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Probing jet hadrochemistry in Pb--Pb collisions with ALICE

Nuclear Experiment 2025-08-22 v1

Abstract

Jet substructure measurements in heavy-ion collisions provide constraints on jet quenching and the medium response in the QGP. Though there has been remarkable progress in inclusive-charged-hadron jet substructure measurements, understanding the identified particle composition of jets and their modification in heavy-ion collisions has proven challenging. Jet quenching models predict that the jet hadrochemical composition may be modified in heavy-ion collisions due to jet-medium interactions, as well as the medium response. Measurements of identified particles in jets can help discriminate between various parton-QGP interactions. We present the first measurements of π\pi, K, and p ratios within charged-particle-jets, as well as in the underlying event, as a function of particle transverse momentum in pp and Pb--Pb collisions at sNN\sqrt{s_{\rm{NN}}} = 5.02 TeV. These measurements leverage the excellent PID capabilities of ALICE over a wide transverse momentum range. These results aim to understand soft particle production mechanisms and distinguish modified jet fragmentation from bulk effects.

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@article{arxiv.2508.14987,
  title  = {Probing jet hadrochemistry in Pb--Pb collisions with ALICE},
  author = {Sierra Cantway},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.14987},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Hard and Electromagnetic Probes of High-Energy Nuclear Collisions ("Hard Probes 2024"), submitted to EPJ Web of Conferences. 6 pages, 4 figures