Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2008-10-15
JHEP 0811:093,2008
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
20 pages, 15 ps and eps figures
Scientific paper
10.1088/1126-6708/2008/11/093
For jets, with great power comes great opportunity. The unprecedented center of mass energies available at the LHC open new windows on the QGP: we demonstrate that jet shape and jet cross section measurements become feasible as a new, differential and accurate test of the underlying QCD theory. We present a first step in understanding these shapes and cross sections in heavy ion reactions. Our approach allows for detailed simulations of the experimental acceptance/cuts that help isolate jets in such high-multiplicity environment. It is demonstrated for the first time that the pattern of stimulated gluon emission can be correlated with a variable quenching of the jet rates and provide an approximately model-independent approach to determining the characteristics of the medium-induced bremsstrahlung spectrum. Surprisingly, in realistic simulations of parton propagation through the QGP we find a minimal increase in the mean jet radius even for large jet attenuation. Jet broadening is manifest in the tails of the energy distribution away from the jet axis and its quantification requires high statistics measurements that will be possible at the LHC.
Vitev Ivan
Wicks Simon
Zhang Ben-Wei
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