Qualitative and Quantitative Jet Physics in Pb + Pb at LHC
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2011-09-23 v1
Abstract
The momentum dependence of the exciting new Pb + Pb data from LHC qualitatively suggests a perturbative picture interpretation for the energy loss of high-pT particles, but conclusions are difficult to draw due to the lack of 1) a quantitative theoretical calculation constrained by current high precision RHIC data and 2) a lack of control p + p and p + Pb data at LHC. Future measurements of identified heavy quark suppression will provide a novel qualitative tool for determining the dominant physics of the quark-gluon plasma created at RHIC and LHC.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1103.3018,
title = {Qualitative and Quantitative Jet Physics in Pb + Pb at LHC},
author = {W. A. Horowitz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1103.3018},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
5 pages, 3 figures, proceedings for the Kruger2010 Workshop on Discovery Physics at LHC