This letter presents a measurement of the nuclear modification factor of large-radius jets in √𝑠𝑁𝑁=5.02 TeV Pb+Pb collisions by the ATLAS experiment. The measurement is performed using 1.72 nb−1 and 257 pb−1 of Pb+Pb and 𝑝𝑝 data, respectively. The large-radius jets are reconstructed with the anti-𝑘𝑡 algorithm using a radius parameter of 𝑅=1.0, by reclustering anti-𝑘𝑡 𝑅=0.2 jets, and are measured over the transverse momentum (𝑝𝑇) kinematic range of 158<𝑝𝑇<1000 GeV and absolute pseudorapidity |𝑦|<2.0. The large-radius jet constituents are further reclustered using the 𝑘𝑡 algorithm in order to obtain the splitting parameters, √𝑑12 and Δ𝑅12, which characterize the transverse momentum scale and angular separation for the hardest splitting in the jet, respectively. The nuclear modification factor, 𝑅𝐴𝐴, obtained by comparing the Pb+Pb jet yields to those in 𝑝𝑝 collisions, is measured as a function of jet transverse momentum (𝑝𝑇) and √𝑑12 or Δ𝑅12. A significant difference in the quenching of large-radius jets having single subjet and those with more complex substructure is observed. Systematic comparison of jet suppression in terms of 𝑅𝐴𝐴 for different jet definitions is also provided. Presented results support the hypothesis that jets with hard internal splittings lose more energy through quenching and provide a new perspective for understanding the role of jet structure in jet suppression.
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