Event-by-event hydrodynamics ++ jet energy loss: A solution to the RAAv2R_{AA} \otimes v_2 puzzle

Feb 11, 2016
6 pages
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  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 116 (2016) 25, 252301
  • Published: Jun 21, 2016
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Abstract: (APS)
High pT>10  GeV elliptic flow, which is experimentally measured via the correlation between soft and hard hadrons, receives competing contributions from event-by-event fluctuations of the low-pT elliptic flow and event-plane angle fluctuations in the soft sector. In this Letter, a proper account of these event-by-event fluctuations in the soft sector, modeled via viscous hydrodynamics, is combined with a jet-energy-loss model to reveal that the positive contribution from low-pT v2 fluctuations overwhelms the negative contributions from event-plane fluctuations. This leads to an enhancement of high-pT>10  GeV elliptic flow in comparison to previous calculations and provides a natural solution to the decade-long high-pT RAA⊗v2 puzzle. We also present the first theoretical calculation of high-pT v3, which is shown to be compatible with current LHC data. Furthermore, we discuss how short-wavelength jet-medium physics can be deconvoluted from the physics of soft, bulk event-by-event flow observables using event-shape engineering techniques.
Note:
  • 7 pages, 3 figures, references added, substantially revised, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Lett
  • angular distribution: asymmetry
  • heavy ion: scattering
  • elliptic flow
  • fluctuation
  • engineering
  • energy loss
  • CERN LHC Coll
  • hydrodynamics
  • viscosity
  • nucleus