STAR HardProbes PWG

["Mooney, Isaac" <isaac.mooney AT yale.edu>]

Hi Wei,

I also only have some minor questions on the preliminary request (see below).

Thanks,

Isaac

6. 

How was the vertex z range determined? I notice that for the 27 GeV, the z vertex range was much smaller, while for the 19.6 and 14.6 (150 cm) it's slightly larger than this 145 cm.

I see that the number of accepted events is about half that of the 14.6 GeV for example. Is this why the pT > 2 GeV bin is not included for the 17.3 GeV dataset? Because you run out of statistics? Is the upper cutoff for the pT integration then 2 GeV for e.g. the Fig. 3 values? Does it affect the result at all if you include whatever small counts you get above 2 GeV? I assume not, just wondering.

12. Is the black dashed line the maximum envelope of the systematic variations in each bin, or the total systematic uncertainty in the bin? Or are these two things the same (i.e. you're using the maximum envelope as the uncertainty?

13. Maybe this is a silly question, but why does the S/B ratio here say 80.97 for the 0.02 pair mass maximum, while on s. 15 it says 69.62? 

19. 

You say R_AA increases with increasing pT, but this isn't a pT dependent plot. I think this bullet was meant to refer to the previous figure. The caption also refers to pT when it should say Npart.

The legend has the wrong marker for 17.3 GeV.

On Sep 14, 2024, at 06:15, Yi Yang <yiyang429 AT gate.sinica.edu.tw> wrote:

Hi Wei,

Thanks a lot for the slides for the preliminary request. 

I only have some very minor comments and questions. 

 - p2: Are you the only PA for this analysis? It would be good if you can list all. 

 - p8: In the additional smearing, there are 3 parameters: a, a', and b, if I understand correctly, the smearing parameter from embedding is a and b, then you add an additional smearing for comparing to data. Is parameter "b" the same for embedding and additional smearing? 

 - p16: the systematic from n_sigma_e for 20-40% is much larger than other centrality bins, do you know why?

 - It would be good if you can add a slide to summarize the physics message of this analysis for others who will present this result in the future. 

Cheers,

Yi

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-----Original message-----
From:张炜<wzhang AT m.scnu.edu.cn>
To:Mooney, Isaac<isaac.mooney AT yale.edu>,Nihar Sahoo<nihar AT rcf.rhic.bnl.gov>,Yi Yang<yiyang AT ncku.edu.tw>,STAR HardProbes PWG<star-hp-l AT lists.bnl.gov>
Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2024 11:13:31
Subject: [[Star-hp-l] ] Preliminary request for J/ψ analysis at Au+Au17.3GeV

Hello Isaac, Nihar, and Yi,

I hope this email finds you well.

Here are my preliminary request slides for Hard Probes 2024: https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/Prelim_Request_17p3.pdf

Please let me know if there are any specific areas that need adjustment or further detail. I am more than happy to make revisions based on your guidance.

Thank you for your time and assistance.

Best regards,
Wei