English

The "soft ridge" -- is it initial-state geometry or modified jets?

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-05-30 v1 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

An η\eta-elongated same-side 2D peak ("soft ridge") in minimum-bias angular correlations from heavy ion collisions has been attributed both to jet formation and to initial-state geometry structure coupled to radial flow. We consider evidence for both interpretations.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1110.3293,
  title  = {The "soft ridge" -- is it initial-state geometry or modified jets?},
  author = {Thomas A. Trainor},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.3293},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

4 pages, 3 figures, to be published in the Proceedings of the XLI International Symposium on Multiparticle Dynamics (ISMD 2011), 26-30 September, 2011, Miyajima Island, Hiroshima, Japan

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