Momentum transport away from a jet in an expanding nuclear medium
Abstract
We study the transport dynamics of momenta deposited from jets in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions. Assuming that the high-energy partons traverse expanding quark-gluon fluids and are subject to lose their energy and momentum, we simulate dijet asymmetric events by solving relativistic hydrodynamic equations numerically without linearization in the fully (3+1)-dimensional coordinate. Mach cones are formed and strongly broadened by radial flow of the background medium. As a result, the yield of low- particles increases at large angles from the jet axis and compensates the dijet momentum imbalance inside the jet-cone. This provides an intimate link between the medium excitation by jets and results in dijet asymmetric events observed by the CMS Collaboration.
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@article{arxiv.1402.6469,
title = {Momentum transport away from a jet in an expanding nuclear medium},
author = {Yasuki Tachibana and Tetsufumi Hirano},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1402.6469},
year = {2014}
}
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5 pages, 2 figures; v2: published version in Phys. Rev. C