Fluctuations in jet momentum as an energy loss probe
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2007-05-23 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment
Nuclear Experiment
Nuclear Theory
Abstract
We investigate the measurement of the distribution of away-side jet as a way to probe the energy loss mechanism in heavy ion collisions, and constrain the properties of the medium created in heavy ion collisions. We define an observable related to the fluctuation of the energy deposited in the medium, and show that competing models of parton energy loss give differing values and scaling of this observable. We also argue that the scaling of this observable with system size can be related to the medium's partonic density. We then give a qualitative discussion of how the measurement we suggest can be performed and used to determine the parton energy loss mechanism and possibly the system's partonic density.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0602118,
title = {Fluctuations in jet momentum as an energy loss probe},
author = {Giorgio Torrieri and Charles Gale and Sangyong Jeon and Vasile Topor Pop},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0602118},
year = {2007}
}