Orientador: Wei-liang Qian / Banca: Marcelo Batista Hott / Banca: Julio Marny Hoff da Silva / Banca: Sandra dos Santos Padula / Banca: Otávio Socolowski Junior / Resumo: Os fenômenos físicos envolvidos em colisões relativísticas de íons pesados foram estudados utilizando o código hidrodinâmico NeXSPheRIO, com condições iniciais flutuantes evento a evento, caracterizado por tubos de fluxo longitudinais de altas energias. Foram realizadas análises para o espectro de hádrons em função dos momentos transversais pelos cálculos das distribuições de partículas em sete janelas de centralidade de colisão, de acordo com dados publicados pela Colaboração STAR. A coletividade da matéria nuclear formada durante as colisões foi investigada em termos de correlações azimutais entre hádrons. Verificou-se que as estruturas da correlação dependem do momento transversal e da centralidade. Tais estruturas são atribuídas à interação entre um fundo dependente da centralidade e as flutuações de evento a evento na multiplicidade. Como resultado, as correlações observadas são apresentadas por um duplo pico na região do away-side que mudam continuamente para um pico único sob certas circunstâncias. Em termos do modelo do tubo periférico, o fundo é dominado pelo fluxo elíptico que aumenta com a descentralização. Pelos cálculos numéricos, a anisotropia do sistema é estudada quanto aos coeficientes de fluxo harmônico até a quarta ordem, de acordo com os dados da colaboração PHENIX. A anisotropia do fundo contribui para as correlações entre hádrons e pôde ser avaliada pelo método ZYAM. Após sua subtração na produção do sinal de correlação próprio, a estrutura de correlação... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The physical phenomena involved in relativistic heavy-ion collisions were studied using a hydrodynamic code, NeXSPheRIO, with event-by-event fluctuating initial conditions featured by high-energy longitudinal flux tubes. Analyses were carried out for hadron spectrum as a function of the transverse momentum by the calculations of particle distributions in seven collision centrality windows, according to the data published by the STAR Collaboration. Also, the collectivity of the nuclear matter formed during the collisions was investigated in terms of dihadron azimuthal correlations. The correlation structures were found to be dependent on the transverse momentum and centrality. They are attributed to the interplay between the centrality dependent background and the eventby-event multiplicity fluctuations. As a result, the observed correlations are featured by a double-peak in the away-side region that continuously change to a single peak under certain circumstances. In terms of the peripheral tube model, the background is dominated by the elliptic flow which increases with decreasing centrality. By numerical calculations, the anisotropy of the system is studied regarding the harmonic flow coefficients up to fourth order, in accordance with the existing RHIC data. The background anisotropy contributes to the dihadron correlations, and can be evaluated by the ZYAM method. After it is subtracted from the proper correlation yields, the resultant correlation structure is a function ... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Doutor

Este trabalho tem como objetivo o estudo da matéria nuclear em altas densidades, considerando-se as fases hadrônica e de quarks à temperatura nula, com a perspectiva de aplicar o formalismo desenvolvido no trabalho à análise das propriedades estáticas globais das estrelas de nêutrons. No trabalho, depois de apresentarmos aspectos importantes da evolução estelar e da teoria das estrelas de nêutrons, estudamos as propriedades e os modelos da matéria nuclear. No estudo da matéria nuclear para a fase hadrônica, consideramos os modelos relativísticos da teoria quântica de campos nucleares desenvolvida por J. D. Walecka, J. Zimanyi e S. A. Moszkowski, e por J. Boguta e A. R. Bodmer, também conhecidos, respectivamente, como modelos Sigma-ômega, ZM e Não-linear. Nesses modelos, a matéria nuclear é descrita a partir de uma formulação lagrangeana relativística de muitos corpos, com os campos efetivos dos bárions acoplados aos campos dos mésons, responsáveis pela interação nuclear. Nesse estudo, consideramos, inicialmente, a descrição de propriedades estáticas globais de sistemas nucleares de muitos corpos à temperatura nula, como, por exemplo, a massa efetiva do núcleon para matéria nuclear simétrica e matéria de nêutrons. O conhecimento da equação de estado da matéria de nêutrons torna possível a descrição de propriedades estáticas globais de uma estrela de nêutrons, como sua massa e seu raio, através das equações de Tolman, Oppenheimer e Volko . Os resultados obtidos neste trabalho estão em plena concordância com os resultados apresentados por outros autores. Posteriormente, incorporamos ao formalismo as equações de equilíbrio químico, a presen ça de graus de liberdade leptônicos de elétrons e múons, o octeto bariônico fundamental e a condição de neutralidade de carga. Nossa escolha para as constantes de acoplamento dos híperons está baseada na simetria SU(6) e nas regras de contagem para quarks. A consideração, no formalismo, do equilíbrio beta generalizado entre as partículas gera um sistema de onze equações acopladas que deve ser resolvido numericamente para se encontrar as diferentes populações fermiônicas. Por m, estudamos um modelo fenomenológico para a matéria nuclear com acoplamento derivativo ajustável, no qual a intensidade dos acoplamentos méson-núcleon é parametrizada por expressões matemáticas com coe cientes ajustáveis. Estudamos a in- uência desses acoplamentos na determinação das principais propriedades nucleares e nas propriedades estáticas globais das estrelas de nêutrons. Esse modelo é o que utilizamos, na parte nal do trabalho, para desenvolver nosso estudo da transição de fase entre matéria hadrônica e matéria de quarks livres, usando o critério de Gibbs. No estudo da matéria de quarks, consideramos o modelo de sacola desenvolvido no Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) por A. Chodos, R. L. Ja e, K. Johnson, C. B. Thorn e V. F. Weisskopf. Como resultado principal, determinamos uma equação de estado geral para a matéria hadrônica e para a matéria de quarks e analisamos condições de equilíbrio de estrelas híbridas. Enfocamos, então, a in uência dos acoplamentos do modelo ajustável na determina ção da densidade bariônica em que ocorre a transição de fase. Analisamos, também, como a existência de um caroço de quarks na estrela repercute em suas propriedades estáticas globais (tais como raio e massa máxima) e na propriedade termodinâmica conhecida como índice adiabático. Os resultados obtidos nessa etapa do trabalho, embora inéditos, são coerentes com aqueles obtidos por outros autores. / The purpose of this work is the study of nuclear matter at high densities considering the hadronic and quark phases at zero temperature, with the perspective of applying the developed formalism to the analysis of global static properties of neutron stars. in this work, after presenting important aspects of stellar evolution and neutron star theory, we study the properties and models of nuclear matter. In the nuclear matter studies for the hadronic phase, we have considered the relativistic nuclear quantum eld theory developed by J. D. Walecka, J. Zimanyi and S. A. Moszkowski, and by J. Boguta and A. R. Bodmer, also known, respectively, as Sigma-omega, ZM and Non-linear models. In these models the nuclear matter is described by a relativistic and strong interaction lagrangian many-body formulation with baryon e ective elds coupled to scalar, vector and iso-vector mesons. In this study we consider initially the description of global static properties of manybody nuclear systems at zero temperature as, for instance, the nucleon e ective mass for symmetric nuclear and neutron matter. Knowledge of the neutron matter equation of state makes it possible the description of global static properties of a neutron star, such as its mass and radius, through the Tolman, Oppenheimer and Volko equations. The results we have obtained in this work are in agreement with the corresponding ones presented by other authors. We have further included into the formalism the chemical equilibrium equations, lepton degrees of freedom for electrons and muons, the fundamental octet of baryons and the charge neutrality condition. Our choice for the hyperonic coupling constants is based on the SU(6) symmetry and on the counting rules for quarks. The consideration of generalized beta equilibrium among the particles in our formalism generates a strongly coupled system of eleven equations to be numerically solved to nd the di erent fermionic populations. At last we study a phenomenological lagrangian model of nuclear matter with adjustable derivative coupling, which exhibits a parametrization, through mathematical expressions with adjustable coe cients, of the intensity of the meson-nucleon coupling. We study the in uence of these couplings in the determination of the main nuclear properties and global static properties of neutron stars. This model is the one we use to develop our study of the hadronic matter to quark matter phase transition in the last part of our work, using the Gibbs criteria. In the quark matter study, we have considered the bag model developed ih the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) by A. Chodos, R. L. Ja e, K. Johnson, C. B. Thorn and V. F. Weisskopf. As a main result, we have determined a general equation of state for hadronic and quark matter, and we have analyzed the equilibrium conditions for hybrid stars. We have then focused the in uence of the adjustable model couplings in the determination of the phase transition baryon density. We have also analyzed how the existence of the quarkgluon plasma core in the star repercutes in its global static properties (such as radius and maximum mass) and in the thermodynamical property known as the adiabatic index. The predictions of our work, even though based on new results, are in complete agreement with the corresponding ones obtained by other authors.

Este trabalho tem como objetivo o estudo da matéria nuclear em altas densidades, considerando-se as fases hadrônica e de quarks à temperatura nula, com a perspectiva de aplicar o formalismo desenvolvido no trabalho à análise das propriedades estáticas globais das estrelas de nêutrons. No trabalho, depois de apresentarmos aspectos importantes da evolução estelar e da teoria das estrelas de nêutrons, estudamos as propriedades e os modelos da matéria nuclear. No estudo da matéria nuclear para a fase hadrônica, consideramos os modelos relativísticos da teoria quântica de campos nucleares desenvolvida por J. D. Walecka, J. Zimanyi e S. A. Moszkowski, e por J. Boguta e A. R. Bodmer, também conhecidos, respectivamente, como modelos Sigma-ômega, ZM e Não-linear. Nesses modelos, a matéria nuclear é descrita a partir de uma formulação lagrangeana relativística de muitos corpos, com os campos efetivos dos bárions acoplados aos campos dos mésons, responsáveis pela interação nuclear. Nesse estudo, consideramos, inicialmente, a descrição de propriedades estáticas globais de sistemas nucleares de muitos corpos à temperatura nula, como, por exemplo, a massa efetiva do núcleon para matéria nuclear simétrica e matéria de nêutrons. O conhecimento da equação de estado da matéria de nêutrons torna possível a descrição de propriedades estáticas globais de uma estrela de nêutrons, como sua massa e seu raio, através das equações de Tolman, Oppenheimer e Volko . Os resultados obtidos neste trabalho estão em plena concordância com os resultados apresentados por outros autores. Posteriormente, incorporamos ao formalismo as equações de equilíbrio químico, a presen ça de graus de liberdade leptônicos de elétrons e múons, o octeto bariônico fundamental e a condição de neutralidade de carga. Nossa escolha para as constantes de acoplamento dos híperons está baseada na simetria SU(6) e nas regras de contagem para quarks. A consideração, no formalismo, do equilíbrio beta generalizado entre as partículas gera um sistema de onze equações acopladas que deve ser resolvido numericamente para se encontrar as diferentes populações fermiônicas. Por m, estudamos um modelo fenomenológico para a matéria nuclear com acoplamento derivativo ajustável, no qual a intensidade dos acoplamentos méson-núcleon é parametrizada por expressões matemáticas com coe cientes ajustáveis. Estudamos a in- uência desses acoplamentos na determinação das principais propriedades nucleares e nas propriedades estáticas globais das estrelas de nêutrons. Esse modelo é o que utilizamos, na parte nal do trabalho, para desenvolver nosso estudo da transição de fase entre matéria hadrônica e matéria de quarks livres, usando o critério de Gibbs. No estudo da matéria de quarks, consideramos o modelo de sacola desenvolvido no Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) por A. Chodos, R. L. Ja e, K. Johnson, C. B. Thorn e V. F. Weisskopf. Como resultado principal, determinamos uma equação de estado geral para a matéria hadrônica e para a matéria de quarks e analisamos condições de equilíbrio de estrelas híbridas. Enfocamos, então, a in uência dos acoplamentos do modelo ajustável na determina ção da densidade bariônica em que ocorre a transição de fase. Analisamos, também, como a existência de um caroço de quarks na estrela repercute em suas propriedades estáticas globais (tais como raio e massa máxima) e na propriedade termodinâmica conhecida como índice adiabático. Os resultados obtidos nessa etapa do trabalho, embora inéditos, são coerentes com aqueles obtidos por outros autores. / The purpose of this work is the study of nuclear matter at high densities considering the hadronic and quark phases at zero temperature, with the perspective of applying the developed formalism to the analysis of global static properties of neutron stars. in this work, after presenting important aspects of stellar evolution and neutron star theory, we study the properties and models of nuclear matter. In the nuclear matter studies for the hadronic phase, we have considered the relativistic nuclear quantum eld theory developed by J. D. Walecka, J. Zimanyi and S. A. Moszkowski, and by J. Boguta and A. R. Bodmer, also known, respectively, as Sigma-omega, ZM and Non-linear models. In these models the nuclear matter is described by a relativistic and strong interaction lagrangian many-body formulation with baryon e ective elds coupled to scalar, vector and iso-vector mesons. In this study we consider initially the description of global static properties of manybody nuclear systems at zero temperature as, for instance, the nucleon e ective mass for symmetric nuclear and neutron matter. Knowledge of the neutron matter equation of state makes it possible the description of global static properties of a neutron star, such as its mass and radius, through the Tolman, Oppenheimer and Volko equations. The results we have obtained in this work are in agreement with the corresponding ones presented by other authors. We have further included into the formalism the chemical equilibrium equations, lepton degrees of freedom for electrons and muons, the fundamental octet of baryons and the charge neutrality condition. Our choice for the hyperonic coupling constants is based on the SU(6) symmetry and on the counting rules for quarks. The consideration of generalized beta equilibrium among the particles in our formalism generates a strongly coupled system of eleven equations to be numerically solved to nd the di erent fermionic populations. At last we study a phenomenological lagrangian model of nuclear matter with adjustable derivative coupling, which exhibits a parametrization, through mathematical expressions with adjustable coe cients, of the intensity of the meson-nucleon coupling. We study the in uence of these couplings in the determination of the main nuclear properties and global static properties of neutron stars. This model is the one we use to develop our study of the hadronic matter to quark matter phase transition in the last part of our work, using the Gibbs criteria. In the quark matter study, we have considered the bag model developed ih the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) by A. Chodos, R. L. Ja e, K. Johnson, C. B. Thorn and V. F. Weisskopf. As a main result, we have determined a general equation of state for hadronic and quark matter, and we have analyzed the equilibrium conditions for hybrid stars. We have then focused the in uence of the adjustable model couplings in the determination of the phase transition baryon density. We have also analyzed how the existence of the quarkgluon plasma core in the star repercutes in its global static properties (such as radius and maximum mass) and in the thermodynamical property known as the adiabatic index. The predictions of our work, even though based on new results, are in complete agreement with the corresponding ones obtained by other authors.

La matière nucléaire, constituant le noyau des atomes, est formée de quarks et de gluons, dont l’interaction est décrite par la théorie de la chromodynamique quantique (QCD). Dans des conditions normales, quarks et gluons ne peuvent être observés de façon isolée et sont confinés dans des hadrons tels que les protons et les neutrons. Le Plasma de Quarks et de Gluons (PQG) est un état de la matière nucléaire prédit par la QCD pour lequel ces quarks et gluons sont déconfinés. Expérimentalement, le PQG peut être créé dans des collisions d’ions lourds ultra-relativistes, telles que les collisions d’ions lourds effectuées au LHC, correspondant à des vitesses proche de celle de la lumière. Il est possible d’obtenir des informations sur le PQG en mesurant un large nombre d’observables. En particulier, la production de charmonium tels que le J/ψ et le ψ(2S), particules lourdes constituées d’une paire de quarks charme et anti-charme () est mesurée pour étudier le plasma. En effet, la présence d’un PQG est censée modifier les taux de production des charmonia, à cause d’un équilibre entre un mécanisme d’écrantage de couleur du potentiel des quarks charme et un mécanisme dit de recombinaison. La position de cet équilibre dépend de l’énergie de collision, la température du plasma, et la nature de la particule considérée, et plus spécifiquement, il est attendu que le ψ(2S) soit plus supprimé que le J/ψ. Dans cette thèse, la production inclusive de ψ(2S) en collisions Pb − Pb à une énergie par collision nucléon-nucléon dans le référentiel du centre de masse de TeV est mesurée dans le canal de décroissance de dimuon avec le Spectromètre à Muons d’ALICE. L’analyse est basée sur les données collectées dans ALICE (A Large Ion Coliider Experiment) au LHC en 2015 correspondant à une luminosité intégrée de 225 μb−1. Le facteur de modification nucléaire RAA est étudié en fonction de la centralité des collisions, correspondant à la distance transverse entre les centre des noyaux de plomb. Le rapport des RAA du ψ(2S) et du J/ψ est également mesuré et montre que le ψ(2S) est plus supprimé que le J/ψ pour des collisions mi-centrales et centrales. Comparées aux prédictions théoriques, les mesures sont compatibles avec les modèles dans la limite des incertitudes. L’amélioration du Muon Trigger, le MID, est également étudié, en particulier le débit de données attendu pour des fréquences de collision de 100 kHz. Basée sur les données en collisions Pb − Pb à une énergie de TeV, les estimations prédisent que la technologie qui sera implémentée sur le MID possède une bande passante suffisante. / The nuclear matter, which constitues the atomic nuclei, is composed of quarks and gluons and interactions between them are described by quantum chromo-dynamics (QCD). Under ordinary conditions, quarks and gluons cannot be observed isolated and are confined inside hadrons such as protons and neutrons. The Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP) is a state of nuclear matter predicted by QCD where quarks and gluons are deconfined. Experimentally, a QGP can be created in ultra-relativistic heavy ion collisions such as the lead-lead collisions delivered at the LHC, corresponding to speeds close to the speed of light. It is possible to obtain information on the characteris- tics of the QGP by measuring a large number of observables. In particular, the production of charmonium states such as the J/ψ and the ψ(2S), heavy particles composed of a charm and anti-charm pair (), is studied to investigate the plasma. Indeed, the presence of QGP is expected to modify the charmonium production yields, due to a balance between the mechanism of color screening of the charm quark potential and a mechanism called recombination. This balance depends on the collision energy, the temperature of the plasma and nature on the considered particle, in particular one expects the ψ(2S) to be more suppressed than the J/ψ. In this thesis the inclusive production of ψ(2S) in Pb − Pb collisions at an energy per nucleon-nucleon collision in the center of mass frame of TeV is measured in the dimuon-decay channel, using the ALICE Muon Spectrometer. The analysis is based on the data collected in ALICE (A Large Ion Collider Experiment) at the LHC in 2015 with an integrated luminosity of 225 μb−1. The nuclear modification factor RAA is studied as a function of centrality. The ratio of the ψ(2S) and J/ψ RAA is also evaluated and shows that the ψ(2S) is more suppressed than the J/ψ for mid-central and central events. Compared with theoretical predictions, the measurements are, within uncertainty, in agreement with theoretical model. The upgrade of the Muon Trigger, the MID (Muon Identifier), is also studied, in particular the expected data flow at a collisions rate of 100 kHz. Based on the Pb − Pb data at a collision energy of TeV, the estimations predict that the technology that will be implemented in the MID provides a sufficient bandwidth to sustain the data flow.

Le jet est l'une des sondes permettant de tester les prédictions de la théorie de l'interaction forte, la QCD, et d'extraire les propriétés physiques d'un état particulier de la matière nucléaire : le Plasma de Quarks et de Gluons (PQG). Ce travail de thèse a pour but de montrer les capacités d'ALICE à mesurer les jets issus des collisions produites au Large Hadron Collider (LHC).La détection des particules constituant les jets, leur association à l'aide d'algorithmes de reconstruction ainsi que la construction d'observables telles que le spectre en pT des jets ou le Plateau Bossu est un travail complexe. Nous détaillons ces différentes étapes à partir de simulations permettant d'appréhender le taux de jets réels à attendre pour notre analyse etd'évaluer l'impact de la mesure expérimentale sur les observables finales. Nous présentons finalement les spectres en pT et Plateaux Bossus issus des premières collisions p+p du LHC auxquels ont été appliquées des corrections moyennes. / The jet is one of the probes allowing testing strong interaction theory predictions, QCD, and to extract physical properties from a particular state of nuclear matter : Quark Gluon Plasma (QGP). This PhD work is aimed to show ALICE capacities to measure jets coming from collisions produced at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The detection of particles constituting jets, their association with reconstruction algorithms and the construction of observables such as jet pT spectrum of Hump-Backed Plateau is a hard work. We detail these different steps from simulation allowing to estimate jet rates we could expect for ouranalysis and to evaluate the impact of experimental measure on final observables. We finally present pT spectrum and Hump-Backed Plateau from first p+p collisions at LHC to whom mean corrections have been applied.

La physique nucléaire de haute énergie a pour objet l'étude des propriétés du Plasma de Quarks et de Gluons (PQG), un nouvel état de la matière composée de quarks et de gluons asymptotiquement libres. Selon les calculs de la ChromoDynamique Quantique (CDQ) sur réseau, une transition de la matière nucléaire vers un PQG doit se produire pour des densités d'énergie au-delà de ~ 1 GeV/fm3 (correspondant à une température ~ 150 - 200 MeV). De telles conditions extrêmes de température et de densité d'énergie sont réalisées en laboratoire en utilisant des collisions ions lourds aux énergies ultra-relativistes. Le PQG ainsi créé est cependant si fugace qu'il ne peut être étudié que par des sondes internes produites au sein même de la collision mais à des échelles de temps bien inférieures à celle du PQG. Ces sondes dites dures vont alors être modifiée suite à leur interaction avec le PQG, de cette modification s'ensuit l'inférence des propriétés de transport du PQG.Cette thèse porte sur la mesure des jets comme sondes dures du PQG, elle s'articule selon deux axes complémentaires : le développement d'un nouvel algorithme de déclenchement calorimétrique de l'expérience ALICE pour le Run 2 du LHC afin d'efficacement sélectionner les événements contenant une gerbe électromagnétique, ainsi que la mesure de la production inclusive de jets chargés dans les collisions Pb-Pb à l'énergie la plus élevée à ce jour de 5.02 TeV auprès du LHC. Un des défis majeurs de la mesure des jets dans les collisions d'ions lourds consiste à séparer les jets de l'événement sous-jacent. L'approche retenue dans ce travail repose sur une évaluation événement par événement de l'amplitude de cet événement sous-jacent qui est alors soustraite des jets reconstruits. Les fluctuations résiduelles de ce bruit de fond sont par la suite corrigées par une méthode de déconvolution adaptée. Enfin, afin de réduire au maximum la contamination du bruit de fond combinatoire, une coupure de 5 GeV/c sur l'impulsion transverse du constituant prééminent est appliquée.La mesure des facteurs de modification nucléaire des jets montrent une très forte suppression que l'on attribue à la perte d'énergie des partons dans le PQG. Dans ce travail de thèse, une étude phénoménologique de cette manifestation qualifiée "d'étouffement des jets" à partir d'une observable originale, est présentée. Cette étude met en évidence plusieurs résultats fondamentaux : une perte d'énergie constante dans le domaine d'impulsion transverse de jet mesuré (jusqu'à 100 GeV/c), plus prononcée qu'à plus basse énergie et montrant une dépendance quadratique avec la longueur de parcours dans le milieu suggérant la prépondérance d'une perte d'énergie des partons par radiation de gluons. / High-energy nuclear physics aims at revealing the properties of Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP),a new state of matter consisting of asymptotically free strong-interacting quarks and gluons. According to lattice QCD calculation, a transition from normal nuclear matter to a QGP is expected for energy densities exceeding the critical threshold of Ec ~ 1 GeV/fm3 (Tc ~ 150 - 200 MeV). Such extreme conditions of temperature and energy density are met in laboratory by smashing heavy nuclei at ultrarelativistic energies. The QGP thus created is however so short lived that it can only be resolved by self-generated hard probes, namely produced together with the medium but on a much shorter time scale. By subsequently interacting with the expanding QGP, these well calibrated probes carry valuable information about its transport properties.The purpose of this thesis is the measurement of jets as hard probes of the QGP along two complementary directions: by developping a new ALICE jet calorimeter trigger algorithm for LHC Run 2 to efficiently select events containing high energy electromagnetic showers and measuring charged jet production cross sections in Pb-Pb collisions at highest-ever centre of mass energy of 5.02TeV provided by the LHC. One of the basic challenges facing jet measurement in heavy-ion collisions consists in separating jets from the soft underlying event. The magnitude of the underlying event is quantified on an event-by-event basis and subtracted from the reconstructed jets. The remaining background fluctuations and detector effects are corrected at the event-ensemble level by an unfolding method. Furthermore, in order to minimise the fake jet contamination, a leading track jet transverse momentum cut-off of 5 GeV/c is applied.A strong suppression of jet production in the most central heavy-ion collisions is observed and quantified by the measurement of the nuclear modification factor, RAA. Such a suppression is interpreted as the result of parton energy loss in the QGP, the so-called jet quenching phenomenon. In this thesis, a phenomenological study with an original experimental observable of jet quenching (the energy shift) is presented. The key findings from this study are that the energy loss is constant in the measured jet transverse momentum range (up to ~ 100 GeV/c), of larger amplitude than at lower collision energy, and with a quadradic path-length dependence supporting the assumption that gluon radiation is the dominant mechanism at work.

La Chromodynamique Quantique prédit que la matière chaude et dense produite en collisions d'ions lourds ultra-relativistes, le Plasma de Quarks et de Gluons (QGP), se conduit comme un état déconfiné de quarks et gluons.ALICE est la seule expérience au LHC qui a été conçue et construite pour caractériser la physique du QGP. Le spectromètre à muons, un des détecteurs d'ALICE, est utilisé pour mesurer la production de quarkonia à rapidité en avant.Dans la thèse suivante, l'efficacité des chambres de trajectographie du spectromètre à muons est étudiée durant une année de pris des données. Les résultats obtenus des données réelles sont comparés avec des simulations pour calculer les incertitudes systématiques par rapport aux chambres de trajectographie.Une analyse complète de la production inclusive de J/psi --> mu^+ mu^- dans les collisions Pb-Pb 2011 est également presentée. L' étude inclut l'extraction du signal, normalisation et corrections d'acceptance et d'efficacité. Une partie importante est consacrée à quantifier les incertitudes systématiques liées aux différentes sources. Les résultats, R_{AA} et <p_{T}> , sont comparés avec des expériences précédentes et des modèles théoriques. / Quantum Chromodynamics predicts that the hot and dense matter produced in ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions, the Quark Gluon Plasma (QGP), behaves as a deconfined state of quarks and gluons. Since 1980's it was predicted that quarkonia are suppressed due to screening effects in the QGP, making quarkonia a good tool to probe the plasma.ALICE is the only experiment at the LHC that was designed and built to characterize the physics of the QGP. The muon spectrometer, one of the detectors in ALICE, is used to measure the quarkonia production at forward rapidity. In this thesis the efficiency of the tracking chambers of the muon spectrometer is studied along one year of data taking. The results obtained from real data are compared to simulations in order to compute the systematic uncertainties associated to the tracking apparatus.A complete analysis of the inclusive J/psi --> mu^+ mu^- production in the 2011 Pb-Pb collisions is also presented. The study includes the signal extraction, normalization and acceptance times efficiency corrections. An important part is dedicated to the quantify the systematic uncertainties arising from different sources. The resulting R_{AA} and <p_{T}> are compared to previous experiments and also to theoretical models.

Les jets sont les signatures expérimentales des quarks et des gluons émergeant des diffusions dures produites lors des interactions hadroniques. La section efficace de production de jets se calcule dans la cadre de la ChromoDynamique Quantique perturbative (pCDQ), faisant des mesures de jets un test sévère des prédictions de la pCDQ. En collisions d'ions lourds ultrarelativistes, les jets constituent des sondes bien étalonnées du Plasma de Quarks et de Gluons (PQG). Dans des conditions extrêmes de température et de pression, les partons se déconfinent pour former une matière QCD en interaction forte. Les partons émis dans les collisions dures perdent de l'énergie à la traversée de ce milieu par perte d'énergie radiative et collisionnelle. Les propriétés des jets sont alors modifiées par rapport au vide, phénomène appelé étouffement des jets. Les propriétés de transport du PGQ peuvent être étudiées par la mesure de l'étouffement des jets.Les sections efficaces de production de jets chargés en collisions proton-proton (pp) aux énergies de 2.76 TeV et 7 TeV ont été mesurées par l'expérience ALICE puis comparées aux prédiction de la pCDQ à l'ordre dominant. En collisions Pb-Pb, l'intensité de la suppression des jets, inclusive et en fonction de la longueur de parcours dans le milieu, a été évaluée par la mesure des facteurs de modification nucléaire ($R_{mathrm{AA}}$) aux énergies de 2.76 TeV et 5.02 TeV. Le flot elliptique $v_{2}$, défini comme la distribution azitmutale par rapport au plan de réaction du deuxième ordre, qui est une grandeur sensible à la longueur de parcours des partons dans le milieu selon ou hors du plan de réaction, a été mesuré à l'énergie de 2.76 TeV. Cette mesure pour les collisions semi-centrales est en accord avec les prédictions théoriques. La réponse du milieu a été étudiée par l'intermédiaire des correlations jet-trace en fonction de la centralité de la collisionà l'énergie de 2.76 TeV. Les résultats obtenus suggérant une redistribution de l'énergie à grand angle par rapport à l'axe du jet. Ces résultats sont correctement décrits par des calculs phénoménologiques incluant l'évolution hydrodynamique du milieu.Dans cette thèse, deux aspects complémentaires de la mesure des jets à l'aide du détecteur ALICE ont été étudiés. D'une part, l'amélioration du système de déclenchement calorimétrique de l'expérience ALICE est présentée. Le Calorimètre Di-jet (DCal) a été installé pendant le premier arrêt long du LHC (LS1) afin d'étendre la couverture azimutale de l'existant Calorimètre ElectroMagnétique (EMCal) et Spectromètre à PHOtons (PHOS). Cette mise à jour a consisté à tenir compte de cette nouvelle configuration des détecteurs. Un nouveau micrologiciel de la carte électronique Summary Trigger Unit (STU) du sytème de déclenchement calorimétrique implementant un algorithme original combinant les informations des trois calorimètres a été développé. D'autre part, la mesure de la section efficace de production de jets chargés reconstruits avec différentes résolutions $R=0.2$, $0.3$, $0.4$ et $0.6$ en collisions pp à l'energie de 5.02 TeV est présentée. La comparaison de la section efficace mesurée avec les prédictions de la pCDQ à l'ordre sous-dominant (NLO) montre une bonne adéquation dans la région $10 < p_{mathrm{T},text{jet}}^{text{ch}} < 100 mathrm{GeV}/c$. La mesure du $v_{2}$ des jets chargés dans les collisions Pb-Pb semi-centrales (30-50%) à l'energie de 5.02 TeV est également exposée dans cette thèse. Les résultats obtenus ont été comparés à une simulation rapide basée sur le modèle de Glauber tenant compte de la dépendance de la suppression des jets selon leur longueur de parcours dans le milieu. Enfin, la mesure des corrélations entres jets chargés et hadrons dans les collisions Pb-Pb semi-centrales (30-50%) à l'energie de 5.02 TeV est présentée dans le but d'étudier la dépendance de la modification des jets en fonction de la géométrie de la collisions Pb-Pb. / Jets, defined as collimated sprays of high-momentum particles, are experimental signatures of hard-scattered quarks and gluons produced in hadronic interactions. The jet production cross section is calculable within perturbative Quantum ChromoDynamics (pQCD), and therefore jet measurements provide stringent tests of pQCD predictions. In relativistic heavy-ion collisions, jets are well calibrated probes of the Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP). Under extreme conditions of temperature and/or pressure, partons are deconfined and form a strongly interacting QCD medium. The initial hard scattered partons lose energy while traversing this medium due to radiative and collisional energy loss. Consequently, jet properties get modified in comparison with the vacuum case, phenomenon named jet quenching. QGP transport properties can be studied by measuring jet quenching.The charged jet production cross sections in pp collisions at $sqrt{s} = 2.76 mathrm{TeV}$ and $sqrt{s} = 7 mathrm{TeV}$ were measured by the ALICE experiment and compared to Leading-Order (LO) pQCD predictions. In Pb-Pb collisions, the strength of jet suppression was quantitatively assessed at $sqrt{s_{mathrm{NN}}} = 2.76 mathrm{TeV}$ and $sqrt{s_{mathrm{NN}}} = 5.02 mathrm{TeV}$ via the measurement of the nuclear modification factors ($R_{mathrm{AA}}$). The strength of charged jet suppression was quantified as a function of in-medium parton path-length based on the measured $R_{mathrm{AA}}$. The jet elliptic flow $v_{2}$, defined as the jet azimuthal distribution relative to the $2^{nd}$ order event plane, which is sensitive to the difference of the in-medium parton path-length in-plane and out-of-plane, was measured at $sqrt{s_{mathrm{NN}}} = 2.76 mathrm{TeV}$. The measured jet $v_{2}$ in mid-central Pb-Pb collisions was consistent with model predictions. The medium response has been studied through jet-track correlations at $sqrt{s_{mathrm{NN}}} = 2.76 mathrm{TeV}$ as a function of centrality. The result suggested that the in-medium suppressed energy was re-distributed to large angles with respect to the jet axis. The phenomenon was described by a phenomenological calculation taking into account hydrodynamical evolution of the medium.In this thesis, two complementary aspects of jet measurements with the ALICE detector at the LHC were studied. First, the upgrade of the ALICE electromagnetic calorimeter trigger system is presented. The Di-jet Calorimeter (DCal) has been installed during LHC Long Shutdown 1 (LS1) to extend the azimuthal coverage of the existing ElectroMagnetic Calorimeter (EMCal) and PHOton Spectrometer (PHOS). The trigger system has been upgraded to account for this new detector configuration. The firmware for the Summary Trigger Unit (STU), which is the electronics of the trigger system, was upgraded to implement a brand new algorithm combining information from the calorimeters. Second, the measurement of the production cross section of charged jets reconstructed with cone resolution parameter $R=0.2$, $0.3$, $0.4$, and $0.6$ in pp collisions at $sqrt{s} = 5.02 mathrm{TeV}$ is outlined. A comparison of the production cross section to LO and Next-Leading-Order (NLO) pQCD predictions is shown. Good agreement of the production cross section with NLO pQCD calculations is found for $10 < p_{mathrm{T},text{jet}}^{text{ch}} < 100 mathrm{GeV}/c$. The measurement of charged jet $v_{2}$ in mid-central (30-50%) Pb-Pb collisions at $sqrt{s_{mathrm{NN}}} = 5.02 mathrm{TeV}$ is also presented. The results are compared with a toy-model Glauber simulation based on the measured path-length dependence of jet suppression. Finally, the measurement of charged jet-hadron correlations in mid-central (30-50%) Pb-Pb collisions at $sqrt{s_{mathrm{NN}}} = 5.02 mathrm{TeV}$ with respect to the $2^{nd}$ order event plane is also presented in order to study initial collision geometry dependence of jet modification in Pb-Pb collisions.

La théorie de la chromodynamique quantique prédit l’existence d’un état déconfiné de la matière appelé Plasma de Quarks et de Gluons (PQG). Expérimentalement, la formation d’un PQG est attendue sous les conditions extrêmes de température et de densité atteintes lors de collisions d’ions lourds ultra-relativistes. Afin d’observer et de caractériser de manière indirecte un tel état de la matière, de nombreuses observables ont été proposées. En particulier, les phénomènes de suppression et de(re)combinaison du meson J/Ψ dans le PQG sont intensément étudiés. Cette thèse présente l’analyse de la production inclusive de J/Ψ dans les collisions Pb-Pb, à une énergie dans le centre de masse √sNN = 2,76 TeV, détectés avec le spectromètre à muons de l’expérience ALICE au LHC. A partir de la statistique élevée d’événements collectés lors de la prise de données de 2011, le facteur de modification nucléaire du J/Ψ a été mesuré en fonction de son impulsion transverse, de sa rapidité et de la centralité de la collision. L’impulsion transverse moyenne du J/Ψ a également été mesurée en fonction de la centralité. Les prédictions des modèles théoriques, incluant tous une contribution de (re)combinaison, présentent un bon accord avec les données. Enfin, un excès de J/Ψ de très faible impulsion transverse (<300 MeV/c) par rapport à la production hadronique attendue a été observé pour la première fois. / The quantum chromodynamics theory predicts the existence of a deconfined state of matter called Quark Gluon Plasma (QGP). Experimentally, the formation of a QGP is expected under the extreme conditions of temperature and density reached in ultra-relativisticheavy-ion collisions. Many observables were proposed to observe and characterize indirectly such a state of matter. In particular, the phenomena of suppression and (re)combination of the J/Ψ meson in the QGP are extensively studied. This thesis presents the analysis of the inclusive production of J/Ψ in Pb-Pb collisions, at a center of mass energy √sNN = 2.76 TeV, detected with the ALICE muon spectrometer at the LHC. From the high statistics of events collected during 2011 datataking, the J/Ψ nuclear modification factor was measured as a function of transverse momentum, rapidity and collision centrality. The J/Ψ mean transverse momentum was also measured as a function of centrality. The predictions of theoretical models, all including a (re)combination contribution, are in good agreement with data. Finally, an excess of J/Ψ yield at very low transverse momentum (<300 MeV/c) with respect to the expected hadronic production was observed fort he first time.

In this thesis we aim to test if Landau\'s two-component superfluid model is compatible with the quark-gluon-plasma description. We follow the test proposed by Chernodub et. al. [Two-component liquid model for the quark-gluon plasma. Theor. Math. Phys., v. 170, p. 211&ndash;216, 2012]. We start by reviewing the building process of a field theory with gauge symmetries and discussing the conservation laws associated to the theory&rsquo;s symmetries. We explore the thermodynamic approach to quantum theory and the interesting fact that, when combined with a field theory, the path-integral formulation for quantum field theories emerges naturally. We also present the necessity of introducing a momentum cutoff into the theory and show that embedding space-time on a lattice is a way to introduce this cutoff and renormalize the theory. As a bonus, this also allows the numerical and non-perturbative evaluation of observables. We overview the phenomenological aspects of relativistic heavy-ion collisions and Landau&rsquo;s two-component model for superfluids, along with a quantum-field-theory motivation for it, and explain details of the test proposed by Chernodub et. al.. Lastly, we show the implementation details of our simulation along with results. We do not see evidence that the proposed superfluid model is able to describe the plasma. We speculate that this might be caused by the absence of fermions in our simulations. / Nesta tese nosso objetivo é testar se o modelo de Landau de duas componentes para superfluidos é compatível com a descrição do plasma de quarks e glúons. Seguimos o teste proposto por Chernodub et. al. [Two-component liquid model for the quark-gluon plasma. Theor. Math. Phys., v. 170, p. 211&ndash;216, 2012]. Começamos revisando o processo de construção de uma teoria de campo com simetria de gauge e discutindo as leis de conservação associadas às simetrias da teoria. Exploramos a abordagem termodinâmica para teoria quântica e o interessante fato de que, quando combinada com uma teoria de campo, a formulação de integrais de trajetória para teorias quânticas de campo emerge naturalmente. Também apresentamos a necessidade de se introduzir um corte de momento na teoria, e mostramos que embutir o espaço-tempo em uma rede é um meio de introduzir o corte na teoria e renormalizá-la. Como um bônus, isso também permite o cálculo numérico e não-perturbativo de observáveis. Apresentamos um panorama dos aspectos fenomenológicos da colisão de íons pesados relativísticos e o modelo de duas componentes de Landau para superfluidos, bem como uma motivação de teoria quântica de campo para ele, e explicamos detalhes do teste proposto por Chernodub et. al.. Por fim, mostramos os detalhes de nossa implementação juntamente com nossos resultados. Não vemos evidência de que o modelo de superfluidod proposto seja capaz de descrever o plasma. Nós especulamos que isto possa ser causado pela ausência de férmions em nossas simulações.