Novel tools and observables for jet physics in heavy-ion collisions

Aug 10, 2018
29 pages
Published in:
  • J.Phys.G 47 (2020) 6, 065102
  • Published: Apr 29, 2020
e-Print:
Report number:
  • CERN-TH-2018-186,
  • LU-TP 18-14,
  • IFJPAN-IV-2018-8,
  • MCNET-18-19

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Abstract: (IOP)
Studies of fully-reconstructed jets in heavy-ion collisions aim at extracting thermodynamical and transport properties of hot and dense QCD matter. Recently, a plethora of new jet substructure observables have been theoretically and experimentally developed that provide novel precise insights on the modifications of the parton radiation pattern induced by a QCD medium. This report, summarizing the main lines of discussion at the 5th Heavy Ion Jet Workshop and CERN TH institute ‘Novel tools and observables for jet physics in heavy-ion collisions’ in 2017, presents a first attempt at outlining a strategy for isolating and identifying the relevant physical processes that are responsible for the observed medium-induced jet modifications. These studies combine theory insights, based on the Lund parton splitting map, with sophisticated jet reconstruction techniques, including grooming and background subtraction algorithms.
Note:
  • 25 pages, report from the CERN TH institute "Novel tools and observables for jet physics in heavy-ion collisions", version accepted for publication in J. Phys. G
  • QCD jet physics
  • heavy-ion collisions
  • quark-gluon plasma
  • heavy ion: scattering
  • quantum chromodynamics: matter
  • matter: effect
  • quantum chromodynamics: finite temperature
  • track data analysis: jet
  • shape analysis: jet
  • jet: background