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Jet measurements in heavy ion physics

Connors, Megan ; Nattrass, Christine ; Reed, Rosi ; Salur, Sevil

Reviews of modern physics, 2018-06, Vol.90 (2), p.025005, Article 025005 [Periódico revisado por pares]

College Park: American Institute of Physics

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  • Título:
    Jet measurements in heavy ion physics
  • Autor: Connors, Megan ; Nattrass, Christine ; Reed, Rosi ; Salur, Sevil
  • Assuntos: Algorithms ; Collision dynamics ; Computer simulation ; Constraint modelling ; Energy dissipation ; Hadrons ; Heavy ions ; Ionic collisions ; Jets ; Large Hadron Collider ; Momentum ; Partons ; Quantum chromodynamics ; Quark-gluon plasma ; Quarks ; Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider ; Sprayers
  • É parte de: Reviews of modern physics, 2018-06, Vol.90 (2), p.025005, Article 025005
  • Notas: USDOE
    FG02-96ER40982
  • Descrição: A hot, dense medium called a quark gluon plasma (QGP) is created in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions. Early in the collision, hard parton scatterings generate high momentum partons that traverse the medium, which then fragment into sprays of particles called jets. Understanding how these partons interact with the QGP and fragment into final state particles provides critical insight into quantum chromodynamics. Experimental measurements from high momentum hadrons, two particle correlations, and full jet reconstruction at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) and the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) continue to improve our understanding of energy loss in the QGP. Run 2 at the LHC recently began and there is a jet detector at RHIC under development. Now is the perfect time to reflect on what the experimental measurements have taught us so far, the limitations of the techniques used for studying jets, how the techniques can be improved, and how to move forward with the wealth of experimental data such that a complete description of energy loss in the QGP can be achieved. Measurements of jets to date clearly indicate that hard partons lose energy. Detailed comparisons of the nuclear modification factor between data and model calculations led to quantitative constraints on the opacity of the medium to hard probes. However, while there is substantial evidence for softening and broadening jets through medium interactions, the difficulties comparing measurements to theoretical calculations limit further quantitative constraints on energy loss mechanisms. Since jets are algorithmic descriptions of the initial parton, the same jet definitions must be used, including the treatment of the underlying heavy ion background, when making data and theory comparisons. An agreement is called for between theorists and experimentalists on the appropriate treatment of the background, Monte Carlo generators that enable experimental algorithms to be applied to theoretical calculations, and a clear understanding of which observables are most sensitive to the properties of the medium, even in the presence of background. This will enable us to determine the best strategy for the field to improve quantitative constraints on properties of the medium in the face of these challenges.
  • Editor: College Park: American Institute of Physics
  • Idioma: Inglês
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