Inclusive Photon Production at Forward Rapidities Using PMD in p–Pb Collisions at $$\sqrt{ {s}_\mathrm{{NN}}} = 8.16$$ TeV with ALICE

Abstract

We report on the performance studies of two correction methods, namely the efficiency-purity method and the Bayesian unfolding method applied to the pseudorapidity distribution of photons. The pseudorapidity distribution of inclusive photons at forward rapidities in the range (2.3 < η < 3.9) in p-Pb collisions at √ sNN = 8.16 TeV is obtained with the HIJING Monte Carlo event generator. The simulated data samples were obtained from the Photon Multiplicity Detector (PMD) in AL-ICE.