Abstract
Relativistic heavy ion collisions allow one to study Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) under extreme temperature and density conditions. A new form of matter formed at energy densities above ~ 1 GeV/fm3, Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP), is predicted in Lattice QCD calculations. One of the most interesting experimental signatures of QGP formation is jet-quenching due to in-medium energy loss when hard-scattered partons pass through the QGP. Direct jet reconstruction in heavy ion collisions has opened a new era of precision studies of jet-quenching. In this summary talk, recent jet measurements in heavy ion collisions and their implications are reviewed and discussed.
Highlights
High-energy collisions of heavy ions allow one to study the fundamental theory of the strong interaction Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) under extreme temperature and density conditions
One of the most interesting experimental signatures which are suggested for Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP) studies was the suppression of high-transverse-momentum(pT) particles, often referred to as “jet-quenching”, resulting from in-medium energy loss when hard-scattered partons pass through the strongly interacting medium [6]
Results from nucleus-nucleus collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) [7, 8, 9, 10] and the Large Hadron Collider [11, 12, 13] have shown evidence for the jet-quenching effect through the suppression of inclusive high-pT hadron production and modification of high-pT dihadron angular correlations when compared to proton-proton collisions
Summary
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