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Joint Bayesian analysis of soft and high-$p_\perp$ probes yields tighter constraints on QGP properties

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2026-03-11 v1 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

To extract bulk QGP properties, we perform a joint Bayesian calibration of bulk-medium parameters using low-\pt\pt bulk and high-\pt\pt tomography within a common medium evolution. Low-\pt\pt observables are computed with \textsc{TRENTo}+\textsc{VISHNU}; temperature profiles are passed to \textsc{DREENA-A} to predict light/heavy RAA(\pt)R_{\mathrm{AA}}(\pt) and v2(\pt)v_2(\pt). Gaussian-process emulation enables Hamiltonian Monte Carlo sampling of the low-\pt\pt-only and joint posteriors. The low-\pt\pt-only case underpredicts high-\pt\pt anisotropy; the joint calibration matches both sectors and markedly tightens bulk-parameter constraints, demonstrating the added power of high-\pt\pt data.

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@article{arxiv.2603.09584,
  title  = {Joint Bayesian analysis of soft and high-$p_\perp$ probes yields tighter constraints on QGP properties},
  author = {Marko Djordjevic and Dusan Zigic and Igor Salom and Magdalena Djordjevic},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.09584},
  year   = {2026}
}

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5 pages, 5 figures