Centrality dependence of charged jets in p-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_\mathrm{NN}} = 5.02$ TeV measured with the ALICE detector (1503.06441v1)

Abstract: Highly energetic jets are sensitive probes for the kinematics and the topology of nuclear collisions. Jets are collimated sprays of charged and neutral particles, which are produced in the fragmentation of hard scattered partons in an early stage of the collision. The measurement of jet spectra in p-Pb collisions provides an important way of quantifying the effects of cold nuclear matter in the initial state on jet production, fragmentation, and hadronization. Unlike in Pb-Pb collisions, strong hot nuclear matter effects - e.g. from quark-gluon plasma formation - are not expected to occur in p-Pb collisions. Hence, cold nuclear matter effects can be investigated in isolation. The impact of cold nuclear matter effects on charged jet spectra is expected to depend on the event centrality. Higher event centralities are principally connected to a higher probability for an interaction of proton and lead-nucleus and therefore also for a possible nuclear modification. This article is the conference proceeding of a talk, in which centrality-dependent properties of charged jets in p-Pb measured by ALICE were shown for the first time. The focus is here on the fully corrected jet production cross sections and the nuclear modification factors. Additionally, the jet radial structure is explored by comparing jet spectra reconstructed with different resolution parameters.