Femtoscopy with identified charged pions in proton-lead collisions at√ s NN = 5.02 TeV with
ATLASThe ATLAS Collaboration Bose-Einstein correlations between identified charged pions are measured for p+Pb collisions at √ s NN = 5.02 TeV using data recorded by the ATLAS detector at the LHC corresponding to a total integrated luminosity of 28 nb −1 . Pions are identified using ionization energy loss measured in the pixel detector. Two-particle correlation functions and the extracted source radii are presented as a function of collision centrality as well as the average transverse momentum (k T ) and rapidity (y ππ ) of the pair. Pairs are selected with a rapidity −2 < y ππ < 1 and with an average transverse momentum 0.1 < k T < 0.8 GeV. The effect of jet fragmentation on the two-particle correlation function is studied, and a method using oppositecharge pair data to constrain its contributions to the measured correlations is described. The measured source sizes are substantially larger in more central collisions and are observed to decrease with increasing pair k T . A correlation of the radii with the local chargedparticle density is demonstrated. The scaling of the extracted radii with the mean number of participating nucleons is also used to compare a selection of initial-geometry models. The cross-term R ol is measured as a function of rapidity, and a nonzero value is observed with 5.1σ combined significance for −1 < y ππ < 1 in the most central events.1 ATLAS uses a right-handed coordinate system with its origin at the nominal interaction point (IP) in the center of the detector and the z-axis along the beam pipe. The x-axis points from the IP to the center of the LHC ring, and the y-axis points upward. Cylindrical coordinates (r, φ) are used in the transverse plane, φ being the azimuthal angle around the beam pipe. The pseudorapidity is defined in terms of the polar angle θ as η = − ln tan(θ/2). P 8) minimum-bias events are generated at a center-of-mass energy per nucleon-nucleon pair of √ s NN = 5.02 TeV.
Hp+Pb The energy and boost settings are the same as in the nominal p+Pb reconstructed simulation, except that the minimum hard-scattering transverse momentum is adjusted as described in Section 4.2. This boost is applied only in the p+Pb sample.
Hpp The generator is run with all settings the same as in the p+Pb sample, except that both incoming particles are protons.
P8 pp [54] The set of generator parameters from ATLAS "UE AU2-CTEQ6L1" [55] is used with P 8.209, which utilizes the CTEQ 6L1 [56] parton distribution function (PDF) from LHAPDF6 [57].
Herwig ++ pp [58]The NNLO MRST PDF [59] is used with Herwig ++ 2.7.1.