$p_T$ dispersion of inclusive jets in high-energy nuclear collisions

Abstract

In this paper, we investigate the medium modifications of $p_T$ dispersion($p_{T}D$) of inclusive jets with small radius ($R=0.2$) in Pb+Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s}=2.76$~TeV. The partonic spectrum in the initial hard scattering of elementary collisions are obtained by an event generator POWHEG+PYTHIA, which matches the next-to-leading (NLO) matrix elements with parton showering, and energy loss of fast parton traversing in hot/dense QCD medium is calculated by Monte Carlo simulation within Higher-Twist formalism of jet quenching in heavy-ion collisions. We present the model calculations of normalized $p_{T}D$ distributions for inclusive jets in p+p and Pb+Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s}=2.76$~TeV, which give nice descriptions of ALICE measurements. It is shown that the $p_{T}D$ distributions of inclusive jets in Pb+Pb are shifted to higher $p_{T}D$ region relative to that in p+p. Thus the nuclear modification factor of $p_{T}D$ distributions for inclusive jets is smaller than unity at small $p_{T}D$ region, while larger than one at large $p_{T}D$ region. This behaviour results from more uneven $p_T$ of jet constituents as well as the fraction alteration of gluon/quark initiated jets in heavy-ion collisions. The difference of $p_{T}D$ distributions between groomed and ungroomed jets in Pb+Pb collisions are also discussed.