Observation of Centrality-Dependent Acoplanarity for Muon Pairs Produced via Two-Photon Scattering in Pb+Pb Collisions at sNN =5.02 TeV with the ATLAS Detector

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doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.212301

Observation of Centrality-Dependent Acoplanarity for Muon Pairs Produced via Two-Photon Scattering in Pb+Pb Collisions at sNN =5.02 TeV with the ATLAS Detector

ATLAS Collaboration

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This Letter presents a measurement of γγ→μ+μ- production in Pb+Pb collisions recorded by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider at sNN=5.02 TeV with an integrated luminosity of 0.49 nb-1. The azimuthal angle and transverse momentum correlations between the muons are measured as a function of collision centrality. The muon pairs are produced from γγ through the interaction of the large electromagnetic fields of the nuclei. The contribution from background sources of muon pairs is removed using a template fit method. In peripheral collisions, the muons exhibit a strong back-to-back correlation consistent with previous measurements of muon pair production in ultraperipheral collisions. The angular correlations are observed to broaden significantly in central collisions. The modifications are qualitatively consistent with rescattering of the muons while passing through the hot matter produced in the collision.

Original language	English
Article number	212301
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	121
Issue number	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.212301
State	Published - 19 Nov 2018

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Departamento Administrativo de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (COLCIENCIAS)
Agence Nationale de la Recherche
Australian Research Council
Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
National Research Foundation of Korea
Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica
Narodowe Centrum Nauki
CEA-DRF
H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
Région Auvergne
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Israel Science Foundation
Wallenberg Foundation
Leverhulme Trust
Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science
Javna Agencija za Raziskovalno Dejavnost RS
Generalitat de Catalunya
Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Wirtschaft
Austrian Science Fund
Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India
MSMT
MSSR
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
Canada Foundation for Innovation
Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft
Danmarks Grundforskningsfond
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Czech Republic
Singapore Eye Research Institute
Canarie
Ontario Innovation Trust
MIZŠ
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation
MESTD
U.S. Department of Energy
EU-ESF
RGC
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Israeli Centers for Research Excellence
Biomedical Research Foundation
MES of Russia
National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute"
Institutul de Fizică Atomică
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
General Secretariat for Research and Technology
Nella and Leon Benoziyo Center for Neurological Diseases, Weizmann Institute of Science
German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development
Fonds Québécois de la Recherche sur la Nature et les Technologies
Cantons of Bern and Geneva
Canada Council for the Arts
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
VSC CR
CRC Health Group
Compute Canada
MNE
Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica
Royal Society
Minerva Foundation
European Research Council
European Regional Development Fund
Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego
IRFU
Generalitat Valenciana
CERN
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Fondation Partager le Savoir
National Research Council Canada
Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
Council on grants of the President of the Russian Federation
Horizon 2020
British Columbia Knowledge Development Fund
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Science and Technology Facilities Council	ST/J005533/1, ST/P00265X/1, ST/M000753/1, ST/N000307/1, ST/L003449/1, ST/K003666/1, GRIDPP, ST/L005662/1, ST/K001310/1, ST/L006162/1, ST/N000447/1, ST/J004804/1, ST/M006417/1, ST/H001158/1, ST/N000234/1, ST/K001329/1, ST/N000420/1
National Science Foundation	1812377, 1624739
DNSRC	IN2P3-CNRS

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