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Mesure de la production des photons isolés dans les collisions p-p à $\sqrt{s}=7$ TeV avec le détecteur ALICE

The high transverse momentum photon production in proton-proton collisions (p-p) is described by perturbative quantum chromodynamics (pQCD). Among these photons, those produced directly by an energetic partonic interaction (called direct photons) are of great interest since their measurement allows...

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Autor principal: Mas, Alexis
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2014
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Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/1666709
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Sumario:The high transverse momentum photon production in proton-proton collisions (p-p) is described by perturbative quantum chromodynamics (pQCD). Among these photons, those produced directly by an energetic partonic interaction (called direct photons) are of great interest since their measurement allows to test pQCD predictions and it allows also the constraint of proton structure functions. The work of this thesis aims at studying and measuring direct photons produced in p-p collisions at 7 TeV with the ALICE detector. The ALICE electromagnetic calorimeter (EMCal) is used to achieve this measurement which is based on an isolation procedure that allows to reduce background coming from other photon production modes (fragmentation, decay). Multiple aspects like EMCal data quality, photon identification as well as spectrum correction and its normalization are highlighted. Finally, the first isolated prompt photon cross-section measured with ALICE detector is presented, compared to theoretical predictions and to the last results from other LHC experiments.