished i hei
ajec o ies s ay close o each o he h ough a signi ican pa
o he TPC olume. Al hough his happens a ely, such pai s
by de ini ion ha e low ela i e momen um and he e o e hei
absence dis o s he co ela ion unc ion in he signal egion.
T ack spli ing and ack me ging a e aken in o accoun and
co ec ed wi h he p ocedu e desc ibed in Re . [16]. The e ec
o he wo-pa icle de ec o accep ance on he inal esul s is
simila o wha was obse ed in pp and is limi ed o low
pai ela i e momen um, whe e i sligh ly a ec s he shape
o he co ela ion unc ion. Howe e , in p-Pb collisions he
em oscopic e ec is an o de o magni ude wide han any
egion a ec ed by his ine iciency and, as a consequence, he
ex ac ed adii a e no a ec ed by he wo- ack accep ance.
III. CORRELATION FUNCTION ANALYSIS
A. Cons uc ion o he co ela ion unc ion
The co ela ion unc ion C(p1,p2) o wo pa icles wi h
momen a p1and p2is de ined as
C(p1,p2)=A(p1,p2)
B(p1,p2).(1)
The signal dis ibu ion Ais cons uc ed om pai s o pa icles
om he same e en . The backg ound dis ibu ion Bshould
be cons uc ed om unco ela ed pa icles measu ed wi h
he same single-pa icle accep ance. I is buil using he
e en mixing me hod wi h he wo pa icles coming om
wo di e en e en s o which he e ex posi ions in beam
di ec ion ag ee wi hin 2 cm and he mul iplici ies di e by
no mo e han 1/4 o he wid h o he gi en e en class. The
denomina o is no malized o he numbe o en ies in he
nume a o , so ha he absence o co ela ion gi es a co ela ion
unc ion a uni y.
The em oscopic co ela ion is measu ed as a unc ion o
he momen um di e ence o he pai q=p2−p1as
C(q)=A(q)
B(q),(2)
whe e he dependence on he pai o al ans e se momen um
kT=|p1,T+p2,T|/2 is in es iga ed by pe o ming he analysis
in he ollowing anges in kT: 0.2–0.3, 0.3–0.4, 0.4–0.5, 0.5–
0.6, 0.6–0.7, 0.7–0.8, and 0.8–1.0 GeV/c.ThekT anges a e he
same o each mul iplici y class, esul ing in 28 independen
co ela ion unc ions o e all. Sys ema ic unce ain ies on he
co ela ion unc ions a e discussed in Sec. III D.
The momen um di e ence qis e alua ed in he lon-
gi udinally como ing sys em (LCMS) ame in which he
o al longi udinal pai momen um anishes: p1,L+p2,L=0,
simila ly o p e ious measu emen s in small sys ems [16].
In Fig. 1co ela ion unc ions a e shown, p ojec ed o e
128 MeV/c-wide slices along he qou ,qside, and qlong axes.
An enhancemen a low ela i e momen um is seen in all
p ojec ions. The wid h o his co ela ion peak g ows wi h
dec easing mul iplici y o wi h inc easing kT. The em oscopic
e ec is expec ed o disappea a la ge q=|q|, wi h he
co ela ion unc ion app oaching uni y. We obse e, especially
o la ge kTand small mul iplici ies, ha he co ela ion
unc ion is no la in his egion and has di e en alues
in di e en p ojec ions.1The cause may be non em oscopic
co ela ions, which a e p esumably also a ec ing he shape
o he co ela ion unc ion in he em oscopic (low-q) egion.
This issue is a majo sou ce o sys ema ic unce ain y on he
ex ac ed adii and is discussed in de ail in Secs. III B and III C.
The pai dis ibu ions and he co ela ion unc ion can be
ep esen ed in sphe ical ha monics (SH) [33,34] al e na i ely
o he adi ionally used Ca esian coo dina es. All odd-l
and odd-mcomponen s o such a ep esen a ion anish o
symme y easons. The impo an ea u es o he co ela ion
unc ion a e ully cap u ed by he ollowing ones: l=0,
m=0 is sensi i e o he o e all size o he pion sou ce,
l=2, m=0 is sensi i e o he di e ence be ween he
longi udinal and ans e se sizes, and l=2, m=2 e lec s
he di e ence be ween he sidewa ds and ou wa ds ans e se
adii. The e o e, h ee independen sizes o he sou ce can also
be ex ac ed om hese h ee SH componen s.
In Fig. 2we show he i s h ee non anishing componen s
o he SH ep esen a ion co esponding o he co ela ion unc-
ions shown in Fig. 1.In he(0,0) componen , he enhancemen
a low qis clea ly isible, dec easing (inc easing) in wid h wi h
mul iplici y (kT). The o he wo componen s, (2,0) and (2,2),
also show s uc u es in his egion, indica ing ha he sou ce
shape is no sphe ically symme ic in he LCMS ame.
B. Non em oscopic s uc u es
As men ioned in he discussion o Figs. 1and 2,a
signi ican non em oscopic co ela ion is obse ed in he ange
1We no e ha he o e all no maliza ion o he co ela ion unc ion
is a single alue o he ull h ee-dimensional objec and canno be
independen ly uned in all p ojec ions.
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ou
q(C
1
1.2
1.4
1.6 = 5.02 TeV
NN
sALICE p-Pb
pai s
+
π
+
π
c| < 64 MeV/
side
q|
c| < 64 MeV/
long
q|
)
side
q(C
1
1.2
1.4
1.6 V0A mul iplici y classes (Pb-side)
)c < 0.3 (GeV/
T
k0-20%, 0.2 <
)c < 0.7 (GeV/
T
k0-20%, 0.6 <
)c < 0.3 (GeV/
T
k60-90%, 0.2 <
c| < 64 MeV/
ou
q|
c| < 64 MeV/
long
q|
)c (GeV/
ou ,side,long
q
0 0.2 0.4
)
long
q(C
1
1.2
1.4
1.6 c| < 64 MeV/
ou
q|
c| < 64 MeV/
side
q|
FIG. 1. (Colo online) P ojec ions o he h ee-dimensional
π+π+co ela ion unc ions o h ee selec ed mul iplici y and kT
anges along he ou ( op), side (middle), and long (bo om) di ec ions.
The o he componen s a e in eg a ed o e he ou bins closes o ze o
in hei espec i e qdi ec ions.
in q ha is much la ge han he cha ac e is ic wid h o
he em oscopic e ec . As an example, in Fig. 3we show
he co ela ion in he SH ep esen a ion up o 2.0GeV/c
in q. Fo he lowes mul iplici y, and o a smalle deg ee a
highe mul iplici ies, a signi ican slope in he low-q egion
is seen in he (0,0) componen and a de ia ion om ze o in
he (2,0) componen up o app oxima ely 1 GeV/c. Simila
co ela ions ha e been obse ed by ALICE in pp collisions
[16]. They we e in e p e ed, based on Mon e Ca lo model
simula ions, o be a mani es a ion o minije s, he collima ed
agmen a ion o pa ons sca e ed wi h modes momen um
ans e . The lowes mul iplici ies obse ed in p-Pb collisions
a e compa able o hose in pp collisions a √s=7TeV.
The e o e, a simila in e p e a ion o he non em oscopic
co ela ions in his analysis is na u al. Simila s uc u es ha e
been obse ed in d-Au collisions by STAR [19]. This pic u e
)q(
0
0
C
1
1.2
1.4
1.6
= 5.02 TeV
NN
sALICE p-Pb
pai s
+
π
+
π
)q(
0
2
C
-0.1
-0.05
0
0.05
0.1 V0A mul iplici y classes (Pb-side)
)c < 0.3 (GeV/
T
k0-20%, 0.2 <
)c < 0.7 (GeV/
T
k0-20%, 0.6 <
)c < 0.3 (GeV/
T
k60-90%, 0.2 <
)c (GeV/q
0 0.2 0.4 0.6
)q(
2
2
C
-0.1
-0.05
0
0.05
0.1
FIG. 2. (Colo online) Fi s h ee non anishing componen s o
he SH ep esen a ion o he π+π+co ela ion unc ions o h ee
mul iplici y and kT anges, l=0, m=0 ( op), l=2, m=0 (middle),
and l=2, m=2 (bo om).
is co obo a ed by he analysis using he h ee-pion cumulan s,
whe e, expec edly, he minije con ibu ion is supp essed [21].
Two impo an ea u es o he non em oscopic co ela ion
a ec he in e p e a ion o ou esul s. Fi s , i is a b oad
s uc u e, ex ending up o 1 GeV/c and we ha e o assume
ha i also ex ends o 0 GeV/c in q. The e o e, i a ec s he
ex ac ed em oscopic adii and has o be aken in o accoun in
he i ing p ocedu e. I can be quan i ied in he high-q egion
and hen ex apola ed, wi h some assump ions, o he low-q
egion, unde he em oscopic peak. The p ocedu e leads o
a sys ema ic unce ain y. Second, i becomes isibly la ge
as mul iplici y dec eases and also as kTinc eases, which is
consis en wi h he minije -like co ela ion.
The backg ound was s udied in Mon e Ca lo models,
such as, o p-Pb collisions, AMPT [35], HIJING [36], DPMJET
[37], EPOS 3.076 [38,39], and PYTHIA 6.4 (Pe ugia-0 une)
[40,41] o pp collisions a simila mul iplici ies. In all
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0
0
C
1
1.2
1.4
= 5.02 TeV
NN
sALICE p-Pb
)c < 0.4 (GeV/
T
k pai s, 0.3 <
+
π
+
π
)q(
0
2
C
-0.05
0
0.05
V0A mul iplici y classes (Pb-side)
0-20%
20-40%
40-60%
60-90%
)c (GeV/q
0 0.5 1 1.5 2
)q(
2
2
C
-0.05
0
0.05
0.1
FIG. 3. (Colo online) Dependence o he SH componen s o
he co ela ion unc ion on e en mul iplici y in a b oad ela i e
momen um ange.
cases, he Mon e Ca lo co ela ion unc ions exhibi signi ican
s uc u es simila o he long- ange e ec s obse ed in da a,
which is ano he a gumen o hei non em oscopic o igin.
Howe e , quan i a i e di e ences in he magni ude and shape
o hese s uc u es when compa ed o hose obse ed in
da a a e seen o AMPT,HIJING, and DPMJET. These models
a e he e o e unsui able o a p ecise cha ac e iza ion o he
backg ound, which is needed o he i ing p ocedu e. The
only models ha quali a i ely desc ibe he ea u es o he
backg ound (enhancemen a low q, g owing wi h kT, and
alling wi h mul iplici y) a e EPOS 3.076 and PYTHIA 6.4
(Pe ugia-0 une), which was also used in he pp analysis
[16]. We no e ha PYTHIA simula ion included ull de ec o
esponse modeling, while he EPOS 3.076 one did no . The
compa ison wi h da a is shown in Fig. 4. The beha io o he
co ela ion is well ep oduced abo e 0.5 GeV/c in q, whe e
non em oscopic co ela ions a e expec ed o domina e. A low
q, below 0.3 GeV/c, he da a and models di e ge, which is
expec ed, as he em oscopic co ela ions a e no included in
he model calcula ion. Abo e 0.3 GeV/c,EPOS ep oduces
he (0,0) componen well, PYTHIA sligh ly o e es ima es he
da a. Fo he (2,0) and (2,2) componen s, which desc ibe he
)q(
0
0
C
1
1.2
1.4
1.6 = 5.02 TeV
NN
sALICE p-Pb
)c < 0.7 (GeV/
T
k pai s, 0.6 <
+
π
+
π
V0A mul iplici y classes (Pb-side)
= 35.5〉
η
/d
ch
N d〈0-20%,
= 35.5〉
η
/d
ch
N d〈EPOS 3.076,
= 27.6〉
η
/d
ch
N d〈 = 7 TeV, sPYTHIA 6.4 Pe ugia-0, pp
)q(
0
2
C
-0.1
-0.05
0
0.05
)c (GeV/q
0 0.5 1 1.5 2
)q(
2
2
C
-0.1
0
FIG. 4. (Colo online) Fi s h ee non anishing componen s o
he SH ep esen a ion o he π+π+co ela ion unc ions o a selec ed
mul iplici y and kT ange, compa ed o a calcula ion om EPOS3.076
[38,39] (gene a o le el only) and PYTHIA6.4 Pe ugia-0 une [40,41]
o pp a √s=7 TeV ( ull simula ion wi h de ec o esponse).
h ee-dimensional shape o he non em oscopic co ela ions,
PYTHIA is close o he expe imen al da a. O e all, o like-sign
pai s, bo h models a e easonable app oxima ions o he
non em oscopic backg ound. We use hese models o ix he
backg ound pa ame e s in he i ing p ocedu e.
Simila ly o he pp analysis [16], he unlike-sign pai s
ha e also been s udied. We ound ha co ela ions in he
(0,0) componen o PYTHIA a e sligh ly la ge han in da a
in he em oscopic egion o all kT anges and simila o
da a in he (2,0) and (2,2) componen s. EPOS was ound o
easonably desc ibe he unlike-sign pai s o low kT anges
and has smalle co ela ion han da a in he (0,0) componen
in highe kT anges.
C. Fi ing he co ela ion unc ions
The space- ime cha ac e is ics o he sou ce a e e lec ed in
he co ela ion unc ion
C(q)=S( ,q)|(q, )|2d4 , (3)
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whe e is he pai space- ime sepa a ion ou - ec o . Sis he
sou ce emission unc ion, in e p e ed as a p obabili y densi y
desc ibing he emission o a pai o pa icles wi h a gi en
ela i e momen um and space- ime sepa a ion. is he wo-
pa icle in e ac ion ke nel.
P e ious em oscopy s udies in hea y-ion collisions a
CERN Supe P o on Synch o on [42], RHIC [43–49], and
a he LHC [14] used a Gaussian s a ic sou ce S,
S( )≈exp − 2
ou
4RG
ou
2− 2
side
4RG
side
2− 2
long
4RG
long
2.(4)
The RG
ou ,RG
side, and RG
long pa ame e s desc ibe he single-
pa icle sou ce size in he LCMS in he ou , side, and long
di ec ions, espec i ely.
The Gaussian sou ce p o ides a commonly used app oxi-
ma ion o he sou ce size and was used o compa e o o he
expe imen al esul s, especially he ones coming om A-A
collisions, whe e he sou ce shape is mo e Gaussian han in
small sys ems. While pu suing he s anda d p ocedu e wi h
he Gaussian assump ion, we also ca e ully look o any
de ia ions be ween he i unc ion and da a ha migh sugges
a signi ican ly non-Gaussian shape o he sou ce, which would
be an impo an simila i y o he pp case.
In he analysis o pp collisions by ALICE [16], a Gaussian
is used oge he wi h o he sou ce shapes, exponen ial and
Lo en zian [16]. A Lo en zian pa ame iza ion in he ou and
long di ec ions and a Gaussian pa ame iza ion in he side
di ec ion we e ound o i he da a bes acco ding o χ2/nd .
The e o e, we use his sou ce pa ame iza ion also in he
analysis o p-Pb collisions,
S( )≈1
2
ou +RE
ou
2exp − 2
side
4RG
side
21
2
long +RE
long
2.(5)
The co esponding sou ce sizes in ou and long a e RE
ou and
RE
long, while o he side di ec ion he size pa ame e RG
side is
he same as in he Gaussian case.
Fo iden ical pions, which a e bosons, mus be sym-
me ized. Because cha ged pions also in e ac ia he Coulomb
and s ong inal-s a e in e ac ions (FSIs), ||2co esponds o
he Be he-Salpe e ampli ude [50]. Fo like-sign pion pai s he
con ibu ion o he s ong in e ac ion is small o he expec ed
sou ce sizes [50] and is neglec ed he e. The used  he e o e
is a symme ized Coulomb wa e unc ion. I is app oxima ed
by sepa a ing he Coulomb pa and in eg a ing i sepa a ely,
ollowing he p ocedu e known as Bowle -Sinyuko i ing
[51,52], which was used p e iously o la ge sizes obse ed
in Pb-Pb [14], as well as smalle sizes obse ed in pp collisions
[16]. In his app oxima ion, he in eg a ion o Eq. (3) wi h S
gi en by Eq. (4) esul s in he ollowing unc ional o m o
he co ela ion unc ion which is used o i he da a
C (q)=(1 −λ)+λKC(q)1+exp −RG
ou
2q2
ou
−RG
side
2q2
side −RG
long
2q2
long.(6)
The unc ion KC(q) is he Coulomb pa o he wo-pion wa e
unc ion in eg a ed o e he sphe ical Gaussian sou ce wi h a
ixed adius. The alue o his adius is chosen o be 2 m.
I s unce ain y has sys ema ic e ec s on he inal esul s (see
Sec. III D). This o m o he co ela ion unc ion om Eq. (6)
is deno ed in he ollowing as GGG. Simila ly o he sou ce
shape gi en by Eq. (5), he co ela ion unc ion is
C (q)=(1 −λ)+λKC1+exp −RE
ou
2q2
ou
−RG
side
2q2
side −RE
long
2q2
long.(7)
I has an exponen ial shape in ou and long and a Gaussian
shape in he side di ec ion. The e o e, i is e e ed o as EGE
o m o he co ela ion unc ion. Pa ame e λin Eqs. (6) and
(7) ep esen s he co ela ion s eng h.
Addi ionally, a componen desc ibing non em oscopic
co ela ions needs o be in oduced. The e is no ap io i
unc ional o m which can be used o his componen .
Se e al o i s ea u es can be deduced om he co ela ions
shown in Figs. 1,2, and 3: I has o allow o di e en
shapes in he ou , side, and long di ec ions; in he (0,0)
componen i has o ex apola e smoo hly o low qand ha e
a anishing slope a q=0. Because his s uc u e is no
known, maximum in o ma ion abou i s shape and magni ude
should be gained om an obse a ion o he aw co ela ion
unc ions and he co esponding e ec s in Mon e Ca lo in
as many ep esen a ions as possible. I is he e o e c ucial o
simul aneously use he Ca esian and SH ep esen a ions as
hey p o ide complemen a y ways o s udy he co ela ion
shape.
An ad hoc, Mon e Ca lo-d i en pa ame iza ion o he
non em o backg ound ha easonably desc ibes he co ela ion
unc ion is , composed o h ee independen one-dimensional
unc ions 0
0(Gaussian plus ixed cons an ), 0
2(Gaussian plus
a iable cons an ), and 2
2(Gaussian plus an addi ional linea
componen ),
0
0(q)=N0
01+α0
0exp −q2
2(σ0
0)2,(8)
0
2(q)=α0
2exp −q2
2(σ0
2)2+β0
2,(9)
2
2(q)=α2
2exp −q2
2(σ2
2)2+β2
2+γ2
2q, (10)
whe e N0
0,α0
0,σ0
0,α0
2,σ0
2,α2
2,σ2
2, and γ2
2a e ixed o he alues
ob ained om i s o Mon e Ca lo e en s sepa a ely o each
mul iplici y and kT ange. In he i p ocedu e he β0
2and β2
2
pa ame e s a e kep ee. This esul s in he i o mula
C(q)=N·C (q)·0
0(q)·Y0
0(θ,ϕ)
+0
2(q)·Y0
2(θ,ϕ)+2
2(q)·Y2
2(θ,ϕ),(11)
whe e Nis he o e all no maliza ion ac o and Y0
0(θ,ϕ),
Y0
2(θ,ϕ), and Y2
2(θ,ϕ) a e he eal pa s o he ele an sphe ical
ha monic unc ions.
The i is pe o med wi h he log-likelihood me hod in h ee
dimensions o he Ca esian ep esen a ion. The Gaussian i
ep oduces he o e all wid h o he em oscopic co ela ion in
all cases. The backg ound componen desc ibes he beha io o
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0
0
C
1
1.2
1.4
1.6 = 5.02 TeV
NN
sALICE p-Pb
)c < 0.7 (GeV/
T
k pai s, 0.6 <
+
π
+
π
V0A mul iplici y classes (Pb-side)
0-20%
Full i
Fem oscopic e ec (Gaussian)
Non- em oscopic backg ound
)q(
0
2
C
-0.1
-0.05
0
0.05
0.1
)c (GeV/q
0 0.5 1
)q(
2
2
C
-0.1
-0.05
0
FIG. 5. (Colo online) Fi s h ee non anishing componen s o
he SH ep esen a ion o he π+π+co ela ion unc ions o h ee
mul iplici y and kTcombina ions, l=0, m=0 ( op), l=2, m=0
(middle), and l=2, m=2 (bo om). The lines show he co espond-
ing componen s o he Gaussian (GGG) i .
he co ela ion a la ge q, bu can also ha e nonze o co ela ion
a 0 in q.
A co esponding i is also pe o med o he SH ep-
esen a ion o he co ela ion, which is shown in Fig. 5.
The o mula om Eq. (6)o Eq.(7) ( o he GGG i o
he EGE i , espec i ely) is nume ically in eg a ed on a
ϕ−θsphe e o each qbin, wi h p ope Ym
lweigh s, o
p oduce he h ee componen s o he SH decomposi ion.
S a is ical unce ain ies on each componen as well as he
co a iance ma ix be ween hem a e aken in o accoun in his
simul aneous i o he h ee his og ams. The esul s a e shown
in Fig. 5. The i desc ibes he gene al di ec ion-a e aged
wid h o he co ela ion unc ion, shown in he op panel. The
backg ound componen desc ibes he beha io a la ge q
bu also con ibu es o he co ela ion a low q. The shape
in h ee-dimensional space, cap u ed by he (2,0) and (2,2)
componen s, is also a combina ion o he em oscopic and
non em oscopic co ela ions.
O e all, he GGG i desc ibes he wid h o he co ela ion
bu he da a a low qa e no pe ec ly ep oduced, which can be
)q(
0
0
C
1
1.2
1.4
1.6 = 5.02 TeV
NN
sALICE p-Pb
)c < 0.7 (GeV/
T
k pai s, 0.6 <
+
π
+
π
V0A mul iplici y classes (Pb-side)
0-20%
Full i
Fem oscopic e ec (Exp-Gauss-Exp)
Non- em oscopic backg ound
)q(
0
2
C
-0.1
-0.05
0
0.05
0.1
)c (GeV/q
0 0.5 1
)q(
2
2
C
-0.1
-0.05
0
FIG. 6. (Colo online) Fi s h ee non anishing componen s o
heSH ep esen a iono heπ+π+co ela ion unc ions o h ee
mul iplici y and kTcombina ions, l=0, m=0 ( op), l=2, m=0
(middle), and l=2, m=2 (bo om). The lines show he co espond-
ing componen s o he EGE i .
a ibu ed o he limi a ions o he Bowle -Sinyuko o mula
as well as o he non-Gaussian, long- ange ails which a e
possibly p esen in he sou ce. Some de ia ions om he pu e
Gaussian shape can also be seen o he long di ec ion o he
highe mul iplici ies. The EGE i [Eq. (7)] be e ep oduces
he co ela ion peak in he (0,0) componen , as shown in Fig. 6.
The (2,0) and (2,2) componen s show simila quali y o he i .
The χ2 alues o bo h i s a e compa able.
D. Sys ema ic unce ain ies on he adii
The analysis was pe o med sepa a ely o posi i ely and
nega i ely cha ged pions. Fo he p ac ically ze o-ne -ba yon-
densi y sys em p oduced a he LHC hey a e expec ed o gi e
consis en esul s. Bo h da a se s a e s a is ically consis en a
he co ela ion unc ion le el.
The main con ibu ions o he sys ema ic unce ain y a e
gi en in Table II o GGG adii and in Table III o EGE adii.
We used wo al e na i e ep esen a ions (Ca esian and
SH) o he co ela ion unc ion. The same unc ional o m
o bo h o hem was used o he i ing p ocedu e.
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TABLE II. Lis o con ibu ions o he sys ema ic unce ain y o
he em oscopic adii ex ac ed ia GGG i s. Values a e a e aged
o e kTand mul iplici y excep o he i s ow whe e a minimum-
maximum ange is shown.
Unce ain y sou ce RG
ou (%) RG
side (%) RG
long (%)
CF ep esen a ion and 5–32 4–22 4–35
backg ound pa ame iza ion
Fi - ange dependence 10 8 10
π+π+ s π−π−33 3
Momen um esolu ion co ec ion 3 3 3
Two- ack cu a ia ion <1<1<1
Coulomb co ec ion <1<1<1
To al co ela ed 12–34 9–24 11–36
To al 12–34 11–24 12–36
Howe e , he implemen a ion o he i ing p ocedu e is
qui e di e en : log-likelihood o Ca esian s egula χ2
i o SH, h ee-dimensional Ca esian his og am s h ee
one-dimensional his og ams, cubic o sphe ical i ing ange
in he (qou ,qside,qlong) space. The e o e, he i s o he wo
ep esen a ions may eac in a sys ema ically di e en way
o he a ia ion o he i ing p ocedu e ( i anges, Bowle -
Sinyuko app oxima ion, e c.).
The i ing p ocedu e equi es he knowledge o he non-
em oscopic backg ound shape and magni ude. Two models
we e used o es ima e i , EPOS 3.076 [39] and PYTHIA 6.4
(Pe ugia-0 une) [40,41], as desc ibed in Sec. III B.
In addi ion, he co ela ion unc ion shape is no ideally
desc ibed by a Gaussian o m. The EGE o m is be e (lowe
χ2 alues o he i ), bu s ill no exac ly accu a e. As a esul ,
he i alues depend on he i ing ange used in he p ocedu e
o adius ex ac ion. We ha e pe o med i s wi h an uppe
limi o he i ange a ied be ween 0.3 and 1.1 GeV/c.
The h ee e ec s men ioned abo e a e he main sou ces o
sys ema ic unce ain y on he adii. Thei in luence, a e aged
o e he e en mul iplici y and pai kT, is gi en in Tables II and
III. The backg ound pa ame iza ion and he CF ep esen a ion
e ec s lead o sys ema ic unce ain ies o less han 10% a
low kTand up o 35% o la ge kTand low mul iplici ies.
TABLE III. Lis o con ibu ions o he sys ema ic unce ain y
o he em oscopic adii ex ac ed ia EGE i s. Values a e a e aged
o e kTand mul iplici y excep o he i s ow, whe e a minimum-
maximum ange is shown.
Unce ain y sou ce RE
ou (%) RG
side (%) RE
long (%)
CF ep esen a ion and 4–18 3–14 8–20
backg ound pa ame iza ion
Fi - ange dependence 10 6 10
π+π+ s π−π−33 3
Momen um esolu ion co ec ion 3 3 3
Two- ack cu a ia ion <1<1<1
Coulomb co ec ion <1<1<1
To al co ela ed 11–21 7–16 13–23
To al 12–21 8–16 14–23
In pa icula , he adius could no be eliably ex ac ed o
he wo highes kT anges in he lowes mul iplici y ange;
he e o e, hese wo se s o adii a e no shown. Mo eo e ,
adii ob ained wi h he backg ound pa ame iza ion om
PYTHIA a e always la ge han he ones ob ained wi h he EPOS
pa ame iza ion. These unce ain ies a e co ela ed be ween kT
anges. Simila ly, he adii om he na ow i ange a e always,
on a e age, 10% highe han he ones om he wide i ange.
This also gi es a co ela ed con ibu ion o he sys ema ic
unce ain y. The inal adii a e calcula ed as an a e age o ou
se s o adii: he wo ep esen a ions wi h bo h EPOS and PYTHIA
backg ound pa ame iza ion. The sys ema ic unce ain ies a e
symme ic and equal o he la ges di e ence be ween he
adius and one o he ou se s o adii.
The e ec o he momen um esolu ion on he co ela ion
unc ion was s udied using a Mon e Ca lo simula ion. Fo
acks wi h a low pT, below 1 GeV/c, he momen um
esolu ion in he TPC is be e han 1%. Smea ing o he
single-pa icle momen a educes he heigh and inc eases he
wid h o he co ela ion unc ion. I was es ima ed ha his
e ec changes he econs uc ed adius by 2% o a sys em
size o 2 m and 3% o a size o 3 m. The e o e, he 3%
co ela ed con ibu ion om momen um esolu ion is always
added o he inal sys ema ic unce ain y es ima ion.
Smalle sou ces o sys ema ic unce ain ies include hose
o igina ing om he di e ence be ween posi i ely and nega-
i ely cha ged pion pai s (a ound 3%), ack selec ion a ia ion
(less han 1%), and he Coulomb ac o (less han 1%). All he
unce ain ies a e added in quad a u e.
IV. RESULTS
A. Th ee-dimensional adii
We ha e ex ac ed Rou ,Rside, and Rlong in in e als o
mul iplici y and kT, which esul s in 26 adii in each di ec ion.
The i p ocedu e did no make i possible o eliably ex ac
alues o he adii o he wo highes kT anges in he
60%–90% mul iplici y class. Fo he GGG i , hey a e shown
in Fig. 7. The adii a e in he ange o 0.6 o 2.4 m in all
di ec ions and uni e sally dec ease wi h kT. The magni ude o
his dec ease is simila o all mul iplici ies in he ou and long
di ec ions and is isibly inc easing wi h mul iplici y in he
side di ec ion. The adii ise wi h e en mul iplici y. The plo
also shows da a om pp collisions a √s=7TeV[16]a he
highes mul iplici ies measu ed by ALICE, which is sligh ly
highe han he mul iplici y measu ed o he 20%–40% V0A
signal ange in he p-Pb analysis. A small kT, hepp adii
a e lowe by 10% ( o side) o 20% ( o ou ) han he p-Pb
adii a he same dNch/dη1/3.A highkT he di e ence in
adius g ows o Rou , while o Rlong he adii o bo h sys ems
become compa able. The dis inc dec ease o adii wi h kTis
obse ed bo h in bo h pp and p-Pb.
The co ela ion s eng h λinc eases wi h kT om 0.44 o
0.58 o he collisions wi h he highes mul iplici ies. I is
also highe o low-mul iplici y collisions, wi h a di e ence o
0.1 be ween collisions wi h highes mul iplici ies and lowes
mul iplici ies. A noncons an λpa ame e as a unc ion o kT
is an indica ion o a non-Gaussian shape o he co ela ion
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(ALICE Collabo a ion)
1A. I. Alikhanyan Na ional Science Labo a o y (Ye e an Physics Ins i u e) Founda ion, Ye e an, A menia
2Benem´
e i a Uni e sidad Au ´
onoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
3Bogolyubo Ins i u e o Theo e ical Physics, Kie , Uk aine
4Bose Ins i u e, Depa men o Physics and Cen e o As opa icle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolka a, India
5Budke Ins i u e o Nuclea Physics, No osibi sk, Russia
6Cali o nia Poly echnic S a e Uni e si y, San Luis Obispo, Cali o nia, USA
7Cen al China No mal Uni e si y, Wuhan, China
8Cen e de Calcul de l’IN2P3, Villeu banne, F ance
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9Cen o de Aplicaciones Tecnol´
ogicas y Desa ollo Nuclea (CEADEN), Ha ana, Cuba
10Cen o de In es igaciones Ene g´
e icas Medioambien ales y Tecnol´
ogicas (CIEMAT), Mad id, Spain
11Cen o de In es igaci´
on y de Es udios A anzados (CINVESTAV), Mexico Ci y and M´
e ida, Mexico
12Cen o Fe mi-Museo S o ico della Fisica e Cen o S udi e Rice che “En ico Fe mi,” Rome, I aly
13Chicago S a e Uni e si y, Chicago, Illinois, USA
14China Ins i u e o A omic Ene gy, Beijing, China
15Commissa ia `
a l’Ene gie A omique, IRFU, Saclay, F ance
16COMSATS Ins i u e o In o ma ion Technology (CIIT), Islamabad, Pakis an
17Depa amen o de F´
ısica de Pa ´
ıculas and IGFAE, Uni e sidad de San iago de Compos ela, San iago de Compos ela, Spain
18Depa men o Physics and Technology, Uni e si y o Be gen, Be gen, No way
19Depa men o Physics, Aliga h Muslim Uni e si y, Aliga h, India
20Depa men o Physics, Ohio S a e Uni e si y, Columbus, Ohio, USA
21Depa men o Physics, Sejong Uni e si y, Seoul, Sou h Ko ea
22Depa men o Physics, Uni e si y o Oslo, Oslo, No way
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24Dipa imen o di Fisica dell’Uni e si `
a “La Sapienza” and Sezione INFN Rome, I aly
25Dipa imen o di Fisica dell’Uni e si `
a and Sezione INFN, Caglia i, I aly
26Dipa imen o di Fisica dell’Uni e si `
a and Sezione INFN, T ies e, I aly
27Dipa imen o di Fisica dell’Uni e si `
a and Sezione INFN, Tu in, I aly
28Dipa imen o di Fisica e As onomia dell’Uni e si `
a and Sezione INFN, Bologna, I aly
29Dipa imen o di Fisica e As onomia dell’Uni e si `
a and Sezione INFN, Ca ania, I aly
30Dipa imen o di Fisica e As onomia dell’Uni e si `
a and Sezione INFN, Pado a, I aly
31Dipa imen o di Fisica “E.R. Caianiello” dell’Uni e si `
a and G uppo Collega o INFN, Sale no, I aly
32Dipa imen o di Scienze e Inno azione Tecnologica dell’Uni e si `
a del Piemon e O ien ale and G uppo Collega o INFN, Alessand ia, I aly
33Dipa imen o In e a eneo di Fisica “M. Me lin” and Sezione INFN, Ba i, I aly
34Di ision o Expe imen al High Ene gy Physics, Uni e si y o Lund, Lund, Sweden
35Ebe ha d Ka ls Uni e si ¨
a T¨
ubingen, T¨
ubingen, Ge many
36Eu opean O ganiza ion o Nuclea Resea ch (CERN), Gene a, Swi ze land
37Facul y o Enginee ing, Be gen Uni e si y College, Be gen, No way
38Facul y o Ma hema ics, Physics and In o ma ics, Comenius Uni e si y, B a isla a, Slo akia
39Facul y o Nuclea Sciences and Physical Enginee ing, Czech Technical Uni e si y in P ague, P ague, Czech Republic
40Facul y o Science, P. J. ˇ
Sa ´
a ik Uni e si y, Koˇ
sice, Slo akia
41Facul y o Technology, Buske ud and Ves old Uni e si y College, Ves old, No way
42F ank u Ins i u e o Ad anced S udies, Johann Wol gang Goe he-Uni e si ¨
a F ank u , F ank u , Ge many
43Gangneung-Wonju Na ional Uni e si y, Gangneung, Sou h Ko ea
44Gauha i Uni e si y, Depa men o Physics, Guwaha i, India
45Helsinki Ins i u e o Physics (HIP), Helsinki, Finland
46Hi oshima Uni e si y, Hi oshima, Japan
47Indian Ins i u e o Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
48Indian Ins i u e o Technology Indo e, Indo e (IITI), India
49Inha Uni e si y, Incheon, Sou h Ko ea
50Ins i u de Physique Nucl´
eai e d’O say (IPNO), Uni e si ´
e Pa is-Sud, CNRS-IN2P3, O say, F ance
51Ins i u ¨
u In o ma ik, Johann Wol gang Goe he-Uni e si ¨
a F ank u , F ank u , Ge many
52Ins i u ¨
u Ke nphysik, Johann Wol gang Goe he-Uni e si ¨
a F ank u , F ank u , Ge many
53Ins i u ¨
u Ke nphysik, Wes ¨
alische Wilhelms-Uni e si ¨
a M¨
uns e , M¨
uns e , Ge many
54Ins i u Plu idisciplinai e Hube Cu ien (IPHC), Uni e si ´
e de S asbou g, CNRS-IN2P3, S asbou g, F ance
55Ins i u e o Nuclea Resea ch, Academy o Sciences, Moscow, Russia
56Ins i u e o Suba omic Physics o U ech Uni e si y, U ech , Ne he lands
57Ins i u e o Theo e ical and Expe imen al Physics, Moscow, Russia
58Ins i u e o Expe imen al Physics, Slo ak Academy o Sciences, Koˇ
sice, Slo akia
59Ins i u e o Physics, Academy o Sciences o he Czech Republic, P ague, Czech Republic
60Ins i u e o Physics, Bhubaneswa , India
61Ins i u e o Space Science (ISS), Bucha es , Romania
62Ins i u o de Ciencias Nuclea es, Uni e sidad Nacional Au ´
onoma de M´
exico, Mexico Ci y, Mexico
63Ins i u o de F´
ısica, Uni e sidad Nacional Au ´
onoma de M´
exico, Mexico Ci y, Mexico
64iThemba LABS, Na ional Resea ch Founda ion, Some se Wes , Sou h A ica
65Join Ins i u e o Nuclea Resea ch (JINR), Dubna, Russia
66Konkuk Uni e si y, Seoul, Sou h Ko ea
67Ko ea Ins i u e o Science and Technology In o ma ion, Daejeon, Sou h Ko ea
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68KTO Ka a ay Uni e si y, Konya, Tu key
69Labo a oi e de Physique Co pusculai e (LPC), Cle mon Uni e si ´
e, Uni e si ´
e Blaise Pascal, CNRS-IN2P3, Cle mon -Fe and, F ance
70Labo a oi e de Physique Suba omique e de Cosmologie, Uni e si ´
e G enoble-Alpes, CNRS-IN2P3, G enoble, F ance
71Labo a o i Nazionali di F asca i, INFN, F asca i, I aly
72Labo a o i Nazionali di Legna o, INFN, Legna o, I aly
73Law ence Be keley Na ional Labo a o y, Be keley, Cali o nia, USA
74Law ence Li e mo e Na ional Labo a o y, Li e mo e, Cali o nia, USA
75Moscow Enginee ing Physics Ins i u e, Moscow, Russia
76Na ional Cen e o Nuclea S udies, Wa saw, Poland
77Na ional Ins i u e o Physics and Nuclea Enginee ing, Bucha es , Romania
78Na ional Ins i u e o Science Educa ion and Resea ch, Bhubaneswa , India
79Niels Boh Ins i u e, Uni e si y o Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denma k
80Nikhe , Na ional Ins i u e o Suba omic Physics, Ams e dam, Ne he lands
81Nuclea Physics G oup, STFC Da esbu y Labo a o y, Da esbu y, Uni ed Kingdom
82Nuclea Physics Ins i u e, Academy o Sciences o he Czech Republic, ˇ
Reˇ
z u P ahy, Czech Republic
83Oak Ridge Na ional Labo a o y, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
84Pe e sbu g Nuclea Physics Ins i u e, Ga china, Russia
85Physics Depa men , C eigh on Uni e si y, Omaha, Neb aska, USA
86Physics Depa men , Panjab Uni e si y, Chandiga h, India
87Physics Depa men , Uni e si y o A hens, A hens, G eece
88Physics Depa men , Uni e si y o Cape Town, Cape Town, Sou h A ica
89Physics Depa men , Uni e si y o Jammu, Jammu, India
90Physics Depa men , Uni e si y o Rajas han, Jaipu , India
91Physik Depa men , Technische Uni e si ¨
a M¨
unchen, Munich, Ge many
92Physikalisches Ins i u , Rup ech -Ka ls-Uni e si ¨
a Heidelbe g, Heidelbe g, Ge many
93Poli ecnico di To ino, Tu in, I aly
94Pu due Uni e si y, Wes La aye e, Indiana, USA
95Pusan Na ional Uni e si y, Pusan, Sou h Ko ea
96Resea ch Di ision and Ex eMe Ma e Ins i u e EMMI, GSI Helmhol zzen um ¨
u Schwe ionen o schung, Da ms ad , Ge many
97Rudje Boˇ
sko i´
c Ins i u e, Zag eb, C oa ia
98Russian Fede al Nuclea Cen e (VNIIEF), Sa o , Russia
99Russian Resea ch Cen e Ku cha o Ins i u e, Moscow, Russia
100Saha Ins i u e o Nuclea Physics, Kolka a, India
101School o Physics and As onomy, Uni e si y o Bi mingham, Bi mingham, Uni ed Kingdom
102Secci´
on F´
ısica, Depa amen o de Ciencias, Pon i icia Uni e sidad Ca ´
olica del Pe ´
u, Lima, Pe u
103Sezione INFN, Ba i, I aly
104Sezione INFN, Bologna, I aly
105Sezione INFN, Caglia i, I aly
106Sezione INFN, Ca ania, I aly
107Sezione INFN, Pado a, I aly
108Sezione INFN, Rome, I aly
109Sezione INFN, T ies e, I aly
110Sezione INFN, Tu in, I aly
111SSC IHEP o NRC Ku cha o ins i u e, P o ino, Russia
112SUBATECH, Ecole des Mines de Nan es, Uni e si ´
e de Nan es, CNRS-IN2P3, Nan es, F ance
113Su ana ee Uni e si y o Technology, Nakhon Ra chasima, Thailand
114Technical Uni e si y o Spli FESB, Spli , C oa ia
115The Hen yk Niewodniczanski Ins i u e o Nuclea Physics, Polish Academy o Sciences, C acow, Poland
116The Uni e si y o Texas a Aus in, Physics Depa men , Aus in, Texas, USA
117Uni e sidad Au ´
onoma de Sinaloa, Culiac´
an, Mexico
118Uni e sidade de S˜
ao Paulo (USP), S˜
ao Paulo, B azil
119Uni e sidade Es adual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, B azil
120Uni e si y o Hous on, Hous on, Texas, USA
121Uni e si y o Jy ¨
askyl¨
a, Jy ¨
askyl¨
a, Finland
122Uni e si y o Li e pool, Li e pool, Uni ed Kingdom
123Uni e si y o Tennessee, Knox ille, Tennessee, USA
124Uni e si y o he Wi wa e s and, Johannesbu g, Sou h A ica
125Uni e si y o Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
126Uni e si y o Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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127Uni e si y o Zag eb, Zag eb, C oa ia
128Uni e si ´
e de Lyon, Uni e si ´
e Lyon 1, CNRS/IN2P3, IPN-Lyon, Villeu banne, F ance
129V. Fock Ins i u e o Physics, S . Pe e sbu g S a e Uni e si y, S . Pe e sbu g, Russia
130Va iable Ene gy Cyclo on Cen e, Kolka a, India
131Wa saw Uni e si y o Technology, Wa saw, Poland
132Wayne S a e Uni e si y, De oi , Michigan, USA
133Wigne Resea ch Cen e o Physics, Hunga ian Academy o Sciences, Budapes , Hunga y
134Yale Uni e si y, New Ha en, Connec icu , USA
135Yonsei Uni e si y, Seoul, Sou h Ko ea
136Zen um ¨
u Technologie ans e und Telekommunika ion (ZTT), Fachhochschule Wo ms, Wo ms, Ge many
*Deceased.
†Also a M. V. Lomonoso Moscow S a e Uni e si y, D.V. Skobel syn Ins i u e o Nuclea Physics, Moscow, Russia.
‡Also a Uni e si y o Belg ade, Facul y o Physics and “Vinˇ
ca” Ins i u e o Nuclea Sciences, Belg ade, Se bia.
§Pe manen add ess: Konkuk Uni e si y, Seoul, Ko ea.
Also a Ins i u e o Theo e ical Physics, Uni e si y o W oclaw, W oclaw, Poland.
¶Also a Uni e si y o Kansas, Law ence, Kansas, USA.
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