12th International Conference on Hard and Electromagnetic Probes of High-Energy Nuclear Collisions

22 Sept 2024, 08:00 → 27 Sept 2024, 16:00 Asia/Tokyo

DEJIMA MESSE NAGASAKI

Tatsuya Chujo (chair) (Univ. of Tsukuba), Tetsufumi Hirano (co-chair) (Sophia Univ.), Kazunori Itakura (co-chair) (NiAS), Ken Oyama (co-chair) (NiAS)

The 12th International Conference on Hard and Electromagnetic Probes of High-Energy Nuclear Collisions (Hard Probes 2024, HP2024) will take place in Nagasaki, DEJIMA MESSE NAGASAKI, in Japan from 22nd September until 27th September 2024.

The student lectures will take place on Sunday, September 22nd.

The conference is focused on experimental and theoretical developments on perturbative probes of hot and dense QCD matter as studied in high-energy nucleus-nucleus, proton-nucleus and proton-proton collisions. Specifically, topics for discussion will include:

• Jet modification and medium response
• High momentum hadrons and correlations
• Heavy quarks and quarkonia
• Electromagnetic and electroweak probes
• Nuclear PDFs, saturation and early time dynamics
• Future experimental facilities and new techniques

 

The conference is in-person only.

This confrence is partly supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP24H00003.

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Sunday 22 September

Registration

Student Lectures: Jet and High pT

Question Form

1 Jet and High pT

Speaker: Dr Yang-Ting Chien (Georgia State University)

HP2024_lecture.pdf

10:30 Coffee Break

Student Lectures: Heavy Flavor and Quarkonia

Question Form

2 Heavy Flavor and Quarkonia

Speaker: Zebo Tang (University of Science and Technology of China (CN))

HF_Onia_HP2024_Tang.pdf

12:30 Lunch Break (BENTO)

Bento is served.

Student Lectures: Initial State and Early Time Dynamics

Question Form

3 Initial State and Early Time Dynamics

Speaker: Hidetoshi TAYA

202409HardProbes-HT.pdf

15:00 Coffee Break

Student Lectures: Electromagnetic and Weak Probes

Question Form

4 Electromagnetic and Weak Probes

Speaker: Ana Marin (GSI - Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung GmbH (DE))

ElectroMagneticAndWeakProbes.pdf

16:30 Short Break

Student Lectures: Q&A, Discussion Session

Convener: Chiho Nonaka

Question Form

19:00 Welcome Reception

Monday 23 September

Registration

Plenary Session I

Convener: Urs Wiedemann (CERN)

5 Welcome Address

Speaker: Tatsuya Chujo (chair) (Univ. of Tsukuba)

HP2024_welcome_v2.pdf

6 ALICE Collaboration Overview

Speaker: Xiaozhi Bai (University of Science and Technology of China (USTC))

HP24_xbai_final.pdf

7 ATLAS Collaboration Overview

Speaker: Qipeng Hu (University of Science and Technology of China (CN))

AtlatOverview-HP2024-QipengHu-0923-v5.pdf

8 CMS Collaboration Overview

Speaker: Gian Michele Innocenti (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (US))

HardProbes2024_Overview_FinalIndico.pdf

10:30 Coffee Break

Plenary Session II

Convener: Barbara Jacak (University of California Berkeley (US))

9 LHCb Collaboration Overview

Speaker: Saverio Mariani (CERN)

Mariani_HP2024-6.pdf

10 STAR Collaboration Overview

Speaker: Isaac Mooney

Mooney_HP24_FINAL.pdf

11 PHENIX Collaboration Overview

Speaker: Takashi Hachiya (Nara Women's University (JP))

HP2024_PHENIXoverview_hachiya_v4.pdf

12 sPHENIX Collaboration Overview

Speaker: Anthony Hodges (Univ. Illinois at Urbana Champaign (US))

hodgesSPHENIXOverviewHP2024_v4.pdf

13 Women in Japanese STEM field

Speaker: Yukie Sano

20240923_HP2024_Sano.pdf

20240923_HP2024_Sano.pptx

12:30 Lunch Break (BENTO)

Bento is served.

Parallel 1: jet substructure

Convener: Dr Xin-Nian Wang (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US))

14 Radius dependent jet quenching measurements from ATLAS

Measurements of jets that traverse a quark gluon plasma can provide in- sights into the jet energy loss in heavy ion collisions. Furthermore, considering jets of various radii can help elucidate how the parton energy is transferred to the medium as well as the corresponding medium response. This talk presents measurements of the nuclear modification factor and dijet momentum balance for anti-kt jets reconstructed with radius R = 0.2, 0.3, 0.5, 0.4, and 0.6, obtained with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. These measurements used 1.72 nb−1 of Pb+Pb data collected in 2018, and 260 pb−1 of pp data collected in 2017, both at a per-nucleon center of mass energy √sNN = 5.02 TeV. The measurements were unfolded in jet transverse momentum to correct for the jet energy reso- lution. The measurements show a jet radius dependence of jet quenching and suppression. These measurements will improve the understanding of the jet energy loss process.

Speaker: Anne Marie Sickles (Univ. Illinois at Urbana Champaign (US))

sickles_092324.pdf

15 Jet substructure measurements with small and large radius jets with ATLAS

Measurements of jet substructure in heavy-ion collisions provide critical insights into the mechanisms of jet quenching within the hot and dense QCD medium created during these collisions, spanning a wide range of energy scales. This talk presents new measurements from the ATLAS Collaboration on jet suppression and substructure, employing the Soft-Drop grooming procedure in Pb+Pb and pp collisions at √sNN = 5.02 TeV. These precision measurements utilize vari- ous jet constituents, including charged particles and novel objects reconstructed from tracker and calorimeter data. Notably, measurements that exclusively uti- lize charged particles extend to a large radius of R = 1.0. Jet suppression is quantified with the nuclear modification factor RAA and is presented as a func- tion of jet transverse momentum pT, the opening angle of the hardest internal splitting rg, and the corresponding transverse momentum scale √d12. These results, when compared with theoretical models, enhance our understanding of jet quenching dynamics in the QCD medium, provide new insights into the medium’s properties, and test the theoretical understanding of QCD dynamics in heavy-ion collisions.

Speaker: Martin Rybar (Charles University (CZ))

HP2024_Rybar.pdf

16 Jet fragmentation and substructure correlations in pp and Pb--Pb at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}$ = 5.02 TeV with ALICE

Jet substructure observables are an effective probe of the QCD matter created in heavy ion collisions, studying various jet and medium interaction scales. Measurements of these observables have been typically limited to single dimensions, leaving unanswered questions about the interplay of momentum and angular components in the evolution of jets. Here we present two new multi-dimensional jet substructure measurements from the ALICE collaboration. The first is a measurement of Soft Drop groomed jets, reporting the first fully corrected correlation between $z_{\textrm{g}}$ and $R_{\textrm{g}}$ in pp and Pb--Pb collisions. The measurement is compared to a selection of models to explore the role of various jet quenching mechanisms and selection biases due to energy loss. We also report a differential measurement of jet fragmentation in small systems, specifically examining the transverse momentum ($j_{\textrm{T}}$) distributions of jet constituents for several $z$ ranges in pp collisions. By comparing these $z$-dependent $j_{\textrm{T}}$ distributions with theoretical predictions, we test our current understanding of jet fragmentation and hadronisation processes, exploring parton shower and hadronisation effects in vacuum and their possible modifications in small systems. These studies provide a comprehensive view of both the medium-induced modification of the jets and the jet evolution process and highlight the importance of multi-dimensional analyses in understanding QCD.

Speaker: Bas Hofman (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))

Hard Probes 2024.pdf

17 Isolating perturbative QCD splittings in heavy-ion collisions

We propose a novel approach to investigate the evolution of jets in heavy-ion collisions by employing a combination of jet substructure measurements. Our method focuses on isolating the perturbative regime of jet evolution. As a proof of concept, we analyze the distribution of the hardest splitting above a transverse momentum scale, $k_{t,{\rm cut}}$ , in high-$p_T$ jets. For a $k_{t,{\rm cut}}$ that is significantly greater than any medium scale, the observable is determined by vacuum-like emissions. Therefore, it serves as a unique baseline independent of the medium modeling. Furthermore, a moderate $k_{t,{\rm cut}}$ enhances the sensitivity to energy loss, specifically highlighting the presence of a critical resolution angle. Finally, at low $k_{t,{\rm cut}}$ , the observable becomes sensitive to induced emissions and medium response. We validate the generality of our findings using various heavy-ion event generators, including Hybrid, JetMed, Jewel, and Matter+LBT/MARTINI models. Consequently, these substructure measurements can serve as a valuable guideline for future model developments, effectively disentangling different medium contributions. Our study paves the way for the definition of jet observables that can be calculated from first principles, dominated by perturbative QCD, and within the experimental reach of Run3 at the LHC.

[1] L. Cunqueiro, D. Pablos, A. Soto-Ontoso, M. Spousta, A. Takacs, M. Verweij, arXiv:2311.07643

Speaker: Adam Takacs (Heidelberg University)

AdamTakacs_HardProbes2024.pdf

18 Probing hadronization and quark-gluon plasma using collinear-drop jet observables at RHIC

Deciphering jet substructure modification patterns in heavy ion collisions holds the key to finding the inner working of the quark-gluon plasma. In the past few years, significant progress was made to studying the modifications of soft-drop jet observables, which were designed to probe the hard jet substructure. Collinear-drop observables were constructed to enhance the sensitivity to soft jet substructure, with the flexibility of scanning through phase space in search of characteristic medium signatures. With the new runs at Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, we provide resummed calculations of a set of collinear-drop observables, including the new class of flattened jet angularity, at next-to-leading logarithmic accuracies using soft-collinear effective theory. The significant hadronization effects as modeled in Pythia event generator are included through the transfer matrix approach. We also investigate the medium effects to collinear-drop observables in heavy ion collisions using Q-pythia and Jewel Monte Carlo simulations, as well as analytic calculations with glauber interactions. We discuss strategies of designing collinear-drop observables for testing jet-medium interaction mechanisms. In the end we present theoretical predictions for the upcoming STAR measurement results.

Speaker: Dr Yang-Ting Chien (Georgia State University)

HP2024_collinear_drop.pdf

19 Leading order, next-to-leading order, and non-perturbative parton collision kernels: Effects on the jet substructures

Jet energy loss is an important signature of the creation of QGP. High-precision energy-loss model is essential to independently verifying the QGP properties learned from soft particles. In this work, we study the phenomenological influence of the higher order collision kernels --- the up-to-NLO one evaluated by EQCD and the non-perturbative (NP) one computed in lattice QCD --- in the energy loss of hard parton, compared to the LO kernel using AMY.

We first optimize the energy loss modeling in MARTINI. Introducing formation time to the parton shower in the initial hard scattering is found to be essential for a simultaneous description of hadron and jet R_AA. It also improves jet shape at small angle and fragmentation function of leading hadrons. Discrepancy with data is observed at the soft sections of jet substructures, i.e. shape at large angles and the fragmentation function at small momentum fractions, which necessitates introduction of energy loss to high virtuality partons.

We then perform comprehensive parameter scans of MARTINI using LO, NLO, and NP kernels. Hadron and jet R_AA are calculated with AMY rates using the three kernels and the optimized parameter sets for the running coupling. The results exhibit remarkable similarities in their overall values, as well as pT and centrality dependences. Due to the differences in the soft radiation rates, sizable differences in the jet substructure is observed.

Refs: the authors, PRC106.064902; in progress.

Speaker: Dr Shuzhe SHI (Tsinghua University)

HP2024_Shi.pdf

Parallel 2: heavy quark production

Convener: Roberta Arnaldi (Universita e INFN Torino (IT))

20 Understanding initial and final states with charm meson pair and charm baryon production in pPb collisions with CMS

Recent research suggested that hot nuclear matter phenomena also occur in small systems in the charm sector. To deepen the understanding of the source of such phenomena, we will present the charm hadron production in pPb collisions, focusing on the $\Lambda_{c}$-to-$D^{0}$ ratio in different multiplicities to examine the hadronization mechanisms. The results are also compared to the light and the strange sectors in different collision systems. To further investigate the initial state effects in nuclear collisions, we will report the first observation of double $J/\psi$ production and the first measurement of double D meson productions in pPb collisions. . These new results impose important constraints on the models from initial to final states, providing essential information for understanding the heavy quark behaviors in small systems.

Speaker: Soohwan Lee (Korea University (KR))

pPbCharm_HP2024.pdf

21 Measurements of production of charm-hadron pairs in pp collisions with ALICE

In hadron-hadron collisions at LHC energies, Multiple Parton Interactions (MPI), where multiple hard-parton scatterings can occur in the same collision, play a significant role. Among MPI scenarios, Double-Parton Scatterings (DPS) represent the simplest case. The DPS contribution to a given process with two final-states A and B can be expressed as the product of the cross-sections of the sub-processes involved for the independent production of A and B, divided by an effective cross section. The effective cross section, a phenomenological parameter, is related to the transverse overlap function between the partons of the proton. By investigating DPS, we gain insights into the evolution equations of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) concerning multi-parton distributions and potential correlations in color and spin degrees of freedom.

The production of heavy quarks (charm and beauty) occurs in hard-parton scatterings due to their large masses. Consequently, the study of DPS production can be performed via measurements of the production cross sections of charm-hadron pairs. In this contribution, we will discuss the latest measurements involving production of $\rm{D}^{0}\rm{D}^{0}$, $\rm{D}^{0}\rm{J}/\psi$, and $\rm{J}/\psi\rm{J}/\psi$ pairs at midrapidity and forward rapidity in pp collisions, from Run 2 data samples at $\sqrt{s} = $ 13 TeV and Run 3 data samples at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13.6 TeV, with the ALICE detector at the LHC.

Speaker: Pengzhong Lu (University of Science and Technology of China (CN), GSI-Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung GmbH(DE))

HP2024_lupz_V3.pdf

22 Studies of beauty-quark production, hadronisation and cold nuclear matter effects in pp and p-Pb collisions with ALICE

Measurements of beauty-hadron production in ultrarelativistic hadronic collisions provide a fundamental tool for testing perturbative QCD calculations. Recent results at the LHC show that the beauty fragmentation function, as well as that of charm, is not universal across different collision systems. An extension of these studies to further energies, rapidities and collision systems has thus become crucial. Additionally, studies in p-Pb collisions allow us to shed light on the role of cold nuclear matter effects on beauty production and their impact on beauty-quark hadronisation. The ALICE experiment investigates the beauty sector via high-precision measurements of non-prompt D mesons and $\Lambda_{\rm c}^{+}$ baryons, and via the measurement of leptons from beauty-hadron decays.
In this presentation, the first studies of non-prompt/prompt production-yield ratios of charm hadrons in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 13.6$ TeV from the LHC Run 3 data taking are reported. Moreover, the final results on non-prompt charm baryon-over-meson and meson-over-meson production yield ratios in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV and in p-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}$ = 5.02 TeV are shown, as well as the nuclear modification factor of non-prompt D mesons and $\Lambda_{\rm c}^{+}$ baryons in p-Pb collisions. The total $b\overline{b}$ production cross section at midrapidity in pp collisions is also presented. Finally, recent results on electrons from beauty-hadron decays are discussed.

Speaker: Andrea Tavira Garcia (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))

AndreaTaviraGarcia_HardProbes.pdf

23 Charm production in LHCb fixed-target mode

The novel fixed-target program pioneered by the LHCb experiment during
the LHC Run 2 has been upgraded for Run 3 with a dedicated gas injection system, SMOG2. Featuring an improved gas confinement to increase the fixed-target luminosity and a new system that allows the injection of non-noble gases, SMOG2 enables the collection of large samples of pA and PbA fixed-target collisions, including high-statistics samples of charm hadrons. Charm production measurements with SMOG2 provide a unique ability to study and constrain cold nuclear matter effects in small and large collision systems at the same √sNN and also allow to probe the possible onset of hot nuclear matter effects. In this talk, new results of hidden and open charm production using the first data from the new SMOG2 system will be shown. The prospects for charm measurements in PbAr collisions will also be discussed.

Speaker: Óscar Boente García (Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole polytechnique)

oboenteg_charmproductionSMOG2_v3.pdf

24 Charm and beauty production at forward rapidity with ALICE

In hadronic collisions, charm and beauty quarks are mainly produced in hard partonic scatterings due to their large masses. Thus, they are ideal tools to investigate various aspects of perturbative QCD. In addition, measurements in pp collisions represent a baseline for cold nuclear matter studies in p-A collisions, and for the characterization of the hot and dense medium, the quark-gluon plasma (QGP), formed in A-A interactions. In ALICE, it is possible to reconstruct dileptons both in the dielectron channel at midrapidity ($|y|$ < 0.9) in the central barrel, and in the dimuon channel at forward rapidity (2.5 < $y$ < 4) with the muon spectrometer. In particular, the continuum region between charmonium and bottomonium resonances, as well as that beyond bottomonia, are significantly populated by the semileptonic decays of hadron pairs containing charm or beauty quarks. In this contribution, a first measurement of heavy-flavor cross sections in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 13$ TeV and forward rapidity will be presented. Additionally, the separate measurement of single muons from charm- and beauty-hadron decays in pp and Pb-Pb collisions from the LHC Run 3, collected with the upgraded ALICE apparatus exploiting the vertexing capabilities of the new Muon Forward Tracker (MFT), will also be reported.

Speaker: Michele Pennisi (Universita e INFN Torino (IT))

HP2024_MPennisi_v6.pdf

25 First $D^0+\overline{D}^0$ measurement in heavy-ion collisions at SPS energies with NA61/SHINE

The measurement of open charm meson production provides a tool for the investigation of the properties of the hot and dense matter created in nucleus-nucleus collisions at relativistic energies. In particular, charm mesons are of vivid interest in the context of the study of the nature of the phase-transition between confined hadronic matter and the quark-gluon plasma. Recently, the experimental setup of the NA61/SHINE experiment was upgraded with the high spatial resolution Vertex Detector which enables the reconstruction of secondary vertices from open charm meson decays.

In this presentation the first $D^0$ meson yields at the SPS energy regime will be shown. The analysis used the most central 20% of  Xe+La collisions at 150A GeV/c from the data set collected in 2017. This allowed the estimation of the corrected yields (dN/dy) for $D^0+\overline{D}^0$ via its $\pi^{+/-} + K^{-/+}$ decay channel at mid-rapidity in the center-of-mass system. The results will be compared and discussed in the context of several model calculations including statistical and dynamical approaches.

Speaker: Anastasia Merzlaya (UiO)

MerzlayaA_OpenCharmAtSPS_23.09.24_HP.pdf

Parallel 3: nPDF

Convener: Dieter Roehrich (University of Bergen (NO))

26 Improved constraints on nPDFs using dijet production in pPb collisions at 8.16 TeV with the CMS Detector

Measurements of dijet production in heavy ion collisions can be used to probe the nuclear matter. In proton-lead collisions, the normalized average dijet pseudorapidity distributions can be used as a sensitive tool for constraining the nuclear modifications of parton distribution functions (nPDF) at different $Q^2$ scales and Bjorken-$x$. In such studies, it is possible to investigate, with a good precision, the shadowing, anti-shadowing and EMC effects. In this talk, the updated dijet average pseudorapidity measurements in pPb collisions at 8.16 TeV in various dijet transverse momentum ranges will be presented with the data samples collected with the CMS detector at the LHC. The measured distributions are compared to perturbative quantum chromodynamics calculations with different sets of proton and nuclear PDFs.

Speaker: Grigory Nigmatkulov (University of Illinois Chicago)

Nigmatkulov_HP2024.pdf

27 Top quark pair production in Heavy Ion Collisions with the ATLAS experiment

Measurements of top quarks in heavy-ion collisions are expected to provide novel probes of nuclear modifications to parton distribution functions as well as to bring unique information about the evolution of strongly interacting mat- ter. We report the observation of the top-quark pair production in proton-lead collisions at the centre-of-mass energy of 8.16 TeV in the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. Top-quark pair production is measured in the lepton+jets and the dilepton channels, with a significance well above 5 standard deviations in each channel separately. The results from the measurement of the nuclear modifica- tion factor RpA are also presented. If available, results from the measurement of top-quark production in Pb+Pb collisions will be presented and discussed.

Speaker: Patrycja Anna Potepa (AGH University of Krakow (PL))

Potepa-Slides.pdf

28 PHENIX cold QCD and spin physics results

The strong interaction, QCD, has been very successful in
describing perturbative processes between high-energetic quarks and
gluons, but nonperturbative quantities such as the (spin) structure of
the nucleon and nuclei are generally not accessible from first
principles. Parton distribution functions, PDFs, have to be obtained
from experiment and in part from lattice simulations. The PDFs of the nucleon and nuclei form the cold QCD baseline needed for heavy ion collisions. When adding the
spin structure of nuclear matter, even less is understood in terms of the
spin decomposition of quark and gluon spins, and their orbital angular
momenta. In recent years, particularly, transverse spin asymmetry measurements have also been performed on polarized proton-nucleus interactions. These measurements show a strong connection to low-x physics, as well as spin dependent modifications even in unpolarized nuclei via intrinsically transverse momentum dependent PDFs.
The recent cold QCD and spin related measurements by PHENIX, with emphasis on those that relate to nuclei will be presented.

Speaker: Ralf Seidl

2024_09_23_PHENIX_Spin_Seidl.pdf

29 Nuclear PDFs from the nCTEQ collaboration

Recently in the nCTEQ group we have performed a number of dedicated analyses investigating different important aspects related to nuclear parton distribution functions (nPDFs). This includes: analysis of the low-x distributions with help of p-Pb heavy quark(onium) data from the LHC; study of the high-x region by including JLAB DIS data and systematically investigating theoretical aspects related to this region, such as, target mass corrections or deuteron corrections; reanalysis of the available DIS neutrino data and others. All these efforts are now being combined into a new global nPDF analysis - nCTEQ24. In the current talk I will present preliminary results of this new analysis.

Speaker: Aleksander Kusina

kusina_HardProbes2024.pdf

30 Evolution of structure functions at NLO without PDFs

The increasingly precise experimental data from LHC have led to global extractions of parton distribution functions with significantly improved accuracy. While there are ways to approximate some theoretical uncertainties like those arising from the choices of the factorization scale, alternative approaches to tame the remaining theoretical uncertainties may eventually be needed for precision phenomenology and searches for new physics. An option advocated here is to formulate the global analysis of QCD entirely in terms of Deep Inelastic Scattering (DIS) structure functions instead of PDFs. In this talk, we show how to write down the $Q^2$ dependence of DIS structure functions at NLO with three active quark flavours, what are the novel features with respect to the leading-order case discussed in Ref. [1], and how the independence of the factorization scale and scheme arises in practice. The steps towards the first PDF-free global analysis of QCD including LHC data are outlined.

[1] T. Lappi, H. Mäntysaari, H. Paukkunen and M. Tevio, Evolution of structure functions in momentum space, Eur. Phys. J. C 84.1 (2024) [arXiv:2304.06998 [hep-ph]]

Speaker: Mirja Tevio

tevioHP24.pdf

31 Polarization measurement and prospects at LHCb

With its precise vertex reconstruction and particle identification capabilities,
the LHCb detector is ideally suited to study the production and polarization
of primary and secondary particles. In particular, as the origin of hyperon po-
larization from unpolarized proton-proton and proton-nucleus collisions is not
yet fully understood, measurements in different collision systems and kinematic
ranges must be provided. In this contribution, recent LHCb measurements
of hyperon polarization in heavy-ion collider and in fixed-target modes are dis-
cussed, including their implications for hadronization modification in small colli-
sion systems and for transverse-momentum-dependent parton distributions and
fragmentation functions.

Speaker: Youen Kang (Tsinghua University (CN))

Polarization measurement and prospects at LHCb.pdf

Parallel 4: high pt in small systems

Convener: Andreas Morsch (CERN)

32 Search for jet quenching with high $p_\mathrm{T}$ hadron azimuthal anisotropy using subevent cumulants in pPb collisions at CMS

Measurements at the LHC have provided evidence for collective behavior in high-multiplicity proton-lead (pPb) collisions through multiparticle correlation techniques. Yet, no conclusive evidence of jet quenching, indicating the energy loss of high-$p_\mathrm{T}$ partons as they traverse the medium, has been detected in pPb. This raises the intriguing question: How can a medium described by hydrodynamics, and that significantly modifies the distribution of final-state hadrons, yet has no significant impact on the distribution of high-pT particles? To investigate this, a comprehensive study of differential Fourier coefficients ($v_{n}$) in particle transverse momentum ($p_\mathrm{T}$) and event multiplicity is presented in pPb collisions recorded by the CMS experiment at a nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy $\sqrt{s_{_{\mathrm{NN}}}} = 8.16$ TeV. In particular, new measurements of $p_\mathrm{T}$-differential multiparticle cumulants using the subevent method probes an extended phase space region up to a high particle $p_\mathrm{T}$. Additionally, we compare the results between pPb and PbPb collisions in the same multiplicity window. This comparison will help assess similarities and differences in the medium's interaction with high-$p_\mathrm{T}$ particles in these two collision types.

Speaker: Rohit Kumar Singh (Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IN))

Hard_probes24_talk_final.pdf

33 ATLAS measurements of soft-hard correlations and anisotropy decorrelations in pp collisions

This talk presents two recent ATLAS measurements of multi-particle correlations in pp collisions. The first investigates the relationship between the pp “ridge” and hard scattering processes. In particular, it is not known whether jets or their soft fragments are correlated with particles in the underlying event. To study this “soft-hard” correlation, measurements of two-particle correlations in pp collisions with two different particle-pair selections are presented. First, charged particles associated with jets are excluded from the correlation analysis. The measurement shows that excluding such particles does not affect the pp-ridge. In the second case, correlations are measured between particles within jets and charged particles from the underlying event. Particles associated with jets are found to not exhibit any significant azimuthal correlations with the underlying event, ruling out that hard processes contribute to the ridge. A second measurement of longitudinal decorrelation in pp collisions at 5 TeV and 13 TeV is also presented. This is the first time such measurements have been performed in pp collisions. Because non-flow effects are more significant in pp collisions, non-flow template subtraction procedures are applied. The results are quoted over a range of multiplicities and compared to measurements in Xe+Xe collisions. This gives the first detailed information on the correlation between longitudinal and transverse energy deposition in pp collisions.

Speaker: Blair Daniel Seidlitz (Columbia University (US))

BSeidlitz_ATL_COLLECTIVITY_HP24.pdf

34 Differential pi0 and photon modification in d+Au collisions

Experiments at RHIC and LHC have found no observable evidence of jet quenching in small systems, with one exception — a recent measurement by PHENIX [2303.12899], which compared the yield of neutral pion and direct photon production in very central d+Au collisions. The argument is that the photon yields can be used to correct out any centrality bias effects, and thus the surprisingly strong signal observed by PHENIX in the pi0 measurement is attributable mainly to jet quenching. In a recent paper [2404.17660], I argue that the particular photon and pion events selected by PHENIX arise from proton configurations with significantly different Bjorken-x distributions, and thus are subject to different magnitudes of centrality-dependent modification from initial-state color fluctuation effects. Using the results of a previous global analysis of RHIC and LHC data [1709.04993], with no additional parameters or re-tuning, I show that potentially all of the pion-to-photon difference in PHENIX data can be described by a proton color fluctuation picture at a quantitative level before any additional physics from final-state effects is required. This finding reconciles the interpretation of the PHENIX measurement with others at RHIC and LHC into a consistent picture across experiments, in which there are strong constraints on the possible amount of jet quenching in small systems.

Speaker: Dennis Perepelitsa (University of Colorado Boulder)

dvp-HP-9-23-24.pdf

35 Exploring jet quenching effects via di-hadron correlations in 13 TeV proton-proton collisions with ALICE

In high-energy collider physics, one of the most important questions is whether quark-gluon plasma (QGP) is formed in pp collisions. Recently, flow-like behaviours have been found in high-multiplicity pp collisions implying collectivity. Stronger evidence for the QGP formation in pp collisions would be signatures of jet quenching, which has not yet been observed. In this contribution, the results of jet quenching studies in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s_\mathrm{NN}}=13$ TeV with di-hadron correlations will be presented. The correlations are measured for various $p_\mathrm{T}$ intervals as a function of charged-particle multiplicity. The results at high-multiplicity (HM) events show an azimuthal narrowing of the jets compared to the minimum bias (MB) events, although the difference between HM and MB becomes smaller at higher $p_\mathrm{T}$ intervals where the jets are narrower. These findings suggest a potential bias in the flow extraction, called the low-multiplicity (LM) template method, which assumes that the jet shape does not change between HM and LM events. The measurements are compared with various model calculations such as PYTHIA8, PYTHIA String shoving, EPOS, AMPT and JETSCAPE. Additionally, we report on the jet fragmentation functions in HM and MB events as well as preliminary results of di-hadron correlations from the LHC Run 3 pp collisions. Furthermore, the implications and interpretations of the results are discussed.

Speaker: Maxim Virta (University of Jyväskylä)

pp_jet_modifications_HP2024.pdf

36 Exploring light flavor hadronization in hard and soft events with event shape classifiers in small collision systems at the LHC with ALICE

High-multiplicity pp collisions at LHC energies have revealed that small systems can exhibit QGP-like features, suggesting that light-flavor hadron production arises from complex mechanisms whose relative contributions evolve smoothly from low to high multiplicity collisions. Several analyses have recently been performed with event shape classifiers to separate soft and hard components, namely with transverse spherocity, relative transverse activity classifier, and charged-particle flattenicity.
This talk will present the charged and identified light flavour particle production as a function of event shape classifiers in pp collisions. These studies allow topological selection of events that are either "isotropic" (dominated by multiple soft processes) or "jet-like" (dominated by one or few hard scatterings). In addition, to get an insight into the underlying dynamics of ϕ meson production, this talk will highlight new results from ALICE comparing the ϕ meson production in and out of jets from pp collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13.6$ TeV. The experimental results will be compared with the predictions from QCD-inspired models such as PYTHIA 8 and QGP-inspired models such as EPOS-LHC and EPOS4.

Speaker: Feng Fan (Central China Normal University CCNU (CN))

HP2024_feng.pdf

37 Multi-Observable Analysis of Jet Quenching Using Bayesian Inference

The JETSCAPE Collaboration presents a new, multi-observable study of jet transport in the QGP using Bayesian Inference, for the first time incorporating all available inclusive hadron and jet suppression data, and jet substructure data. The theoretical description of jet quenching is multi-stage, based on the MATTER and LBT models, with virtuality-dependent jet-medium interaction. Detailed hydrodynamic modeling of the QGP utilizes a previous Bayesian calibration. This study extends the previous JETSCAPE Bayesian Inference jet quenching analysis, which was based solely on inclusive hadron data. The multi-observable nature of the analysis enables exploration of correlations and differences between different probes and different kinematic ranges. Notably, tension is observed between calibrations based on hadron RAA for pT<30 GeV/c, and higher pT hadron and jet RAA data. This approach goes beyond the constraint of model parameters, testing the consistency with which the theoretical formulation describes a wide range of jet quenching data, and identifying those aspects of the formulation that are in tension with data. We also explore the constraints imposed by jet substructure data, beyond those of inclusive jet and hadron suppression measurements. These studies provide new insight into the mechanisms of jet interactions in matter and their theoretical description, and point to next steps in the field for comprehensive understanding of jet quenching as a probe of the QGP.

Speaker: Peter Martin Jacobs (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US))

Jacobs_JETSCAPE_HP24_final.pdf

Jacobs_JETSCAPE_HP24_final.pptx

16:00 Coffee Break

Parallel 5: jet substructure

Convener: Mateusz Ploskon (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US))

38 Identifying the onset of early-vacuum showers and medium-modified showers with the Lund jet plane in high-pT jets with CMS

Jets are powerful probes used to improve our understanding of the strong force at short distances. The radiation pattern of jets can be visualized via the Lund jet plane, a two-dimensional representation of the phase space of intrajet emissions using the splitting angle $\Delta R$ and the relative transverse momentum of the emission relative to the emitter $k_{\mathrm{T}}$. The Lund jet plane allows for the separation of nonperturbative and perturbative effects in a modular fashion, allowing for strong constraints in MC event generators and for robust comparisons with first-principles QCD calculations. In heavy ion collisions, the Lund jet plane in addition can be used to obtain a spacetime picture of the evolution of the jet shower as it traverses the quark-gluon plasma created in the collision. In this talk, we discuss new CMS jet substructure measurements in pp and PbPb collisions based on the Lund jet plane representation in inclusive jets with a $p_{\mathrm{T}, jet} > 200$ GeV.

Speaker: Vangelis Vladimirov (Sapienza Universita e INFN, Roma I (IT))

Hard_Probes_Highest_kT_LP_final.pdf

39 First measurement of the jet axis decorrelation with photon-tagged jets in pp and PbPb at 5.02 TeV with CMS

A search for medium-induced jet transverse momentum broadening is performed with isolated photon-tagged jet events in proton-proton (pp) and lead-lead (PbPb) collisions at nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy $5.02$ TeV. The difference between jet axes as determined via energy-weight and winner-take-all clustering schemes, also known as the decorrelation of jet axes and denoted $\Delta j$, is measured for the first time in photon-tagged jet events. This observable is sensitive to both multiple scattering and large-angle scattering effects in the QGP. The pp and PbPb data samples were recorded with the CMS detector at the LHC and correspond to integrated luminosities of 1.69 nb$^{-1}$ and 302 pb$^{-1}$ respectively. Events are required to have a leading isolated photon with $60 < p_{T}^{\gamma} < 200$ GeV, which is correlated with anti-\kt $R = 0.3$ jets with $30 < p_{T}^{jet} < 100$ GeV opposite in azimuthal angle. Event selection on colorless high-pT bosons reduces the medium-induced survivor’s bias present in inclusive jet measurements of $\Delta j$. The PbPb results are reported as a function of collision centrality and compared to pp reference data. Jets with $p_{T}^{jet} < 60$ GeV have consistent shape in PbPb relative to pp. However, jets with $p_{T}^{jet} > 60$ GeV in central PbPb show signs of narrowing relative to pp. The results are compared to the Jewel and Pyquen theoretical models, which include different methods of energy loss.

Speaker: Molly Park (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (US))

HP2024-Molly-Park.pdf

40 Constraining the color-charge effects of energy loss with jet axis-based substructure studies in PbPb collisions at 5.02 TeV

Jets are established tools for studies of the Quark Gluon Plasma (QGP) properties. In this talk, we present a new measurement of the jet substructure modification via the observable ${\Delta R}_{\rm{axis}}$, characterizing the distance between two types of jet axis constructed with the same jet constituents. We use E-scheme and WTA axes with different sensitivity to soft and semi-hard medium-induced radiation. The reported fully unfolded distributions present the first CMS measurements of the angular separation between such axes for anti-$k_{T}$ $R=0.4$ jets from 5.02 PbPb collisions for several collision centralities and jet $p_{T}$ intervals. Significant modifications of $\Delta R_{\rm{axis}}$ distributions are observed in central compared to peripheral collisions, indicating progressive narrowing of angular correlations that could be attributed to QGP-induced modifications of the internal jet structure. Alternatively, the narrowing could also be produced by the predicted color-charge dependence of energy loss, causing a larger migration of gluon-initiated jets towards lower final state energies. Assuming the modification is attributed to the difference in the quark/gluon energy loss, we provide complementary findings on gluon fraction limits from the MC-based template fit to the fully unfolded data. The new measurements access the jet substructure in the previously unassessed kinematic domain and provide new limits of color charge dependence of energy loss.

Speaker: Mr Raghunath Pradhan (University of Illinois at Chicago (US))

Raghunath_HardProbes2024_v3.pdf

41 Detection of jet shower width and survival bias effect with photon-tagged jet girth and groomed jet radius in pp and PbPb at 5.02 TeV with CMS

This talk presents the first measurements of the groomed jet radius $R_{\rm{g}}$ and the jet girth $g$ in events with an isolated photon recoiling against a jet in PbPb and pp collisions at the LHC at 5.02 TeV. The observables $R_{\rm{g}}$ and $g$ provide a quantitative measure of how narrow or broad a jet is. Events are required to have a photon with transverse momentum $p_{\rm{T}}^{\gamma} > 100$~GeV and at least one jet back-to-back in azimuth with respect to the photon and with transverse momentum $p_{\rm{T}}^{jet}$ such that $p_{\rm{T}}^{jet}/p_{\rm{T}}^{\gamma} > 0.4$. The measured $R_{\rm{g}}$ and $g$ distributions are unfolded to the particle level, which facilitates the comparison between the PbPb and pp results and with theoretical predictions. It is found that jets with $p_{\rm{T}}^{jet}/p_{\rm{T}}^{\gamma} > 0.8$, i.e, those that closely balance the photon $p_{\rm{T}}^{\gamma}$, are narrower in PbPb than in pp collisions. Relaxing the selection to include jets with $p_{\rm{T}}^{jet}/p_{\rm{T}}^{\gamma} > 0.4$ reduces the narrowing of the angular structure of jets in PbPb relative to the pp reference. This demonstrates that selection bias effects associated with jet energy loss play an important role in the interpretation of jet substructure measurements.

Speaker: Matthew Nguyen (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

HardProbes_MAN_240923.pdf

42 Extraction of jet-medium interaction details through jet substructure for inclusive and gamma-tagged jets

Through a comprehensive analysis with Monte Carlo simulations using a multi-stage jet evolution model, we demonstrate that by comparing the jet substructure modifications for inclusive jets and gamma-tagged jets, the virtuality dependence and flavor dependence in jet-medium interactions can be closely examined. Recent findings reveal that a reduction in jet-medium interaction at the early high-virtuality stage, where the jet resolves the medium at a very short distance scale [1], is crucial in explaining single particle energy loss and multiple inclusive jet observables simultaneously [2,3]. In particular, the Soft Drop observables for inclusive jets indicate that medium effects manifest primarily in the very soft components at a later stage, resulting in minimal modification to the hard splitting structure. This behavior is predominantly governed by the characteristics of gluon jets. For quark jets, interactions with the medium in the low virtuality region significantly influence the structure of hard splittings. Reflecting on this, we show that the medium modification of hard-splitting structures is more clearly visible in gamma-jet events via the Soft Drop observables.

[1] A. Kumar, A. Majumder, and C. Shen, PRC 101, 034908 (2020).
[2] A. Kumar et al. (JETSCAPE), PRC 107, 034911 (2023).
[3] Y. Tachibana et al. (JETSCAPE), arXiv:2301.02485.

Speaker: Yasuki Tachibana (Akita International University)

Tachibana-HP24.pdf

43 Effects of hadronic reinteraction on jet fragmentation from small to large systems

The effect of the hadronic phase on jet quenching in nuclear collisions is largely an open question, although there are tantalizing hints from previous studies that the effects might be sizable. We have implemented a hadronic afterburner phase for jet fragmentation hadrons in the JETSCAPE framework using SMASH. We have applied the new setup to $e^++e^-$, $p+p$ and $A+A$ systems in order to study the effects of hadronic rescattering. For a quantitative analysis we compare simulations, with and without rescatterings of shower hadrons during the afterburner phase. We report here effects of hadronic rescattering on hadron spectra, event shape observables and jet observables as functions of collision system and multiplicity. We find sizable corrections for many observables, in particular for hadron-hadron correlation functions.

Speaker: Mr Hendrik Roch (FIAS)

Hard_Probes_23_09_24_Hendrik_Roch.pdf

Parallel 6: heavy quarks in medium

Convener: Min He (Nanjing University of Science & Technology)

44 Elliptic flow measurements of light and heavy flavor hadrons, and $J/\psi$ in Au+Au collisions at forward rapidity with PHENIX

Measurements of elliptic flow ($v_2$) of light and heavy flavor particles can provide key insight into the transport properties and collective behavior of QGP. The PHENIX experiment has a unique forward rapidity coverage at RHIC ($1.2\leq|\eta|\leq2.2$), and large muon datasets collected in 2014 and 2016 with Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 200$ GeV, allowing for statistically significant heavy flavor $v_2$ measurements. Mid-rapidity data from RHIC indicate significant flow of open heavy flavor, while $v_2$ of $J/\psi$ is consistent with zero within the large statistical uncertainty. At LHC energies, both open heavy flavor particles and $J/\psi$ have non-zero $v_2$ measured in Pb+Pb and in p+Pb collisions. The influence of the initial and final state effects, charm thermalization and coalescence are under investigation both at RHIC and LHC. Most of the available RHIC measurements are at mid-rapidity. However, at forward rapidity the measurements sample different initial conditions, and the QGP has different temperature and pressure gradients, presenting an opportunity to disentagle competing effects. We present final results of $v_2$ of charged hadrons, muons from heavy flavor decays, and $J/\psi$, measured using the PHENIX muon arms from the combined high-statistics 2014 and 2016 Au+Au datasets. The results are compared to RHIC measurements at mid-rapidity and to measurements form LHC to provide a comprehensive picture of heavy flavor dynamics in QGP.

Speaker: Julia Velkovska (Vanderbilt University (US))

HP2024_Velkovska.pdf

45 Characterisation of heavy-quark propagation and thermalisation in QGP with ALICE

Heavy quarks (charm and beauty) are useful probes for investigating the properties of the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) generated in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions. Measurements of the nuclear modification factor $R_{\rm{AA}}$ of charm and beauty hadrons offer a means to characterize the in-medium energy loss of heavy quarks in the QGP. Insights into their participation in the medium collective motion are obtained through measurements of the elliptic-flow coefficient $v_2$. As heavy quarks traverse the QGP, the internal structure and energy of the resulting jet may be altered, while the parton shower can modify the plasma itself by injecting energy and momentum. Insights into these effects are obtained by measuring angular correlations involving heavy-flavour particles.

In this contribution, the latest findings from the LHC Pb-Pb Run 3 data are featured, showcasing the performance of $v_2$ measurements for both charm mesons and baryons. Measurements of the $R_{\rm{AA}}$ of charm hadrons and $\rm D^0$-tagged jets in Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm{NN}}} = 5.02$ TeV are shown, as well as the prompt- and non-prompt D meson $v_2$ coefficients. These measurements are compared to model predictions that incorporate various implementations of heavy-quark interaction and hadronisation with the QGP constituents. Additionally, angular correlations of heavy-flavour decay electrons with charged particles, and their alterations due to the QGP presence are presented.

Speaker: Biao Zhang (Heidelberg university(DE))

HP2024_biao_v7.pdf

46 Measurement of collective flow of $D_\mathrm{s}^{\pm}$ and $D^{0}$ meson with CMS at 5.02 TeV

The interaction of heavy quarks with the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) affects their azimuthal distribution and transverse momentum ($p_{\mathrm{T}}$) spectrum. Hence, azimuthal anisotropy coefficients ($v_n$) and nuclear modification factors ($R_{AA}$) of heavy flavor hadrons are vital probes to study QGP properties. This talk presents the first measurements of the elliptic ($v_{2}$) and triangular ($v_{3}$) flow coefficients of $D_{s}^{\pm}$ mesons in lead-lead (PbPb) collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 5.02 TeV with the CMS experiment. These measurements are performed as a function of transverse momentum in different centrality classes, significantly increasing precision and expanding the kinematic range compared to existing results. The wide kinematic range and direct comparison with non-strange D mesons allow for the investigation of various charm quark flow generation mechanisms, particularly hadronization processes. Additionally, the first-ever $D_{s}^{\pm}$ meson $v_3$ measurement can probe the impact of initial states.

Speaker: Nihar Ranjan Saha (Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IN))

HP2024_D0flow.pdf

47 Fluid-dynamic approach to heavy-quark diffusion in the quark-gluon plasma

Charm and beauty quarks are powerful tools to characterize the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) produced in heavy-ion collisions. Although they are initially produced out of kinetic equilibrium via hard partonic scattering processes, recent measurements of anisotropic flow of charmed hadrons pose the question regarding the degree thermalization of heavy quarks in the medium. Our recent work [1] has provided new insights into the level of thermalization of charm and beauty quarks in the QGP. In particular, by exploiting a mapping between transport theory and fluid dynamics, we have shown how a fluid-dynamic description of charm-quark diffusion in the QCD plasma is feasible at LHC energies. Inspired by recent lattice-QCD calculations, we will show how a partial thermalization within the lifetime of the QGP is expected also for beauty quarks.
We will present results for spectra of charm [2] and beauty hadrons obtained with a fluid-dynamic approach employing the conservation of a heavy-quark - antiquark current in the QGP. By introducing a weight parameter in the Equation of State for the beauty quark density and comparing our results with experimental measurements of open- and hidden-beauty hadron yields, we provide an estimate of the fraction of thermalized beauty quarks in the QGP.
This work is funded via the DFG ISOQUANT Collaborative Research Center (SFB 1225).
[1] Phys.Rev.D 106 3, 034021 (2022)
[2] Phys.Rev.D 108 (2023) 11, 116011

Speaker: Federica Capellino (Heidelberg University (DE))

HP2024_Capellino.pdf

48 Investigating of charm-quark hadronisation into baryons and its collision-system dependence with ALICE

Charm-baryon production measurements in proton-proton (pp) collisions at the LHC are fundamental tools to investigate the charm-quark hadronisation and to test pQCD calculations. Recent measurements in pp collisions have shown baryon-to-meson ratios significantly larger than those in $\mathrm{e^+e^-}$ collisions, challenging the validity of theoretical calculations based on the factorisation approach, which assumes universal charm fragmentation functions across collision systems. Additionally, these measurements allow for the study of possible hadronisation modifications in presence of nuclear-matter effects in larger collision systems (e.g. p-Pb).

In this contribution, preliminary results on the production of $\Sigma_{\rm c}^{0,++}$(2455) and $\Sigma_{\rm c}^{0,++}$(2520) baryon resonances in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13.6 TeV are presented. A first look at the $\Lambda_{\rm c}^{+}$/${\rm D}^0$ production-yield ratios in the same collision system is also discussed. Additionally, the final ALICE results on the fragmentation fractions of charm quarks into hadrons in pp and p--Pb collisions from Run 2 data sample are presented, along with the final measurement of $\Omega_\mathrm{c}^0$ baryon from the semileptonic decay channel $\Omega^-{\rm e}^+\nu_{\rm e}$ in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV. The results are compared with predictions from novel theoretical models that consider different hadronisation mechanisms with respect to in-vacuum fragmentation.

Speaker: Federica Zanone (Heidelberg University (DE))

HP_CharmHadronization.pdf

49 Recent LHCb probes for b-quark hadronization studies

The differences in hadron chemistry observed at e+e- machines versus hadron
colliders may indicate that the mechanisms by which partons evolve into visible
matter are not universal. In particular, the presence of many other quarks
produced in the underlying event may affect the hadronization process. With
full particle ID, precision vertexing, and a high rate DAQ, the LHCb detector
is uniquely well suited to study the hadronization of heavy quarks. In this
contribution, LHCb data on hadronization of heavy charm and bottom quarks,
including the first results on the b baryon-to-meson production ratio versus
charged particle multiplicity, will be presented

Speaker: Julie Lane Marie Berkey (Los Alamos National Laboratory (US))

Berkey_HP2024_v2.pdf

Parallel 7: early time dynamics

Convener: Dr Aleksas Mazeliauskas (Heidelberg University (DE))

50 Measurement of dE$_T$/d$\eta$ in Au+Au collisions at 200 GeV with sPHENIX at RHIC

The transverse energy in heavy ion collisions is one of the key observables characterizing global properties of the Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP). The transverse energy per unit pseudorapidity (dE$_T$/d$\eta$) probes the energy carried by the medium along the longitudinal direction, providing essential information related to the initial geometry and subsequent hydrodynamic evolution of the QGP. Such studies are facilitated using recent data collected by the sPHENIX detector during the RHIC commissioning run in 2023 with Au+Au collisions at nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy of 200 GeV. The sPHENIX calorimeter system, comprising Electromagnetic and Hadronic Calorimeter detectors, covers a wide rapidity acceptance region as well as the full azimuthal phase space. This setup provides the capability for high-resolution measurements of photons, electrons, jets, and hadrons, and also allows particularly detailed dE$_T$/d$\eta$ measurements with high precision. This talk reports the first measurements of dE$_T$/d$\eta$ with the sPHENIX detector, which are also the first results for that observable at RHIC using a hadronic calorimeter. The results are presented in various centrality intervals and compared to the latest theoretical models, which will impose strong constraints on centrality-dependent particle production and initial conditions of the collisions at RHIC energies.

Speaker: Dr Genki Nukazuka (RIKEN BNL Research Center)

20240923_dETdeta_ver3.1.pdf

51 Quantifying the degree of hydrodynamic behaviour in heavy-ion collisions

Exploiting the first measurements of the same ion species in O+O collisons at RHIC and LHC, we propose an experimentally acessible observable to distinguish whether collective behavior builds up through a hydrodynamic expansion of a strongly interacting QGP or through few rescatterings in a non-equilibrated dilute medium. Our procedure allows to disentangle the effects of the initial state geometry and the dynamical response mechanism on the total resulting anisotropic flow. We validate the ability of our proposed observable to discriminate between systems with different interaction rates using results from event-by-event simulations in RTA kinetic theory. As a proof of concept, we extract the degree of hydrodynamization for Pb+Pb collisions at LHC from experimental data.

Speaker: Clemens Werthmann (University of Wroclaw)

Werthmann_hp_2024.pdf

52 A Unified Adiabatic Description of Hydrodynamization in Kinetic Theory

The far-from equilibrium dynamics of the pre-hydrodynamic quark-gluon plasma (QGP) formed in heavy ion collisions can be characterized by distinct stages, during each of which the system loses some memory of its initial condition, until only the hydrodynamic modes remain. This attractor behavior has been characterized previously in both strongly and weakly coupled descriptions. In particular, at weak coupling it has been found in kinetic theory descriptions in terms of self-similar scaling solutions for the particle distribution function, even at times well before hydrodynamization. However, even though it has been repeatedly observed, there has been an absence of an intuitive physical explanation of how and why attractor behavior occurs. The Adiabatic Hydrodynamization (AH) framework provides exactly such an explanation, showing that the attractor solution can be thought of as the ground state of an analog to quantum mechanical adiabatic evolution, provided we identify appropriate coordinate rescalings. Using the example of a simplified QCD kinetic theory in the small-angle scattering limit, we show how AH can explain both the early pre-hydrodynamic attractor and the later hydrodynamizing attractor in a longitudinally expanding gluon gas in a unified framework. By doing this, we provide a unified description of, and intuition for, all the stages of what in QCD would be bottom-up thermalization, starting from a pre-hydrodynamic attractor and ending with hydrodynamization.

Speaker: Rachel Steinhorst (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

hp2024.pdf

53 Jet momentum broadening beyond the jet quenching parameter from QCD kinetic theory

The study of the initial nonequilibrium stages in heavy-ion collisions is an exciting research frontier. In particular, for jet quenching observables, jet-medium interactions during the initial stages have been argued to be one of the major theoretical uncertainties. To calculate the medium-induced gluon spectrum and jet energy loss, knowledge of the momentum broadening kernel is required, which is often used in a harmonic approximation with the jet quenching parameter $\hat q$. In this talk, I will present our results for the momentum-broadening kernel from the gluonic sector of QCD kinetic theory, which describes the probability for a jet parton to exchange a specific momentum with the medium. In particular, we find that at early times, processes with small-momentum exchange are more likely than in a corresponding thermal system, which reverses at large momenta. Our results for the kernel are consistent with the previous extraction of $\hat q$ while encoding more information and hence leading to a better description of jet quenching during the initial stages.

Speaker: Florian Lindenbauer (TU Wien)

talk_lindenbauer_hardprobes_2024.pdf

54 Jet quenching in the glasma stage of heavy-ion collisions

The early glasma stage of heavy-ion collisions is characterized by strong color fields which deflect jet partons, resulting in sizable jet momentum broadening. An outstanding question is how this momentum broadening leads to jet quenching in the glasma and how important this quenching is for jet phenomenology. In this work we aim to answer these questions by performing the first calculation of medium-induced radiation in the glasma. We use a model for the glasma comprised of independent color domains where each domain has a constant color field that varies event by event. We evaluate the rate of soft-gluon radiation in this model by performing an exact calculation of the path integral for the emissions kernel. We show that the rate is governed by the interplay of synchrotron-like radiation in a single color domain and the destructive interference between different color domains, giving a rate that is highly sensitive to the size of domains. Finally, we discuss how our work can be extended to more realistic glasma profiles and applied to accurate modelling of jets in heavy-ion collisions.

Speaker: Dr Andrey Sadofyev

HP_glasma.pdf

HP_glasma.pptx

55 Evolution of QCD jets in non equilibrium plasmas

In this work, we study the evolution of a jet, modelled as a linear perturbation of the distribution of quarks or gluons, in an out of equilibrium system of quarks and gluons. The hard probe and the bulk QCD matter are described in an unified approaching using QCD kinetic theory. This allows us to investigate the interplay between the hard and soft sectors of jets as well as those in the bulk. We shall focus on new features of jet evolution resulted from such an approach, contracting it with the conventional description using quenching weights. This study involves solving the Boltzmann Equation in Diffusion Approximation (BEDA) numerically, complemented with parametric estimates. Our results will also be compared with those using the Effective Kinetic Theory (EKT).

Speaker: Sergio Barrera Cabodevila (Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías - Universidade de Santiago de Compostela)

SBC_slides.pdf

Parallel 8: high pt correlations

Convener: Marco Van Leeuwen (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))

56 Study of full event energy-energy correlation in high-$p_\mathrm{T}$ Z tagged events in PbPb collisions in CMS

The production of a Z boson provides a clean handle to control the population of events to be studied. By selecting muonic decays of Z bosons, we can isolate the effect of the recoiling process without potential bias from requiring isolation, as is the case for photons. Di-hadron correlations can naturally separate effects from different angular scales. Similar to the energy-energy correlator in jets where perturbative and non-perturbative regimes are separated, by studying analogous correlation in the full event, one can unravel potential larger-scale structures that may arise from the interaction of high-energy recoiling particles with the quark-gluon plasma. This talk will present the first measurement of the energy-weighted di-hadron correlation with the CMS collaboration using events tagged with a Z boson. The result provides interesting insight into the inner workings of the quark-gluon plasma.

Speaker: Ms Yi Chen (Vanderbilt University (US))

20240923_ZEEC_HP2024_YiChen_v18.pdf

57 Investigating initial state of heavy-ion and pp collisions using [pT] fluctuations and vn − [pT] correlations in ATLAS

This talk presents recent studies of event-wise mean transverse momentum, [pT] that can help differentiate the interplay between the effect of radial collectivity, random thermal motion and deformation in nuclear geometry. In addition, the Pearson Correlation Coefficient (PCC) between flow, vn and [pT] , ρ(vn, [pT]), will be shown. The results bear on aspects of the initial state, such as nuclear deformation and initial momentum anisotropy. This talk presents new precise ATLAS measurements of [pT] cumulants up to 3rd order and vn − [pT] correlations in Xe+Xe, Pb+Pb and pp collisions. This measurement provides the first experimental handle to isolate initial state and medium evolution contributing to final state momentum fluctuations. The PCC coefficients show a non-monotonic dependence on centrality, [pT] and η, reflecting the fact that different aspects of the initial conditions affect different regions of the phase space. The ratio of ρ(v2, [pT]) be- tween the two systems in the ultra-central region suggests that 129Xe has large quadrupole deformation but with a significant triaxiality. The measurement of vn − [pT] correlation provides the first measurement of triaxiality in 129Xe using heavy ion collisions and provides new constraints to current models which fail to describe many of the observed trends in data. The measurement in high multiplicity pp collisions is compared to several models and provides information on the initial state contributions to the observed PCC.

Speaker: Tomasz Bold (AGH University of Krakow (PL))

2023-09-hp-talk-tbold.pdf

58 Measurement of Azimuthal Anisotropy of High Transverse Momentum Charged Particles in Pb+Pb Collisions using Multi-particle Cumulants with the ATLAS Detector

Heavy-ion collisions produce a hot, dense medium, and high-momentum par- tons from the collision traverse this medium while losing energy in it. Because of the initial geometry of the QGP, partons produced at different angles, with respect to the impact parameter, traverse different path lengths in the medium leading to azimuthal-angle dependence of the yields of high transverse momen- tum (pT) final-state particles. The magnitude of angular modulation is quanti- fied by the parameter vn with respect to the nth-order event plane. This talk presents new measurements of vn and its fluctuations as a function of pT and centrality using high-pT charged hadrons in data collected by ATLAS detector at √sNN = 5.02 TeV. The measurements cover a broad track pT range from 1 to 400 GeV over collision centrality 0–60% for vn where n = 2, 3, 4 using scalar product method. The v2 and v3 coefficients are also measured with the multi-particle cumulant methods to probe fluctuations in the vn distribution. A non-zero v2 is observed through all centrality bins at pT greater than 60 GeV. For the scalar-product method, both v3 and v4 are consistent with zero in a high- pT region. The v2 and v3 showed different behaviors toward the high-pT region when studied with different methods. Comparison between the methods with improved statistics will explore a higher pT range than current measurements and provide insights for the initial-state fluctuations and non-flow contributions.

Speaker: Xiaoning Wang (Univ. Illinois at Urbana Champaign (US))

HP2024_xiaoning_wang_16_9.pdf

59 Strangeness studies in LHCb fixed-target collisions

Leveraging on the injection of noble gases into the LHC accelerator beam-
pipe, LHCb has been collecting since 2015 proton- and lead-gas collisions, which
give access to the poorly explored high-x and moderate Q2 kinematic region. In
particular, studies of strangeness production provides information on hadroniza-
tion and serve as important inputs to models of particle production in cosmic
rays. In this contribution, recent results on strangeness production in fixed-
target collisions at LHCb will be presented, including studies for hyperon pro-
duction and polarization.

Speaker: Federica Fabiano (Università e INFN Cagliari (IT))

Hard_Probes_Fabiano_v2.pdf

60 Measurements of the light-by-light scattering and the Breit–Wheeler processes, and searches for axion-like particles in ultraperipheral PbPb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 5.02 TeV

Measurements of the light-by-light scattering (LbL, $\gamma\gamma\to\gamma\gamma$) and the Breit--Wheeler (B--W, $\gamma\gamma\to\mathrm{e}^+\mathrm{e}^-$) processes are reported in ultraperipheral collisions at 5.02 TeV using the 2018 CMS lead-lead data sample of $1.65~\mathrm{nb}^{-1}$. Events with a pair of exclusively produced photons or electrons are selected, each with transverse energy $E_\mathrm{T}^{\gamma,\mathrm{e}}>2~\mathrm{GeV}$, pseudorapidity $|\eta^{\gamma,\mathrm{e}}|<2.2$, pair invariant mass $m^{\gamma\gamma,\mathrm{ee}}> 5~\mathrm{GeV}$, pair transverse momentum $p_\mathrm{T}^{\gamma\gamma,\mathrm{ee}}<1~\mathrm{GeV}$, and pair azimuthal acoplanarity $A_\phi<0.01$. The measured B--W fiducial cross section, $\sigma_\text{fid} (\gamma\gamma \to \mathrm{e}^+\mathrm{e}^-)= 271.5 \pm 1.9~\mathrm{(stat)}~\pm 18.3~\mathrm{(syst)}~\mu$b, as well as the differential distributions for various kinematic observables, are in agreement with standard model (SM) predictions. The observed significance of the LbL signal with respect to the background-only hypothesis is above five standard deviations. The fiducial LbL scattering cross section, $\sigma_\text{fid} (\gamma\gamma \to \gamma\gamma)= 107 \pm 33~\mathrm{(stat)}~\pm 20~\mathrm{(syst)}~\mathrm{nb}$, is consistent with SM predictions. Limits on the production of axion-like particles coupling to photons are set over the mass range $m_\mathrm{a} = 5$--100 GeV, including the most stringent limits in 5--10 GeV.

Speaker: Pranati Jana (Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IN))

HardPorbes_2024_PranatiJana.pdf

61 Measurement of the tau $g-2$ factor in the ultraperipheral PbPb collisions recorded by the CMS experiment

Measurements of the anomalous magnetic moment of leptons are good handles for precision tests of the Standard Model and hints of physics beyond the Standard Model. These measurements for electrons and muons are among the most precisely measured quantities in physics. However, due to the short lifetime of the tau lepton, its anomalous magnetic moment is not as precisely known and needs to be measured innovatively and collaboratively. The CMS experiment follows a comprehensive approach to measure this quantity in complementary phase spaces of ultraperipheral hadron collisions. We will report the latest measurements of the anomalous magnetic moment of the tau lepton using ultraperipheral PbPb collisions recorded by the CMS experiment.

Speaker: Arash Jofrehei (University of Zurich (CH))

HardProbes_Arash_Jofrehei.pdf

Tuesday 24 September

Parallel 10: heavy quarks in medium

Convener: Steffen Bass (Duke University)

62 The system-size dependence of the bottom-baryon-to-meson production in high-energy proton-proton collisions

The latest measurement of bottom baryon-to-meson production ratio [1], $\Lambda_b/B$, in proton-proton collisions at the LHC, shows a continuous evolution from the saturation value toward the small value identified in electron-positron collisions as the system size reduces. We address this in a canonical ensemble statistical hadronization model, and demonstrate that the decreasing trend of $\Lambda_b/B$ can be quantitatively understood in terms of the canonical suppression on the yield of $\Lambda_b$ toward small system size caused by exact conservation of baryon number [2]. We have thereby proposed a plausible scenario for the origin of non-universality of heavy quark hadronization currently under hot debates.

[1] LHCb Collab., Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 081901 (2024).
[2] Yuxuan Dai, Shouxing Zhao, and Min He, arXiv: 2402.03692 (2024).

Speaker: Min He (Nanjing University of Science & Technology)

M.He_HP2024_V2.pdf

63 The role of strangeness in heavy quark hadronisation from small to large collision systems with ALICE

Production measurements of strange hadrons originating from the hadronisation of charm quarks (prompt) and from beauty-hadron decays (non-prompt) offer a unique tool to study the heavy-quark hadronisation across different collision systems. The comparisons between the measurements of charm hadrons with and without a strange valence quark in proton-proton (pp) and proton-lead (p-Pb) collisions provide important tests for pQCD calculations and the possible influence of cold nuclear matter effects, respectively. In Pb-Pb collisions, the production of heavy-flavour hadrons with strange-quark content is sensitive to the hadronisation mechanisms of charm and beauty quarks in the quark-gluon plasma and to final-state effects.

This contribution discusses the final results of the ALICE Collaboration obtained by measuring strange D mesons in pp, p–Pb, and Pb–Pb collisions collected during the LHC Run 2. Additionally, the production measurements of prompt and non-prompt $\mathrm{D_s}^+$ mesons are compared to those of non-strange mesons across the different collision systems. The first measurements of the production of orbitally excited charm-strange mesons $\rm D_{s1}^+$, $\rm D_{s2}^{*+}$ in pp collisions and the measurement of prompt $\Xi_{\rm c}^0$-baryon production are also reported. To conclude, the first studies of strange and non-strange D mesons with the data sample of pp collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 13.6$ TeV harvested from the start of LHC Run 3 are presented.

Speaker: Fabio Catalano (CERN)

HP2024_Catalano_v4.pdf

64 Probing the pre-equilibrium stage of heavy-ion collisions with charm quarks

Charm quarks produced in the initial stages of relativistic heavy-ion collisions serve as crucial probes of the produced medium, including the pre-equilibrium and hydrodynamic stages of the evolution. We simulate relativistic heavy-ion collisions using a hybrid method that integrates a fluctuating IP-Glasma initial state with subsequent viscous hydrodynamics. Utilizing the MARTINI event generator, we simulate the initial production of heavy quarks, and employ Langevin dynamics to model their evolution within the medium. Studying the nuclear modification factor and flow coefficient of D-mesons in Pb+Pb collisions at 5.02 TeV, we focus on the sensitivity to the energy loss of charm quarks during the early stages of the collision. We further explore how charm observables are influenced by the momentum dependence of charm quark energy loss in the medium and the hadronization processes, including fragmentation and coalescence.

Speaker: Mayank Singh (Vanderbilt University)

HP2024_MayankSingh.pdf

65 Medium-induced coherent gluon radiation and heavy flavor suppression in pA collisions

High-energy proton-nucleus (pA) collisions have provided intriguing playgrounds for disentangling various cold nuclear matter effects on hadron production. Multiple rescatterings in the cold nuclear target induce many soft gluons that have a long formation time, resulting in the modification of hadron production rates due to fully coherent energy loss (FCEL). Medium-induced FCEL has proven to be crucial in explaining heavy meson ($J/\psi$, $D$) nuclear suppression in pA collisions in a wide range of collision energy [1,2].

Understanding the qualitative and quantitative role of the FCEL effect for the quenching of hadron production rates in a wide kinematic range is a crucial task, requiring rigorous calculations of the medium-induced soft gluon radiation spectrum. This talk will present new results for the induced single soft gluon radiation spectrum beyond leading logarithmic accuracy, enhancing the predictive power of FCEL estimations in the phenomenology of hadron production in pA collisions. The general formula is valid in the full kinematic range of the underlying processes, quantifying the entanglement between the color components of the production amplitude [3]. We will discuss the impact of the newly induced spectrum on heavy flavor suppression in pA collisions.

[1] F. Arleo, S. Peigne, Phys. Rev. Lett. 109 (2012) 122301
[2] F. Arleo, G. Jackson and S. Peigne, JHEP 01 (2022) 164
[3] G. Jackson, S. Peigne and K. Watanabe, JHEP 05 (2024) 207

Speaker: Kazuhiro Watanabe (Seikei University)

HP2024_Watanabe.pdf

Parallel 11: heavy quarkonia in medium

Convener: Taku Gunji (University of Tokyo (JP))

66 Quarkonia production in proton-proton and Pb-Pb collisions with ALICE

Charmonia are a valuable tool to investigate nuclear matter under extreme conditions, and particularly the strongly interacting medium formed in heavy-ion collisions. At the LHC energies, the regeneration process has been found to significantly impact the observed charmonium yields. In particular, the measurement of $\psi(2S)$ production relative to $J/\psi$ in Pb-Pb collisions has a strong discriminating power between different regeneration scenarios. Additionally, the study of quarkonium production in proton–proton (pp) collisions represents the reference for interpreting results obtained in Pb–Pb collisions and it is a key measurement to distinguish among the quarkonium production models in pp and p–Pb. In this contribution, preliminary findings on the double ratio of $\psi(2S)$ -to- $J/\psi$ between Pb-Pb and pp collisions and the inclusive $J/\psi$ yield in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV measured by the ALICE Collaboration will be presented and compared with existing model calculations.

Speaker: Yiping Wang (University of Science and Technology of China (CN))

HP2024_yiping_v7.pdf

67 Charmonium production measurements in large systems at LHCb

Modifications of quarkonia production in hadronic collisions provide an im-
portant experimental observable to probe the heavy quark interaction with the
nuclear medium. The excited ψ(2S) state, with a relatively low binding en-
ergy, is especially sensitive to these effects. In this contribution, we will present
a new LHCb result on ψ(2s)/J/ψ production in PbPb collisions, along with
comparisons to the latest theoretical models.

Speaker: Chenzhi Dong (Tsinghua University (CN))

HP2024_v2.pptx

68 Measurements of charmonium production in heavy-ion collisions at STAR

In relativistic heavy-ion collisions, the dissociation of charmonium is considered an important evidence for the formation of the quark-gluon plasma (QGP). However, charmonia also experience the regeneration effect in the QGP, which acts against the dissociation process. With decreasing collision energy, the regeneration effect decreases quickly, providing leverage to disentangle the two competing effects. Additionally, it is expected that different charmonium states dissociate at different temperatures, with a suppression pattern ordered sequentially with the binding energy. Therefore, sequential suppression of different charmonium states will further help to study the thermodynamic properties of the QGP.

In this talk, we present the nuclear modification factor ($R_{AA}$) of J/$\psi$ as a function of centrality and transverse momentum in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{\mathrm{s_{NN}}}$ = 14.6, 17.3, 19.6, and 27 GeV using the Beam
Energy Scan Phase II data. Additionally, we investigate the energy dependence of J/$\psi$ $R_{AA}$ from RHIC to LHC energies in central heavy-ion collisions, including a comparison to model calculations. Furthermore, the first measurement of $\psi(2\rm{S})$ production in isobaric collisions ($^{96}_{44}Ru$ + $^{96}_{44}Ru$ and $^{96}_{40}Zr$ + $^{96}_{40}Zr$) at top RHIC energy, including the centrality and transverse momentum dependence of the ratio of $\psi(2\rm{S})$ yield over that of J/$\psi$, will also be presented.

Speaker: Wei Zhang

Charmonium_production.pdf

69 Prompt/Non-prompt J/$\psi$ production in proton-proton and Pb-Pb collisions with ALICE

Quarkonium production in high-energy hadronic collisions is sensitive to both perturbative and non-perturbative aspects of QCD calculations. The charmonium production cross section can be split into prompt and non-prompt components, the first corresponding to a direct production of charm (anticharm) quarks, the second originating from the decay of beauty hadrons. The latter is important to investigate the mass dependence of heavy-quarks in-medium energy-loss mechanism. In this contribution the recent measurement of prompt and non-prompt $J/\psi$ carried out by the ALICE Collaboration in pp and Pb–Pb collisions at midrapidity ($|y|$ < 0.8) will be presented. Moreover, thanks to the installation of the new muon forward tracker (MFT),  the prompt/non-prompt charmonia separation is possible in LHC Run 3 also at forward rapidity (2.5 $< y <$ 4). The status of the new measurements will be presented and compared, where possible, with the available models.

Speaker: Yuan Zhang (University of Science and Technology of China (CN))

hp2024_yzhang_v7.pdf

Parallel 12: EM in early stages

Convener: Gustavo Conesa Balbastre (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

70 Scaling of pre-equilibrium dilepton production in QCD Kinetic Theory

The idea of using dilepton measurements to construct a phenomenology of the early pre-equilibrium phase of heavy-ion collisions has been recently posed [1,2]. Nevertheless, a full computation of pre-equilibrium radiation yields was still missing. In this work, we use QCD kinetic theory to compute dilepton production coming from the pre equilibrium phase of the Quark-Gluon Plasma created in high-energy heavy-ion collisions [3]. Additionally, we demonstrate that the dilepton spectrum exhibits a simple scaling in terms of the specific shear viscosity $\eta/s$ and entropy density $dS/d\zeta \sim {\scriptstyle \left(T\tau^{1/3}\right)_\infty^{3/2}}$, which can be derived from dimensional analysis in the presence of a pre-equilibrium attractor. Based on this scaling we present a useful scaling formula readily available for phenomenology. We then perform full event-by-event calculations of in-medium dilepton production. By comparison to thermal QGP radiation, as well as the Drell-Yann background [4], we determine the invariant mass range where the pre-equilibrium yield is the leading contribution.

References:
[1] M. Coquet, X. Du, J.-Y. Ollitrault, S. Schlichting, and M. Winn, Phys.Lett.B 821 (2021) 136626, arXiv: [2309.00555]
[2] F. Seck, B. Friman, T. Galatyuk, H. van Hees, E. Speranza, R. Rapp, and J. Wambach, arXiv: [2309.03189]
[3] O. Garcia-Montero , P. Plaschke, S. Schlichting, arXiv: [2403.04846]
[4] S. D. Drell and T.-M. Yan, Phys. Rev. Lett. 25, 316 (1970)

Speaker: Oscar Jesús Garcia Montero

HP-2024-OGM.pdf

71 Effects on the dilepton radiation induced by a background magnetic field

Dilepton radiation is known to be an effective thermometer of the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) [1]. In this study, we explore the possibility of using dilepton radiations as a QGP magnetometer. We calculate corrections to dilepton production rate at finite baryon chemical potential, in the presence of a time-dependent magnetic field typically found in heavy-ion collisions. At first order, such a correction includes the non-equilibrium effects from Faraday induction: electric fields induced by a decaying magnetic field, and the relative motion of the fluid with respect to the background magnetic field. We then compute the thermal dilepton spectra from Au+Au collisions at BES energies — $\sqrt {s_{NN}}$ =7.7, 19.6, 62.4 and 200 GeV — using a realistic (3+1)-dimensional multistage hydrodynamic simulation [2]. Other non-equilibrium effects, such as viscosities and baryon diffusion, are also considered. We find signals such as dilepton elliptic flow to be very sensitive to the strength and the lifetime of the magnetic field, as well as the intrinsic QGP conductivity. This study highlights the feasibility of using dileptons as probes for the electromagnetic properties of the QGP.

[1] Jessica Churchill, Lipei Du, Charles Gale, Greg Jackson, and Sangyong Jeon, Phys. Rev. Lett. 132 (2024) 4, 172301
[2] Lipei Du, Han Gao, Sangyong Jeon, and Charles Gale, Phys. Rev. C 109 (2024) 1, 014907

Speaker: Han Gao

HP.pdf

72 Dilepton emission in heavy ion collisions and chemical equilibrium of QCD matter

Dileptons are produced throughout the entire evolution history of the medium. Owing to their electromagnetic coupling to strongly interacting matter, dileptons traverse the QGP medium unaltered after their production and carry information about their space-time points of production. The emissivity is correlated with the quark abundance in the collision system as well. Therefore, dileptons provide a unique probe to study the pre-equilibrium phase of heavy ion collisions and to report on the chemical composition in the early stages.

In this talk, we will present the thermal dilepton production and dilepton anisotropic flow calculated using next-to-leading order (NLO) thermal QCD dilepton emission rate [1] in Pb+Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 5.02$ TeV collision energy, at the LHC. Multistage modelling consisting of IP-Glasma+Kompost+MUSIC+URQMD [2] is used to simulate the dynamical evolution of heavy ion collisions. The relative contribution of the pre-equilibrium stage to dilepton observables is explored and discussed. In addition, the effect of chemical equilibrium of QCD matter is also presented and highlighted.

[1] Jessica Churchill, Lipei Du, Charles Gale , Greg Jackson , Sangyong Jeon, “Dilepton production at next-to-leading order and intermediate invariant-mass observables “, Phys.Rev.C 109 (2024) 4, 044915.
[2] Charles Gale, Jean-François Paquet, Björn Schenke , Chun Shen, “Multimessenger heavy-ion collision physics”, Phys.Rev.C 105 (2022) 1, 014909

Speaker: Xiang-Yu Wu (McGill University)

HP2024_xyw.pdf

Parallel 9: jet EEC

Convener: Anne Marie Sickles (Univ. Illinois at Urbana Champaign (US))

73 Energy-energy correlators of inclusive jets from small to large collision systems with the ALICE experiment

Jet substructure is a powerful tool for performing fundamental QCD tests in elementary particle collisions and offers unique insight into the microscopic structure of the QGP in heavy-ion collisions. Defined as the energy-weighted cross section of particle pairs inside jets, the two-point energy-energy correlator (EEC) is a novel jet substructure observable probing the correlation of energy flow within jets. In pp collisions, the angular dependence of the EEC cross section shows a distinct separation of the perturbative and non-perturbative regimes, revealing the partonic dynamics of jet formation and the confinement of partons into hadrons. There have also been an increasing number of theory studies predicting how the presence of the deconfined medium modifies the EECs with respect to the vacuum results. In this talk, we present the first measurements of the EECs for inclusive jets in p-Pb and Pb-Pb collisions at 5 TeV from the ALICE experiment. By comparing our results to a measured pp baseline, we can study the modifications in jet evolution caused by interactions with both a cold nuclear medium and the quark-gluon plasma.

Speaker: Anjali Nambrath (University of California Berkeley (US))

HP24_ALICE_EECs.pdf

74 Study of energy-energy correlator of jets in PbPb collisions at CMS

Energy-energy correlator has the advantage of isolating physics of different angular scales, which has attracted a lot of interest recently to study it in heavy-ion environments. Any modification from proton-proton reference can reveal hints about the inner workings of the quark-gluon plasma. In this presentation we will present the first measurement of the energy-energy correlator of jets in heavy ion collisions using lead-lead data at 5.02 TeV collected by CMS. We observe significant modifications over the pp reference and discuss the implications of these observations, along with future directions.

Speaker: Jussi Viinikainen (Vanderbilt University (US))

jussi_energyEnergyCorrelators_hardProbes2024.pdf

75 Energy-energy correlators of inclusive jets in heavy-ion collisions

Energy-energy correlators (EECs) have manifested an important probe to unveil the properties of QCD splitting in vacuum, which should be modified in the nuclear medium such as the quark-gluon plasma. By employing the recently developed multi-stage jet evolution framework JETSCAPE, we have investigated the nuclear modification of EECs of inclusive jets in heavy-ion collisions. We find EECs are significantly influenced by the splitting behaviors in the small angle region, and contributed by the medium response in the large angle region. We also provide the theoretical predictions of nuclear EECs for ALICE and CMS measurements.

Speaker: Dr Yayun He (South China University of Technology)

Yayun He--JetEEC.pdf

76 Probing the Short-Distance Structure of the Quark-Gluon Plasma with Energy Correlators

Energy-energy-correlators (EEC’s) are a promising observable to study the dynamics of jet evolution in the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) through its imprint on angular scales in the energy flux of final-state particles. We carry out the first complete calculation of EEC’s using realistic simulations of high-energy heavy-ion collisions, and dissect the different dynamics underlying the final distribution through analyses of jet propagation in a uniform medium. The EEC’s of γ-jets in heavy-ion collisions are found to be enhanced by the medium response from elastic scatterings instead of induced gluon radiation at large angles. In the meantime, EEC’s are suppressed at small angles due to energy loss and transverse momentum broadening of jet shower partons. These modifications are further shown to be sensitive to the angular scale of the in-medium interaction, as characterized by the Debye screening mass. Experimental verification and measurement of such modifications will shed light on this scale, and the short-distance structure of the QGP in heavy-ion collisions.

Speaker: Zhong Yang (CCNU)

hp2024_zy.pdf

10:20 Coffee Break

Parallel 13: jet EEC

Convener: Olga Evdokimov (University of Illinois at Chicago (US))

77 Exploiting Two- and Three-point Charge-Energy Correlators at STAR as Probes of Jet Evolution

The N-Point Energy correlator (ENC) is a jet substructure observable formed out of the distribution of angular distances between all particle groups of N constituents in a jet weighted by their energy product. This observable approximately separates non-perturbative and perturbative effects into the angular scales at which they dominate, reflecting a uniform distribution of hadrons at small angles and hard partonic splittings at large angles. Additionally, the energy scales at which hadron groups with different charge compositions form are sensitive to the hadronization mechanism, an effect shown in Monte-Carlo to be observable by charge-weighted ENCs.

We will present the first measurement of the projected three-point energy correlator (E3C) at RHIC, measured using $pp$ data at $\sqrt{s}$ = 200 GeV from the STAR experiment, and its ratio to the two-point correlator (EEC). These ENC measurements are shown for several jet transverse momentum ranges in the charge inclusive sample as well as in the charge-selected samples. The quark-rich sample at RHIC compared to the LHC allows for enhancement of charge-odd non-perturbative effects that are suppressed for gluons. This in tandem with the lower jet momentum allows for the observation window of these effects to move to more easily resolvable angular scales. Finally, first advancements towards study of the ENC in heavy-ion collision data at STAR are presented.

Speaker: Andrew Tamis (Yale University)

Tamis_HardProbes_2024_v6.pdf

78 The two-point energy correlator in the QGP: from gamma+jet to inclusive jets

Energy correlators have been proposed as a new approach to jet substructure in proton-proton and heavy-ion collisions. In this work, we extend our previous calculations of the two-point energy correlator of heavy-ion gamma-tagged jets to include several effects essential for understanding the behavior of this observable in inclusive heavy-ion jets measurements. Through a semi-analytic approach, we incorporate the hydrodynamic expansion of the QGP, jet broadening, selection bias due to energy loss, and provide a description of the confinement transition. Our outcomes offer a crucial first step toward bridging the gap between the experimental and theoretical study of energy correlators in heavy-ion collisions.

Speaker: Carlota Andres (Ecole Polytechnique, CPHT)

andresc_HP2024.pdf

79 EECs in heavy ions and in the Lund plane

We study the jet EEC in heavy ions, exploring the modification to its LL structure due the presence of the medium. We present exact analytic results for the gamma->qqbar channel, showing that, at low jet energies, the medium enhancement is rather moderate. We complement our study with a MC analysis, where energy loss effects are seen to compete with the modification to the splitting function. Finally, we introduce the notion of LundEEC which takes as input Lund primary declusterings instead of particles. We discuss its logarithmic structure and argue that this IRC definition gives a better handle on non-perturbative effects.

Speaker: Alba Soto Ontoso (CERN)

HP_ASO.pdf

80 First measurement of the energy-energy correlator in the back-to-back limit using archived ALEPH e+e- data at 91.2 GeV

Measurements of hard probes in $e^{+}e^{-}$ collision data are essential components of parallel studies of hard probes in proton-proton and heavy-ion collisions as $e^{+}e^{-}$ collisions offer a true reference for such systems free from any hadronic initial state effects. Recently, one class of hard-probe observables that has seen a resurgence of interest for studying vacuum QCD are the projected N-point energy correlation function (ENCs) of particles within jets. This is primarily due to a clear separation of scales these observables provide, which is useful for studying both perturbative and non-perturbative QCD in the collinear limit. An analogous class of observables can be used to study QCD in the back-to-back (Sudakov) limit, but in hadronic collisions, such studies have additional experimental difficulties. In this talk, we will discuss recent ENC measurements from Archived ALEPH $e^{+}e^{-}$ data taken at LEP at $\sqrt{s} = 91.2$ GeV spanning, for the first time, both the collinear to the back-to-back limit of QCD as well as the transition between these two regimes. These results can be used to extract a value of the strong coupling constant ($\alpha_{\rm s}$) in addition to performing precision tests of pQCD with generators. The ENCs prove to be highly discriminative observable when compared to models, with the different generators showing a large spread in their predictions.

Speaker: Yu-Chen (Janice) Chen (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

First measurement of the energy-energy correlator in the back-to-back limit using archived ALEPH e+e- data at 91.2 GeV_v2.pdf

81 Extracting the anomalous dimensions of energy-correlators in charged jets in pp collisions at 13 TeV with ALICE

The projected N-point Energy Correlators (ENCs) are a novel tool to probe jet substructure in hadronic collisions by exploring the energy flow within jets. Defined as the energy-weighted correlations of $N$ tracks as a function of their angular separation, these correlators reveal the multiscale nature of jets. Jet evolution from perturbative, hard-scattered partons to non-perturbative sprays of hadrons is imprinted in the slopes of the ENCs. The lower charged-particle jet $p_{\rm T}$ range between 20 and 80 GeV$/c$ accessible at ALICE makes these observables especially interesting as it allows one to probe both pQCD and npQCD effects. The ratio, E3C/E2C, exhibits sensitivity to the running of the strong coupling constant, $\alpha_{\rm S}$, while being robust to detector effects. In this talk, we will present the measurement of the E2C, E3C and the sensitivity of the E3C/E2C ratio to $\alpha_{\rm S}$ via their anomalous dimensions in pp collisions at 13 TeV. Additionally, we will present an outlook for measuring the E3C/E2C ratio in Pb-Pb collisions. The jet $p_{\rm T}$ range at ALICE offers a unique phase space to study jet-medium interactions. We will show how the E3C/E2C ratio can probe the QGP due to its robustness to the uncorrelated heavy-ion background while retaining its sensitivity to medium effects.

Speaker: Ananya Rai (Yale University (US))

ARai_HP24.pdf

Parallel 14: jet theory

Convener: Pol-Bernard GOSSIAUX

82 Measurements of Baryon-to-Meson Ratios Inside Jets in Au+Au and $p$+$p$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 200$ GeV at STAR

Measurements at RHIC and the LHC show strongly enhanced inclusive hadron baryon-to-meson yield ratios at intermediate transverse momenta ($p_{\rm{T}}$) in high-energy nuclear collisions compared to $p$+$p$ baseline. This enhancement is attributed to strong hydrodynamic flow and parton recombination in the Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP). Jet probes have been used extensively to gain insights into QGP properties, with substantial modifications to jet yields and internal structures seen across multiple measurements. Despite apparent medium-induced changes to jet fragmentation patterns, the LHC results indicate that in-jet baryon-to-meson ratios remain similar to that of $p$+$p$ measurements and are significantly different from that of the QGP bulk.
To explore this behavior with the STAR detector at RHIC, we employ jet-hadron correlation and particle identification to measure in-cone baryon-to-meson yield ratios associated with fully reconstructed jets from Au+Au and $p$+$p$ collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}} = 200$ GeV. These in-jet ratios are studied as a function of jet radii, R $= 0.2, 0.3, 0.4$, and jet constituent $p_{\rm{T}}$ selections, $p^{\rm{const}}_{\rm{T}} > 2.0$ GeV/$c$, $3.0$ GeV/$c$. Varying the jet radius and constituent $p_{\rm{T}}$ selection allows us to probe jets with different levels of QGP interaction. The in-jet baryon-to-meson ratios are compared between Au+Au and $p$+$p$ to examine what effect the presence of QGP has on the hadronization process in jets.

Speaker: Gabe Dale-Gau (University of Illinois at Chicago)

HardProbes2024_BaryonToMesonInJet_v7.pdf

83 Probing jet hadrochemistry and charged-particle jet radial profile modifications in pp and Pb--Pb collisions with ALICE

Jet substructure measurements in heavy-ion collisions provide constraints on jet quenching and the medium response in the QGP. Though there has been remarkable progress in inclusive-charged-hadron jet substructure measurements, understanding the identified particle composition of jets and their modification in heavy-ion collisions remains elusive. Jet quenching models predict that the jet hadrochemical composition may be modified in heavy-ion collisions due to jet-medium interactions, as well as the medium response. Further, models including the jet wake from a hydrodynamic medium response predict an enhancement of soft particle productions at large angles from the jet axis. Measurements of identified particles in jets can help discriminate between various parton-QGP interactions. We present the first measurements of $\pi$, K, and p ratios within charged-particle-jets of various $R$ and the underlying event as a function of particle transverse momentum and radial distance from the jet axis in pp and Pb--Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm{NN}}}$ = 5.02 TeV. These measurements leverage the excellent PID capabilities of ALICE over a wide momentum range. Additionally, we present results of the particle density profile, $\rho$, for charged particles in jets. We compare the results with theoretical models to understand soft particle production mechanisms and distinguish modified jet fragmentation from bulk effects.

Speaker: Sierra Lisa Weyhmiller (Yale University (US))

HP24_Cantway_ALICE_piKp_jet_FINAL.pdf

84 EFT-based factorization of jet quenching observables in heavy ion collisions

Using an open quantum system EFT approach we derive a factorization formula for the cross-section of inclusive jet production in heavy ion collisions as a series with an increasing number of independently radiating subject functions resolved by the Quark Gluon Plasma medium, convolved with perturbative matching coefficients. In a strongly coupled system, each term in this series is a distinct non-perturbative object that depends on jet measurements such as its radius and transverse momentum as well as medium scales, temperature, and size. This approach provides a systematic formalism for computing higher-order corrections of energy loss observables.

Speaker: Dr Yacine Mehtar-Tani (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

HP2024.pdf

85 Jet Drift in Heavy Ion Collisions

We introduce a sub-eikonal anisotropic contribution to jet-broadening, "jet drift", that couples to the flow of the medium, showing that this effect results in a deflection of hard partons, and thus jets, in the direction of the medium flow. Next, we study this effect in both toy models and a full-fledged hybrid transport simulation of √s = 5.02 TeV PbPb collisions at the LHC, tracking trajectories of hard partons with perturbative energy loss and drift. We show that sub-eikonal anisotropic effects, including flow-mediated jet drift, are sensitive to properties of the medium that traditional eikonal isotropic effects are insensitive to, demonstrating that including these effects leads to modifications to jet and hard particle observables that survive averaging over events. We show that jet drift leads to an enhancement of the elliptic flow (v2) of hard particles and discuss the implications for jet substructure and medium response effects.

Speaker: Joseph Bahder

2024.09.24_HP_APE.pdf

2024.09.24_HP_APE.pptx

86 Jet entropy as a probe of jet collimation

As QCD jets fragment in vacuum, the entropy of their hardest constituents increases proportionally to the subjet multiplicity. When the cascade takes place in the presence of a dense QCD plasma, the entropy growth is slowed down due to the transport of the jet’s energy to the medium. This feature is connected to the quenching of active color sources inside the jet, collimating the partonic cascade.

Speaker: João Barata

Barata_HP24.pdf

Parallel 15: heavy quarks, spin polarization

Convener: Ramona Vogt

87 A potential approach to the 𝑋 (3872) thermal behaviour

We study the potential of X(3872) at finite temperature in the Born-Oppenheimer approximation under the assumption that it is a tetraquark. We argue that, at large number of colors, it is a good approximation to assume that the potential consists in a real part plus a constant imaginary term. The real part is then computed adapting an approach by Rothkopf and Lafferty and using as input lattice QCD determinations of the potential for hybrids. This model allows us to qualitatively estimate at which temperature range the formation of a heavy tetraquark is possible, and to propose a qualitative picture for the dissociation of the state in a medium. Our approach can be applied to other suggested internal structures for the X(3872) and to other exotic states.

Speaker: Víctor López Pardo

HP24.pdf

HP24.pptx

88 Measurements of $\chi_{c}$ production in pPb collisions with CMS

The nuclear modification of quarkonium state production is one of the smoking gun evidence of the deconfined QCD medium production in nuclear collisions. However, this modification does not solely originate from the medium dissociation but rather is a collection of effects from initial to final states. To better understand the interplay of these effects nowadays, the production relation of different quarkonium states is explored with different attributes of the quarkonia. Excited charmonium production in pPb collision can be thought of as a controlled environment to understand these effects further. In particular, the production of the $chi_c$ mesons can provide more information about the feed-down and binding energy dependence of the charmonia in the nuclear collision, as its mass lies in between the ground state and the $\psi(2S)$. In this talk, we present studies of the production of $chi_c$ in pPb collisions performed by CMS. We report the relative production of $\chi_{c1,2}$ with respect to $J/\psi$. The analysis measures the cross section ratio as a function of particle transverse momentum and rapidity, and event activity. The results are compared with other measurements in LHC with different rapidity ranges and pp collision data and model calculation to further extend our understanding of $\chi_{c}$ state production in nuclear collision.

Speaker: Jeongho Kim (Sejong University (KR))

JeonghoKim_HP2024.pdf

89 Quarkonium polarization in hadronic collisions with ALICE

Polarization is a key observable to study the quarkonium production mechanism in elementary hadronic collisions. Its very small value measured at the LHC challenges the commonly-used theoretical models and it still represents a major standing issue in the field. In nuclear collisions, heavy quarks are produced at the initial stage collisions, on a time scale shorter than the QGP formation time, and they are sensitive to the large initial magnetic field and angular momentum of the medium produced in non-central events. We will present the measurements of quarkonium polarization in pp collisions at 13 TeV and in Pb-Pb collisions at 5.02 TeV, exploiting the large data samples collected by the ALICE Collaboration in LHC Run 2. Results will be compared with existing theoretical models and with recent results from the heavy-flavor sector. In addition, preliminary results from LHC Run 3 will be discussed.

Speaker: Zhenjun Xiong (University of Science and Technology of China (CN))

HardProbes2024_zhenjun_final.pdf

90 Investigation of charm hadronisation and early magnetic field in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions via D$^{*+}$-meson spin alignment with ALICE

The production of hadrons containing charm and beauty quarks has been extensively studied in hadronic collisions, improving the understanding of the hadronisation mechanisms. One aspect of the transition of the heavy quark to the final-state hadron not yet settled regards the spin properties of particles produced in the quark hadronisation. In proton–proton (pp) collisions, the observation of a polarisation of heavy-flavour vector mesons would imply a spin-dependent fragmentation function of the fragmenting heavy quark.

Heavy quarks are produced at the initial stage of heavy-ion collisions. In the presence of a large angular momentum and initial magnetic field, they can be polarised. The quark polarisation is expected to be transferred to the hadron during the hadronisation process, and it can be probed by measuring the $\rho_{00}$ parameter of the spin density matrix element of spin-1 hadrons.

We will present the final measurement of the $\rho_{00}$ of D$^{*+}$ mesons in pp collisions obtained with data collected by ALICE during the LHC Run 2, and preliminary results on the extension to a wider transverse-momentum interval with the first samples collected in Run 3. The measurement is performed for promptly produced D$^{*+}$ mesons and those originating from B-meson decays.

The first measurement of prompt D$^{*+}$-meson $\rho_{00}$ in Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_\rm{NN}}$ = 5.02 TeV will also be presented and compared with the ${\rm J}/\psi$ polarisation measurement.

Speaker: Mingze Li (Central China Normal University CCNU (CN))

HP_2024_mingze.pdf

91 J/$\psi$ photoproduction and polarization in peripheral Pb-Pb collisions with ALICE

Ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions generate a powerful electromagnetic field that produces photonuclear reactions. Recently, coherent $J/\psi$ photoproduction has been observed in nucleus–nucleus (A–A) collisions with nuclear overlap, based on the measurement of an excess of $J/\psi$ production with respect to hadron-production expectations at very low $p_{\rm T}$. In this context, a polarization measurement can confirm the electromagnetic origin of the very low $p_{\rm T}$ $J/\psi$ yield excess, since the produced quarkonium is expected to inherit the transverse polarization of the incoming photon. ALICE can measure inclusive and exclusive quarkonium production down to $p_{\rm T}$ = 0. In this contribution, preliminary measurements of the $y$-differential cross section and the polarization analysis of coherently photoproduced $J/\psi$ in peripheral Pb–Pb collisions will be presented together with recent results on coherent $J/\psi$ photoproduction as a function of centrality. Comparison with models will be shown when available.

Speaker: Ionut Cristian Arsene (University of Oslo (NO))

IArsene_HP24.pdf

Parallel 16: Thermal EM

Convener: Jean-Francois Paquet (Vanderbilt University)

92 Direct photon production and correlations at low $p_{\rm{T}}$ in Pb--Pb collisions with ALICE

Measurements of direct photons can provide valuable information on the properties and evolution of the quark-gluon plasma (QGP); from the initial conditions to the pre-equilibrium, QGP, and the hadronic phase. In the ALICE experiment, photons that convert in the detector material are reconstructed down to low momentum using the excellent tracking capabilities. Furthermore, photons are reconstructed using the calorimeters. Using these methods we can measure the direct-photon production from a transverse momentum of 0.4 GeV/c, where thermal direct photons dominate, up to several GeV/c, where prompt photons take over.
In this talk we will present measurements in selected centrality classes of the direct-photon production in Pb—Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}} = 2.76$ and $5.02$ TeV, as well as first significant results on direct-photon HBT at low momentum. Finally, the first results on photon reconstruction using LHC Run 3 data will be reported.

Speaker: Dmitri Peresunko (National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute (RU))

HardProbes24_gDirPbPb.pdf

93 Measurements of direct photons and dileptons at PHENIX

Photons, both real and virtual, are one of the cleanest probes of high-density partonic matter produced in relativistic heavy-ion collisions as they carry unmodified information about the evolution of the system.
Leveraging the versatility of RHIC, PHENIX has measured low momentum direct photons across different collision systems ranging from $p$+$p$ to Au+Au. An excess of direct photons, above those from hard scattering processes and consistent with thermal emission, has been observed in large collision systems. Additionally, measurements of azimuthal anisotropy of these photons help gain insight into the origins of these radiation and better constrain model calculations, thereby, elucidating the direct photon puzzle.
In addition to the direct photon measurements, in this talk, PHENIX presents the first measurement for disentangling the lepton pairs into heavy flavor decays, prompt pairs and background pairs based on the distance of closest approach to the interaction point in the intermediate mass range ($m_{\phi}$ $<$ $m_{ee}$ $<$ $m_{J/\psi}$) using $p$+$p$ data at 200 GeV taken in 2015.

Speaker: Mr Vassu Doomra (Stony Brook University)

HardProbes_Vassu.pdf

94 Thermal dielectron measurements in Au+Au collisions at BES-II energies with the STAR experiment

Dielectrons, emitted during the evolution of the hot and dense QCD medium created in relativistic heavy-ion collisions, offer an effective probe of the hot medium properties, as they do not involve strong interactions. The dielectron emission rate is proportional to the medium's electromagnetic spectral function. In the dielectron mass range from $400$ to $800$ MeV/$c^{2}$, the spectral function probes the in-medium $\rho$ meson propagator which is sensitive to the medium’s properties including the total baryon density and the temperature. By measuring thermal dielectron production, we can study the microscopic interactions between the electromagnetic current and the medium. The RHIC Beam Energy Scan (BES) program provides a unique opportunity to systematically study dielectron production in a collision energy range where the total baryon density and temperatures are varying substantially.

In this talk, we will report on STAR measurements of thermal dielectron produced in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\text{NN}}}=$ 7.7, 9.2, 11.5, 14.6 and 19.6 GeV. The results will include the thermal dielectron spectra, differential/total excess yield, and the temperature extracted from the low invariant mass range, as well as their collision energy dependence. In addition, these new preliminary results will be compared to the results from STAR BES-I and theoretical model calculations for the discussions of the physics implications.

Speaker: Chenliang Jin

BESII_Dielectron_HP2024_v7.pdf

95 Measurements of thermal dielectron and QGP temperature in isobar collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}$ = 200 GeV

Lattice QCD predicts a phase transition from hadronic matter to the Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP) at high temperature and small baryon chemical potential. Thermal dileptons can be produced throughout the entire evolution of a collision and do not involve strong interactions. As a result, they can carry information about their emission source, and are therefore suggested as the ideal probes of hot medium created in the heavy-ion collision. In particular, the invariant mass distribution of thermal dielectrons is not subjected to blue-shift effects, which enables the extraction of the average temperature of the hot QCD medium at different stages of the evolution.

In this talk, measurements of the dielectron invariant mass spectra in Ru+Ru and Zr+Zr collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}$ = 200 GeV with the STAR experiment will be presented. The average temperature extracted from the thermal dielectron in the low-mass and intermediate-mass regions will be shown as a function of $N_{\rm part}$. Furthermore, comparisons to previous results and the physics implications will also be discussed.

Speaker: Jiaxuan Luo

HP2024_jxluo_v6.pdf

96 Direct photon measurement in small systems and thermal radiation from QGP with ALICE

Electromagnetic probes are a unique tool for studying the space-time evolution of the hot and dense matter created in ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions. Dielectron pairs are emitted during the entire evolution of the medium created in such collisions, allowing the extraction of the real direct photon fraction at vanishing mass, providing access to thermal radiation from the early hot stages of the collision. The measurement of dielectron and direct photon production in minimum-bias pp collisions serves as a crucial baseline for the studies in heavy-ion collisions, whereas pp collisions with high charged-particle multiplicities allow the search for interesting phenomena such as the possible presence of QGP in small systems.
This talk will present the final LHC Run 2 ALICE results on the direct-photon production using dielectron pairs in central Pb–Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=$ 5.02 TeV. The results are compared to theoretical models that include hot medium effects such as thermal radiation and chiral symmetry restoration. Different approaches to disentangle the background from semi-leptonic heavy flavour decays are presented and discussed. To study the possible onset of the formation of a hot medium, we also report the results on the direct-photon production in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV as a function of the charged-particle multiplicity. For the first time at LHC energies we observe a significant yield of direct photons in pp collisions at low $p_{\rm T}$.

Speaker: Jerome Jung (Goethe University Frankfurt (DE))

HP24_dielectrons_jjung_v5.pdf

12:30 Lunch Break

Parallel 17: jet R_AA, correlation

Convener: Rainer Fries (Texas A&M University)

97 Measurement of jet $v_1$ to study path length dependent jet energy loss in heavy-ion collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV by STAR

A path length asymmetry along impact parameter direction ($x$) exists for hard probes in heavy-ion collisions at finite rapidity, as the Quark Gluon Plasma (QGP) bulk is tilted in reaction plane, while the hard scattering profile is not~\cite{ref1}. Jet $v_1$ and $\langle p_x \rangle$ measurements provide access to path length dependent energy loss of partons in the QGP. Such a measurement has several advantages. Energy loss can be measured without measurements in p+p collisions. Event-by-event fluctuations in geometry and energy loss do not contribute to $v_1$ (and $\langle p_x \rangle$), unlike to the elliptic anisotropy, $v_2$. Non-flow contributions are also minimal as measurements use reaction plane determined from spectators.

In this talk we present the first measurement of jet $v_1$ and $\langle p_x \rangle$ in heavy-ion collisions using Au+Au and Ru+Ru, Zr+Zr collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}}$ = 200 GeV by STAR. Centrality, jet $p_{\mathrm{T}}$ and radius dependence of the observables will be shown. We will also present an evaluation of the initial path length asymmetry utilizing models describing the measured pseudorapidity dependence of particle production in asymmetric collisions. The measurements open up a new avenue to study path length dependent energy loss of partons in QGP and its mass, flavor and fragmentation dependences.

Speakers: Sooraj Krishnan Radhakrishnan, Sooraj Radhakrishnan (Kent State University/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

PathLengthJetV1_HP2024_SR_STAR.pdf

98 Search for jet quenching using high-multiplicity pPb collisions at the CMS Experiment

High-energy jets are produced by the fragmentation of partons (quarks and gluons) that underwent hard scattering in the early stages of a collision. For quite a number of years, jets have been successfully used to probe the properties of the special form of matter, the quark gluon plasma (QGP), formed in high-energy heavy ion collisions. One of the most recognized signatures of the QGP, the jet quenching phenomenon, has been evidenced by a wide range of LHC measurements from lead-lead collisions. More recently, experimental results through multiparticle correlation techniques provided some evidence of possible QGP formation in the smaller colliding systems, such as high-multiplicity proton-proton and proton-lead collisions, but confirmation of the jet quenching expected for QGP remains elusive for such collisions. In this talk, systematic measurements of jet properties are presented for data collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC in high-multiplicity collisions to search for hot medium production or effects of cold nuclear matter at top LHC energies.

Speaker: Dener De Souza Lemos (University of Illinois at Chicago (US))

HP24_jetquenchsmall_DSLemos_v2.pdf

99 Deciphering the nonintuitive enhancement of recoil jets in heavy-ion collisions

Jet quenching is recognized as critical evidence for the existence of the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) and serves as an essential probe to study its transport properties. Measurements of hadron-triggered semi-inclusive recoil jets has gained popularity due to its capability to probe jets over an extended phase space at low transverse momenta ($p_T$) and large radii. Recent ALICE measurements showed that the $I_{AA}$, yield ratio of recoil jets between heavy-ion and p+p collisions, rises with jet $p_T$ and exceeds unity at high $p_T$, contradicting conventional expectations that jet quenching should result in $I_{AA}$ values less than one. In this talk, we re-examine the surface bias and study the effects of energy losses for both trigger hadrons and recoil jets on $I_{AA}$, employing the Linear Boltzmann Transport (LBT) model to simulate jet-medium interactions. Our findings suggest that a large portion of hadron triggers undergo substantial energy loss despite also experiencing a slight surface bias. This energy loss of the trigger hadrons elevates the $I_{AA}$ baseline, evaluated by removing energy loss for recoil jets, to be greatly larger than unity. This enhancement of the baseline implies that the measured $I_{AA}$ values larger than unity could still signal jet quenching, aligning with other related experimental observations.

References
Y. He, M. Nie, S. Cao, R. Ma, L. Yi and H. Caines, Phys. Lett. B 854 (2024) 138739

Speaker: Yang He

HP2024.pdf

100 New measurements of inclusive jet suppression and jet $v_2$ in Pb--Pb collisions with ALICE

We report new ALICE measurements of inclusive charged-particle jet yield suppression $R_\mathrm{AA}$ and jet azimuthal anisotropy $v_2$ in Pb--Pb collisions. The $R_\mathrm{AA}$ measurement is carried out in central Pb--Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_\mathrm{NN}}=5.02$ TeV, with uncorrelated background corrected statistically using an event-mixing approach. The charged-particle jet $R_\mathrm{AA}$ measurements have high precision over a broad kinematic range, including very low jet $p_{\mathrm T}$, for jet resolution parameters $R=0.2$ to 0.5. Comparison of these $R_\mathrm{AA}$ measurements and their $R$ dependence to theoretical calculations provide new insight into jet quenching phenomenology and its underlying mechanism. We also report measurements of inclusive charged-particle jet $v_2$ in semi-central Pb--Pb collisions using new Run 3 data, quantifying the jet yield dependence relative to event-plane orientation that may probe the pathlength dependence of jet energy loss.

Speaker: Aimeric Landou (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

20240924_AIMERIC_LANDOU_Hard_Probes.pdf

Parallel 18: heavy quarks, hard, jet

Convener: Magdalena Djordjevic

101 Measurements of heavy-flavor azimuthal correlations and b-jet suppression in 5.02 TeV Pb+Pb collisions with ATLAS

High energy partons are known to lose energy when passing through the hot and dense medium produced in heavy ion collisions. This energy loss is expected to depend on the mass of the fragmenting parton. For light partons, energy loss via gluon bremsstrahlung is expected to dominate, while for heavy-quarks, collisional energy loss may play a more important role. Comparisons between the suppression b-jets and inclusive jets are therefore needed to understand the impact of parton mass on the energy loss. An alternative method for probing the interactions of heavy quarks with the plasma is the study of the correlations between heavy quark pairs. In this talk, we also report final results on the measurements of azimuthal angle correlations of muons produced via heavy-flavor decays and results on the b-tagged jet production. The measurements are performed in pp and Pb+Pb collisions at √sNN = 5.02 TeV using the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The measurement of azimuthal angle correlations of muons is performed differentially in centrality for muons with |η| < 2.4 and pT > 4 GeV. Studies of the shapes of the azimuthal-angle correlations between the two muons are performed and compared between pp, Pb+Pb data and MC event generators. The b-jet suppression is evaluated in terms of nuclear modification factor, RAA. A detailed quantification of the differences between the b-jet RAA and the inclusive jet RAA is also provided together with comparisons to theory.

Speaker: Soumya Mohapatra (Columbia University (US))

2024-03-HP.pdf

102 Hadronization and Energy Loss of Beauty Quark from Flavor-Identified B-Hadrons $R_\mathrm{AA}$ in pp, pPb, and PbPb Collisions with CMS

Beauty quarks are unique probes for studying quark-gluon plasma (QGP) properties. One of the most important issues and limiting factors in understanding their energy loss and diffusion in the QGP is their hadronization. Additionally, whether they experience energy loss in the smallest systems remains an open question. We present newresults on the nuclear modification factors ($R_\mathrm{AA}$) of $\mathrm{B}_\mathrm{s}^{0}$ and $\mathrm{B}^{+}$ mesons in proton-proton and lead-lead collisions at 5.02 TeV, and the $\mathrm{B}^{+}$ meson in proton-lead (pPb) collisions at 8.16 TeV, using CMS detector data. These measurements span an extended transverse momentum range and different charged particle multiplicities, shedding light on beauty quark diffusion, energy loss, and hadronization mechanisms. The results in pPb collisions are in agreement with fixed-order next-to-leading logarithmic calculations, and the results in the highest multiplicity pPb collisions show no suppression or enhancement due to medium effects within the current precision. Additionally, we compared the $\mathrm{B}^{+}$ and $\mathrm{B}_\mathrm{s}^{0}$ $R_\mathrm{AA}$ results with $\mathrm{B}_\mathrm{c}^{+}$ meson results, observed for the first time in nucleus-nucleus collisions, suggesting enhanced $R_\mathrm{AA}$ via recombination of beauty and charm quarks, which is larger than that between beauty and strange quarks.

Speaker: Tzu-An Sheng

hp2024_ta.pdf

103 The impact of glasma on heavy quark spectra and correlations

We study the effect of the early stage of heavy-ion collisions on the transport of heavy quarks, by extracting two-particle correlations and nuclear modification factor [1]. We perform numerical simulations for both the temporal evolution of the initial state Glasma fields and the propagation of classical test particles in these background fields [2]. 

Firstly, we simulate how $Q\overline{Q}$ pairs initially produced back-to-back propagate in the Glasma and compute their two particle correlations $\mathcal{C}(\Delta\phi,\Delta\eta)$. Such a quantity is relevant for experimentally measured $D\overline{D}$ correlations. We extract the azimuthal $\sigma_{\Delta\phi}$ and rapidity $\sigma_{\Delta\eta}$ correlation widths. We study the initial quark $p_T$ and Glasma saturation momentum $Q_s$ dependence and notice dramatic decorrelations for moderate $p_T$ and $Q_s$ values.

Secondly, we initialize heavy quark $p_T$-spectra according to FONLL heavy quark production and measure how the Glasma affects the nuclear modification factor $R_{AA}$. We find that the Glasma shifts the initial spectra from low to high-$p_T$, causing an enhancement in $R_{AA}$ at larger-$p_T$. We investigate how this is affected by varying $Q_s$, along with switching between proton PDFs and nuclear nPDFs in the FONLL calculation. 

[1] D. Avramescu, V. Greco, T. Lappi, H. Mäntysaari, D. Müller - in preparation
[2] D. Avramescu, V. Băran, V. Greco, A. Ipp, D. Müller, M. Ruggieri - Phys. Rev. D 107, 114021

Speaker: Dana Avramescu (University of Jyväskylä)

avramescu_hp24.pdf

104 Holographic Heavy Quark Energy Loss in the Hybrid Model

To date, holographic calculations have provided separate descriptions for the rates of energy loss either for ultrarelativistic massless quarks and gluons or for infinitely massive quarks in strongly coupled plasma, with the latter calculation valid for $\sqrt{\gamma} < M/( \sqrt{\lambda}T)$, where $\gamma$ is the Lorentz boost factor for a heavy quark with velocity $v$ and mass $M$ moving through plasma with ’t Hooft coupling $\lambda$ and temperature $T$. These two calculations should apply sequentially in the description of the energy loss of a heavy quark that starts out ultrarelativistic, loses energy, slows down, becomes non-relativistic at later times, and ultimately comes to rest and diffuses in the strongly coupled plasma. We provide an ansatz for uniquely incorporating both regimes to give an approximate but unified description of how a heavy quark that is initially ultrarelativistic loses energy all the way until it comes to rest. We implement this ansatz in the Hybrid Strong/Weak Coupling Model. With this new, consistent, treatment of heavy quark energy loss at strong coupling, we confront our predictions for the suppression $R_{AA}$ and azimuthal anisotropies $v_2$ of B- and D- mesons, as well as B- and D- tagged jets, with available experimental data. Via a new holographic calculation, we also investigate the regimes of validity of the ansatz that we employ.

Speaker: Mr Jean Du Plessis (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

JFDPhp2024final.pdf

Parallel 19: heavy quarkonia production

Convener: Dong Jo Kim (University of Jyvaskyla (FI))

105 Quarkonia and Open Heavy Flavour Hadrons in High Energy pp Collisions - Collectivity and the Importance of Correlations between Heavy Quark ($Q\bar Q$) Pairs

Quarkonia and Open Heavy Flavour Hadrons in pp Collisions.
Collectivity and the Importance of Correlations between Heavy Quark (Q ̄Q) Pairs.

Several heavy quark observables, like the meson to baryon ratio and the elliptic flow indicate that the interaction of the produced particles with heavy quarks play an important role. Correlations between $Q \bar Q$ pairs show the complexity of the production process which should manifest itself also in the production of $Q \bar Q states.
Employing the EPOS4HQ approach we discuss heavy quark observales in pp collisions. There energy densities are reached, which in AA collisions lead to the formation of a QGP. Employing the same critical energy density in pp collisions the enhancement of the heavy meson to baryon ratio as well as the collective flow find a natural explanation. Agreement with the transverse momentum spectra for charm and bottom mesons as well as Bc is also found.
Extending our study to the correlations we find that the measured azimuthal correlations are due to LO and NLO pQCD processes, which are therefore accessible to experiment. These correlations influence also the formation of quarkonia, which we treat in the recently advanced Wigner density approach [1]. We study the dependence of quarkonium production on this pQCD processes and show that the different pQCD processes influence the single particle spectra of charm and bottom mesons, although in a quite different way.
[1] J. Zhao et al, arXiv:2312.11349 [hep-ph]

Speaker: Pol-Bernard GOSSIAUX

HF and quarkonia Gossiaux hard probes.pdf

HF and quarkonia Gossiaux hard probes.pptx

106 Measurement of J/$\psi$ multiplicity dependent production in p+p $\sqrt{s}$ = 510 GeV with STAR at RHIC

The investigation of quarkonium production allows for the study of the properties of strongly interacting matter, such as interactions with the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) and nucleonic gluon content. While such probes are essential, a detailed description of the quarkonium production mechanism is not yet completely understood. Proposed explanatory mechanisms, including multi-parton interactions, string screening, and higher gluon radiation are discussed, as well as the guidance this measurement and related probes provide to model calculations. Within the QGP, understanding the interplay between suppressed production and regenerative recombination may directly benefit from a heightened understanding of the underlying production mechanisms.

Herein we present dielectron channel measurements of J/$\psi$ production of 1.5 $<$ $p_{T}$ $<$ 12 GeV/c at mid rapidity ($\mid$y$\mid$ $<$ 1.0) as a function of charged particle multiplicity. Specific observables include multiplicity dependent transverse momentum spectra and self-normalised J/$\psi$ yields. The presented analysis utilizes the largest to date analyzed sample of quarkonia the STAR experiment has obtained from p+p collisions in the dielectron channel. Consistent with measurements at 200 GeV, 7 TeV and 13 TeV, a faster-than-linear rise is observed for which models converge at low values of normalized multiplicity. Their divergence at higher values emphasizes the potential for improvement from extending the measurement range.

Speaker: Brennan Schaefer

20240924_HP2024_BSchaefer.pdf

107 Charmonium production measurements in small systems at LHCb

Charmonium production in hadronic collisions is an important experimen-
tal observable that sheds light on the heavy quark interaction with the nuclear medium. While the bound quarkonium states undergo dissociation and recombination in PbPb collisions, in pPb collisions they can experience a combination of initial and final state effects such as shadowing and comover breakup. A full description of charmonia production from small to intermediate system is hence crucial to disentangle these from medium effects. In this contribution, recent LHCb measurements of ψ(2s)/J/ψ production in pp and in pPb as a function of multiplicity will be shown and discussed. Also, the first LHC measurement of χc production and nuclear modification will be included

Speaker: Cesar Luiz Da Silva (Los Alamos National Laboratory (US))

Charmonia-HardProbes2024-v3.pdf

Charmonia-HardProbes2024-v3.pptx

108 Exotic hadron production in pp and pPb collisions at LHCb

In the last decade, hadron spectroscopy has unveiled a wealth of states that
do not have the properties expected of particles composed of 2 or 3 valence
quarks. Foremost among these is the X(3872), which is thought to contain
a ccbar pair plus two light quarks. In heavy ion collisions, these multiquark
states are especially sensitive to a range of phenomena that can suppress or
enhance their production. With a full range of precision vertexing, tracking,
and particle ID capabilities covering forward rapidity, the LHCb experiment is
especially well suited to measurements of both prompt and non-prompt exotic
hadrons. This talk will present recent LHCb measurements of exotic hadrons,
including the first measurement of the nuclear modification factor of the exotic
hadron X(3872) in pPb collisions.

Speaker: John Matthew Durham (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

Durham_HardProbes2024.pdf

Parallel 20: future facilities

Convener: Jonghan Park (University of Tsukuba (JP))

109 The NA60+ experiment at SPS.

A new apparatus, NA60+, is proposed for measuring muon pairs in the center-of-mass region from 5 to 17 GeV at CERN SPS in a variety of collisional systems from Pb+Pb and down to p+Be. The physics scope of the new detector will cover topics from the measurement of thermal radiation coming from the hot and dense medium to chiral symmetry restoration, strangeness, and charm production.

The proposed detector consists of a vertex spectrometer based on novel technology, allowing the production of large silicon sensors and a large-acceptance muon spectrometer based on gaseous detectors. With its high beam intensity, the new apparatus provides access to rare observables that have been scarcely studied until now. The new detector will come into operation after the Long Shutdown 3 of the LHC (past 2029) and is aimed at the first data-taking with Pb and proton beams. In this contribution, we review the project and recent R&D effort, including the technical aspects and the studies of the physics performances for the observables.

Speaker: Alexander Milov (Weizmann Institute of Science (IL))

na60p_hp2024_09_24_sasha_v2.pdf

na60p_hp2024_09_24_sasha_v2.pptx

110 Time-of-flight PID upgrade at CMS for hard probes in dense QCD matter at the high-luminosity LHC era

The intriguing phenomena emerging in the high-density quantum chromodynamics (QCD) matter are being widely studied in the heavy ion program at the LHC and will be understood more deeply during the high-luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) era. The CMS experiment is under the Phase 2 upgrade towards the HL-LHC era. Among others, a new timing detector is proposed with its timing resolution for minimum ionization particles (MIP) to be 30 ps. The MIP timing detector (MTD) will also provide the particle identification (PID) ability with a large pseudorapidity acceptance covering up to $|\eta|<3$ through time-of-flight (TOF). Combining MTD with a new wide-acceptance tracker ($|\eta|<4$) and high-granularity calorimetry ($|\eta|<5$), CMS will enable deeper studies of high-density QCD matters in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions. Taking advantage of upgraded detector capabilities, new opportunities in probing the quark-gluon plasma with hard probes will be presented, such as investigating the (3+1)-dimensional evolution of heavy flavor quark dynamics and particle composition inside jets over a wide angular range. The latest status and progress of the MTD project will also be presented.

Speaker: Gunther Roland (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (US))

HP2024_Roland_20240924_v5.pdf

111 Prospects for heavy-ion data-taking with the LHCb Upgrade II

Owing to its spectrometer acceptance, complementary to the other LHC ex-
periments, and to its excellent tracking and particle identification, LHCb has
been performing since the LHC Run2 a unique heavy-ion programme. By ex-
ploiting instead the injection of gases in the LHC accelerator beam-pipe, LHCb
has been simultaneously acquiring data in fixed-target mode. The sum of the
two configurations already gives unique inputs to theoretical models. With the
foreseen LHCb Upgrade II, to be operated from Run5, even more possibilities
will be opened by the increased detector granularity, the timing capabilities and
the new instrumentation. In this contribution, a full overview of the heavy-ion
opportunities with LHCb Upgrade II, as discussed in a recent workshop with
theoreticians, will be presented and discussed.

Speaker: Samuel Belin (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (ES))

hard_probes_2024_sbelin_v2.pdf

112 OmniFoldHI: Advanced ML Unfolding for Heavy-Ion Data

To compare collider experiments, measured data must be corrected for detector distortions through a process known as unfolding. As measurements become more sophisticated, the need for higher-dimensional unfolding increases, but traditional techniques have limitations. To address this, machine learning-based unfolding methods were recently introduced. In this work, we introduce OmniFoldHI, an improved version of the well-known algorithm [1], tailored for heavy-ion analyses. OmniFoldHI incorporates background counts, detector acceptances, efficiency, and uncertainties for real-analysis applications, and it works for an arbitrary number of observables. Besides removing detector effects, we demonstrate that unfolding can be used to subtract the underlying event, which is crucial for jet-quenching analyses and phenomenology. With these enhancements, OmniFoldHI functions effectively even without additional background subtraction. To illustrate its capabilities, we apply OmniFoldHI to unfold up to a 5-dimensional jet-substructure observable, comparing it to traditional techniques and quantifying uncertainties. We present model-independent results, with training and testing performed using different event generators. We show that OmniFoldHI reproduces the maximum likelihood estimate and provide mathematical proof of the ML unfolding algorithm.

[1] Andreassen et. al, Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 182001 (2020)

Speaker: Alexandre Falcão (University of Bergen)

OmniFoldHI_slides.pdf

Short Break

Parallel 21: jets in small systems

Convener: Gunther Roland (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (US))

113 Measurement of high pT direct photon and neutral pions in small collision systems at PHENIX

Collective effects like elliptic and triangular flow have been observed in small system collisions and found to be consistent with the formation of quark-gluon plasma (QGP) droplets. Corresponding changes in the nuclear modification factor, $R_{xA}$ however, became controversial, because they depend on certain model assumptions when mapping event activity on collision geometry. Using direct photons as "standard candle", i.e. assuming that $R_{xA}^{\gamma^{dir}} = 1$ holds for any system at high transverse momenta, the PHENIX experiment introduced a new $R_{xA}$ based solely on experimentally measured quantities. In the highest event activity $d$+Au collisions this new double ratio
$R_{xA,EXP}^{\pi^0}=(\gamma^{dir}/\pi^0)_{pp}/(\gamma^{dir}/\pi^0)_{xA}$ still shows a 20% suppression of the $\pi^0$ production. By comparing to recent results in other systems and collision energies, as well as to model calculations we will examine whether and how the role of final state (QGP) and initial state effects on this observation can be disentangled.

Speaker: Daniel Firak

HP2024 talk_nn_DanielFirak_Measurement of high pT direct photon and neutral pions in small collision systems at PHENIX.pdf

114 Measurements of jet quenching using hadron-jet observables at ALICE

Measurements of jets recoiling from a trigger hadron are useful probes of jet quenching, where jets are modified in the presence of a QGP. In particular, the spectrum of jets as a function of the separation angle $\Delta\phi$ is a good indicator of jet quenching effects such as azimuthal broadening. In this talk, we present measurements of this hadron-jet observable in high multiplicity (HM) pp collisions at $\sqrt s = 13$ TeV, where it is theorised a QGP could form. A novel data-driven subtraction of the combinatorial background is used, extending the low $p_{\rm{T,jet}}$ reach of the measurement. We find that although HM pp events do exhibit some azimuthal broadening, this effect is reproduced in simulations that do not model jet-quenching effects. We also present the first preliminary results of a non-multiplicity dependent hadron-jet measurement from Run 3 pp data from ALICE. The higher statistics data enables more precision in investigating other recoil jet properties, such as jet substructure, that test higher-order pQCD effects.

Speaker: Daniel Matthew Jones (University of Liverpool (GB))

Hadron+Jet in pp.pdf

115 Correlations between hard probes and bulk dynamics in small systems

Experimental exploration of small systems has produced several observables that indicate the existence of non-negligible correlations between hard and soft dynamics. When studying heavy ion collisions, the initial conditions and early stages of the bulk evolution are assumed independent of the dynamics of jets and high-$p_T$ partons. For such large systems, the production of rare high-$p_T$ probes is a small perturbation, but for small systems hard probes extract a significant fraction of the energy and momentum from the collision. This becomes unavailable for, and thus strongly affects, bulk evolution.
We investigate correlations between hard probes and bulk dynamics in small systems. We use a multi-stage approach where the hard scatterings are sampled first, followed by an initial state shower, yielding the energy and momenta of the originating hard partons, which are then subtracted from the incoming nucleons. The remaining energy is used for soft-particle production, modeled by 3D-Glauber + hydrodynamics. We present results for the nuclear modification factor as a function of event activity, azimuthal correlations between hard probes and soft particles, and transverse energy (at large rapidities) as a function of the jet $p_T$. Our results demonstrate that hard-soft correlations are crucial to understand the dynamics in small systems. The X-SCAPE framework allows for systematic studies of the interplay between flow and non-flow correlations in small systems.

Speaker: Sangyong Jeon

majumder-HP2024-small-systems_v2.pdf

majumder-HP2024-small-systems_v2.pdf

majumder-HP2024-small-systems_v2.pptx

Parallel 22: heavy quarks hard, jet

Convener: Yen-Jie Lee (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (US))

116 Bayes-DREENA: Integrated QGP Parameter Inference from High-pt and Low-pt Data

High-pt theory and data are traditionally used to study the interactions of high-pt partons with the Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP). Conversely, bulk QGP properties are typically inferred from low-pt data and models. Our approach unifies these domains through a finite-temperature dynamical energy loss (DREENA) framework, enabling a comprehensive QGP properties assessment using high-pt and low-pt data. Through this method, we constrain the early evolution of the QGP, examine the temperature dependence of the shear viscosity to entropy density ratio, and demonstrate the importance of including heavy flavor data in containing bulk QGP properties. By incorporating Bayesian inference within the DREENA framework, we show that utilizing light and heavy-flavor high-pt data together with low-pt data yields parameter distributions that are within the bounds of those inferred solely from low-pt data but are much better constrained. Therefore, integrating DREENA within a formal statistical framework (Bayes-DREENA) allows for more accurate inferences of QGP properties and leverages a broader range of available data.

Speaker: Magdalena Djordjevic

MagdalenaDjordjevic_HP2024.pdf

117 Collinear ccbar enhancement in medium

We derive the characteristic behaviour of the splitting function of a gluon to ccbar inside of a jet and focus on the medium modification. In the Baier-Dokshitzer-Mueller-Peigné-Schiff and Zakharov formalism one determines the modifications of parton splittings in the hot QCD plasma that arise from medium-induced gluon radiation. We study the modification of the g->c-cbar splitting function in the kinematic range accessible at the LHC runs 3&4. In addition to the characteristic momentum broadening of the c-cbar pair, we find that interactions with the medium also enhance the rate of c-cbar production both with Monte-Carlo reweighting and JetMed simulations. We propose an experimental signature through the rate of jets containing two D0 mesons in heavy-ion over proton-proton collisions.

Speaker: Urs Wiedemann (CERN)

Nagasaki_Wiedemann.pdf

Nagasaki_Wiedemann.pptx

118 Energy-energy correlators of heavy and light flavor jets in heavy-ion collisions

Energy-energy correlators (EECs) have been proposed as excellent jet substructure observables for studying the space-time structure of the jet shower and disentangling the different properties of the quark-gluon plasma. The EEC distributions of charged hadron jets, $D$-tagged and $B$-tagged jets from PYTHIA 8 exhibit that the EEC of heavy meson jets in small angle is much smaller than that of charged hadron jets. Within a linear Boltzmann transport model which includes both elastic and inelastic interactions between jet partons and medium constituents, we explore the contributions from energy loss, jet-induced medium response and medium-induced gluon radiation to the the final EEC distribution of both heavy and light flavor jets at different angles. Comparing to pp result, the energy correlation between shower partons are suppressed at the whole region of angles due to energy loss. After combining the contributions from medium response and radiated gluons, the total correlators get enhanced at both large angles and very small angles. The enhancement at large angles comes from the correlations between shower partons and medium response, while the enhancement at very small angles comes from the correlations between shower partons and radiated gluons. Within this framework, we provide the medium-modified EEC for charged hadron jets, $D$-tagged jets and $B$-tagged jets in Pb+Pb collisions at 5.02 TeV. The effect of hadronization process on EEC distribution will also be discussed.

Speaker: Ms Wen-Jing Xing (CCNU)

XWJ_HP2024_final.pdf

Parallel 23: heavy quarkonia production

Convener: Enrico Scomparin (INFN Torino (IT))

119 First observation of the multiplicity dependence of $\sigma_{\psi(2S)}/\sigma_{J/\psi}$ in pPb collisions with CMS and its implication regarding comover effects in small systems

The substantial masses of charm hadrons make them exceptional tools for the study of quantum chromodynamics (QCD), providing quantitative insights into QCD dynamics for systems having high parton densities and/or temperatures. Final-state effects, including interactions with co-moving particles or quark coalescence, may modify the hadronization of heavy quarks. To study these effects, we report the first measurement of prompt and non-prompt separated $\psi\rm{(2S)}$-over-$J/\psi$ cross-section ratios as a function of the charged-particle multiplicity in proton-lead (pPb) collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm{NN}}} = 8.16$ TeV. For the first time in the pPb collision system, a multiplicity dependence of this ratio is clearly observed for prompt charmonium production with a significance of over 5 sigma. The rapidity-dependence of this observable is studied, and results are compared with a model incorporating comover interactions. These measurements constrain hadronization models of heavy quarks in nuclear collisions and support a picture in which co-moving particles may dissociate the weakly-bound excited state of charmonia more than the ground state throughout the system’s evolution.

Speaker: Austin Alan Baty (University of Illinois Chicago)

Baty_CharmHadronspPb_HP2024_v4.pdf

120 Tetraquark Production by Intrinsic Charm

A number of new four-quark states containing from one to four $c$ or $\overline c$ quarks have been observed recently. Many of these new states have been discovered at the LHC. The production of these states via intrinsic charm in the proton is investigated. The tetraquark masses obtained in this approach, agree well with the measured masses. These calculations can provide some insight into the nature of the tetraquark candidates, whether as a bound meson pair or as a looser configuration of four individual partons which can influence their interactions in nuclear medium, such as in heavy-ion collisions. The kinematic distributions
of these states as a function of y and pT are also studied. The possible cross sections for these states are also considered.

This work was performed under the auspices of the U.S. DoE by LLNL under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344 and supported by LDRD projects 21-LW-034 and 23-LW-036 and the HEFTY Topical Collaboration.

Speaker: Ramona Vogt (LLNL and UC Davis)

HP24_talk.pdf

121 $NJ/\psi$ and $N\eta_c$ interactions from lattice QCD

The interaction between the nucleon and charmonia ($J/\psi$ and $\eta_c$) is expected to deepen our understanding of various aspects in nonperturbative QCD ranging from the origin of nucleon mass to $J/\psi$ suppression in heavy-ion collisions and properties of hidden-charm pentaquark states. Here, we present the first lattice QCD studies on low-energy $NJ/\psi$ and $N\eta_c$ interactions based on (2+1) flavor configurations with nearly physical pion mass $m_\pi=146$ MeV. The interactions, extracted from the spacetime correlations of nucleon and charmonium system by using HAL QCD method, are found to be attractive in all distances and manifest a characteristic long-range tail, which is consistent with the two-pion exchange interaction between a nucleon and a color-dipole. The resulting scattering lengths are around $0.4$ fm, $0.3$ fm and $0.2$ fm for $NJ/\psi$ with spin $1/2$, with spin $3/2$, and $N\eta_c$, respectively. Our results are order of magnitude larger than those from the photo-production experiments assuming the vector meson dominance.

Speaker: Yan Lyu

Yan Lyu_N-charmonium interaction from LQCD_HP2024.pdf

Parallel 24: future facilities

Convener: Yasuyuki Akiba

122 ALICE 3 physics programme and detector R&D

The ALICE Collaboration has proposed a completely new apparatus, ALICE 3, for the LHC Runs 5 and 6 (LoI, arXiv:2211.02491). The detector consists of a large pixel-based tracking system covering eight units of pseudorapidity, complemented by multiple systems for particle identification, including silicon time-of-flight layers, a ring-imaging Cherenkov detector, a muon identification system, and an electromagnetic calorimeter. Track pointing resolution of better than 10 micron for $p_T$ >200 MeV/c can be achieved by placing the vertex detector on a retractable structure inside the beam pipe. ALICE 3 will, on the one hand, enable novel studies of the quark-gluon plasma and, on the other hand, open up important physics opportunities in other areas of QCD and beyond. The main new studies in the QGP sector focus on low-$p_T$ heavy-flavour production, including beauty hadrons, multi-charm baryons and charm-charm correlations, as as well as on precise multi-differential measurements of dielectron emission to probe the mechanism of chiral-symmetry restoration and the time-evolution of the QGP temperature. Besides QGP studies, ALICE 3 can uniquely contribute to hadronic physics, with femtoscopic studies of the interaction potentials between charm mesons and searches for nuclei with charm, and to fundamental physics, with tests of the Low theorem for ultra-soft photon emission. The presentation will cover the detector concept, the physics performance, and the status of detector R&D.

Speaker: Cas Van Veen (Heidelberg University (DE))

HP24 Cas van Veen.pdf

123 Design and expected performance of the ALICE ITS3 tracker upgrade

During LHC LS3 (2026-28) ALICE is replacing its innermost three tracking layers by a new detector, "ITS3". It will be based on newly developed wafer-scale monolithic active pixel sensors, which are bent into truly cylindrical layers and held in place by light mechanics made from carbon foam. Unprecedented low values of material budget (0.07% per layer) and closeness to interaction point (19 mm) lead to a factor two improvement in pointing resolutions from very low $p_T$ (O(100 MeV/c), achieving, for example, 20 $\mu$m and 15 $\mu$m in the transversal and longitudinal directions, respectively, for 1 GeV/c particles. After a successful R&D phase 2019-2023, which demonstrated the feasibility of this innovational detector and lead to the Technical Design Report (https://cds.cern.ch/record/2890181), the final sensor and mechanics are being developed right now. This contribution will review the conceptual design and the main R&D achievements, as well as the current activities and road to completion and installation. It concludes with a projection of the improved physics performance, in particular for heavy-flavour mesons and baryons, as well as for thermal dielectrons, that will come into reach with this new detector installed.

Speaker: Bong-Hwi Lim (Universita e INFN Torino (IT))

HP2024_ALICE_ITS3_BHLim_V3_reduced.pdf

124 ALICE Forward Calorimeter upgrade (FoCal): physics program and expected performance

The FoCal is a high-granularity forward calorimeter to be installed as an ALICE upgrade during the LHC Long Shutdown 3 and take data in Run 4.
It will cover a pseudorapidity interval of $3.2 < \eta < 5.8$, allowing to explore QCD at unprecedented low Bjorken-$x$ of down to $\approx 10^{-6}$ -- a regime where non-linear QCD dynamics are expected to be sizable.
The FoCal consists of a compact silicon-tungsten sampling electromagnetic calorimeter with pad and pixel readout to achieve high spatial resolution for discriminating between isolated photons and decay photon pairs. Its hadronic component is constructed from copper capillary tubes with scintillator fibers.
The detector design allows measuring a multitude of probes, including direct photons, jets, as well as photo-production of vector mesons in ultra-peripheral collisions and angular correlations of different probes.
After the recent completed of the Technical Design Report (https://cds.cern.ch/record/2696471), the FoCal project is entering the production phase in view of installation in 2028.
We will give an overview of the FoCal physics programme, of the detector design and of its expected performance using results from recent test beams of small-scale prototypes.

Speaker: Jacek Tomasz Otwinowski (Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences (PL))

JacekOtwinowski_HP2024.pdf

Poster Session

125 Applications of monolithic CMOS pixel sensor to medical physics

In recent years, CMOS silicon pixel detectors have seen significant advancements and a widespread usage across various physics fields, allowing for significant improvements of the particle detection technologies. One relevant example is the ALPIDE chip, which is a CMOS Monolithic Active Pixel Sensor developed for the upgrade of the Inner Tracking System of the ALICE experiment at the LHC.
On top of its excellent capabilities for high-energy particle physics, its excellent spatial resolution and charged-particle detection efficiency, very limited noise and fake-hit rate, and reduced sensitivity to photons make it suited for several applications in medical physics.
In this contribution we will show recent developments for two applications in this field being currently investigated. In particular, we will discuss the concept of a Compton chamber using as scatterer element multiple stacks of ALPIDE chip, to cover a large enough sensitive volume, to be used for the online monitoring of hadrontherapy proton or ion beams. We will also report on the perspectives for the development of an intraoperative probe containing an ALPIDE chip as sensitive element, with online imaging capabilities, to be exploited in radioguided surgery in association to beta-emitting radiotracers.

Speaker: Fabio Colamaria (INFN, Sezione di Bari (IT))

HP24_Poster_PRIN.pdf

126 Event-by-event mean transverse momentum fluctuations in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV using ALICE detector

High-multiplicity triggered events produced in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV collected by ALICE detector are analyzed to study the mean transverse momentum ($p_{\rm T}$) fluctuations. The study is inspired by the idea that non-monotonic changes in $p_{\rm T}$ correlations vary with energy and, if observed, may be taken as an indicator for the {\footnotesize QGP} formation. The finding reveals that the values of the two-particle correlator, $\sqrt{C_m}/M(p_T)_m$ decreases with increasing charged particle density and exhibits a power-law behavior similar to those reported for pp and Pb--Pb collisions at lower energies. In order to look for effects of jets and minijets, dependence of correlator, $\sqrt{C_m}/M(p_T)_m$ on charged particle density is examined by applying different $p_{\rm T}$ selection and comparing the behavior of the correlator observed for low $p_{\rm T}$ to high $p_{\rm T}$ ranges. The findings based on the data are also compared with the predictions of various Monte Carlo models.

Speaker: Ms Bushra Ali (Aligarh Muslim University (IN))

MeanPt_fluc_HP2024.pdf

127 Intermediate Silicon Tracker in sPHENIX at RHIC

The sPHENIX collaboration has been taking data since 2023 at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider in BNL to study the Quark-Gluon Plasma and cold-QCD. A detector complex consisting of the solenoid magnet, a hadron calorimeter, an electromagnetic calorimeter, a time projection chamber, a MAPS-based vertex detector, and the intermediate silicon tracker (INTT). A tracking system formed by the three latter detectors enables us to measure the heavy flavor jets and identify the three upsilon states. The INTT surrounding the collision point azimuthally at about 10 cm away with two layers of silicon strip sensors detects hit points at the intermediate area of the tracking system to have better tracking precision. In addition to that, the INTT also provides timing information to tracker hits, which is possible only by INTT, thanks to its good timing resolution, to eliminate pile-up events by misidentifying bunch-crossing. This poster presentation will show the status of commissioning with proton-proton collision runs this year and achievements using Au-Au collision data taken in 2023.

Speaker: Cheng-Wei Shih (National Central University (TW))

ChengWei_HardProbe2024_v4_5.pdf

128 First study of azimuthal correlations of electron-muon pairs from heavy-flavor decays in proton-proton collisions with ALICE

In high-energy hadronic collisions, heavy flavors are a sensitive tool for studying the physics of strong interactions. In particular, heavy-flavor measurements in proton-proton (pp) collisions are most suitable to test QCD calculations and serve as baseline for studies in heavy-ion collisions. One measurement particularly sensitive to the production mechanism of heavy quarks is the azimuthal correlation distribution of lepton pairs generated from heavy-flavor hadron decays. More specifically, heavy-flavor quark pairs can be produced by leading-order (LO) processes, characterized by back-to-back azimuthal correlation of the two quarks, or next-to-leading-order (NLO) processes, with a different correlation pattern. The relative contribution of LO and NLO processes can be investigated from the azimuthal correlation distribution of the final-state heavy-flavor particles, and it is possible to set constraints to theoretical models describing this observable by comparing their predictions to the measurements. In this study, we use electron-muon pairs, which allow us to perform clean measurements that suppress e.m. processes conserving the lepton number, as Drell-Yan process and resonance decays. In this poster, we report the current status of the analysis of the measurements of azimuthal correlations of electron-muon pairs from heavy-flavor hadron decays in pp collisions at √s=13.6 TeV

Speaker: Shunsuke Kurita (Hiroshima University (JP))

kurita_poster_ver5.pdf

129 Quantifying in-medium jet structure modification and medium response with direct photon and pi-zero triggered hadron correlations in PHENIX

Jet measurements have long established that as hard scattered partons traverse the quark gluon plasma (QGP) they lose energy resulting in modified jets in A+A collisions relative to p+p collisions with no QGP. Understanding how the jets, their constituents and substructure are modified is crucial to discriminating between energy loss models and extracting the in-medium transport properties. Equally important is quantifying the response of the medium to this lost energy and disentangling such effects from the modified parton showers. By triggering on a high momentum hadron and measuring the distribution of hadrons opposite it in azimuth, we can study the particles correlated with the opposing jet. Model comparisons to the PHENIX $\pi^{0}-$hadron correlations suggest that medium response plays an important role for describing the low momentum hadron distribution. PHENIX has final results for the ratio ($I_{AA}$) and difference ($\Delta_{AA}$) of Au+Au to p+p as a function of the azimuthal angle. In addition, PHENIX is extracting these observables using direct photons as a trigger. The unmodified direct photon provides access to the kinematics of the initial hard scattering and selects a population of opposing jets predominantly from quarks. These measurements utilizing the highest statistics PHENIX 200 GeV Au+Au data set are also complimentary to LHC Z boson-track correlation studies, by exploring lower momentum jets at RHIC and further constraining energy loss models.

Speaker: Anthony Hodges (Univ. Illinois at Urbana Champaign (US))

130 $\Lambda_c-N$ interaction form Lattice QCD at physical point

We investigate $\Lambda_{c}-N$ interaction in the spin singlet channel ($^1S_0$) and the spin triplet coupled channel ($^3S_1-{^3D_1}$) from lattice QCD by using HAL QCD method. We perform the first physical point simulation by employing gauge configurations generated by the HAL Collaboration at $m_{\pi}\simeq137$ MeV, $m_{K}\simeq 502$ MeV, and $a \simeq 0.0844$ fm on $96^4$ lattices (HAL-Conf-2023) in which a high statistical precision was achieved by 8000 Monte Carlo trajectories. Our calculations of the $\Lambda_{c}-N$ potential show a weak mid-range attraction and a short-range repulsive core. This is qualitatively similar to the results obtained in our previous calculations at heavier pion masses, $m_{\pi} \simeq 410,\ 570,\ 700$ MeV, while the current results at the physical point indicate a shallower mid-range attraction compared to the previous results. With the ALICE upgrade for LHC Run-3, which aims for a fifty-times increase in recorded collisions, the increased statistics of charm baryons may enhance the feasibility of the measurements of $\Lambda_{c}-N$ femtoscopic correlations, making it possible to analyze the $\Lambda_{c}-N$ interaction by both lattice QCD and experimental data. The present results at the physical point with the coupled-channel effect would also make a significant impact on the studies of $\Lambda_{c}-N$ interactions based on chiral effective field theory.

Speaker: Liang Zhang (Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences; iTHEMS, RIKEN)

poster ZhangLiang HP2024 v3.1.pdf

131 (Non-)Perturbative aspect of the high multiplicities in jets

The recent CMS jet measurement provides new insights into understanding the QCD hard processes in the high-multiplicity limit (with $n>100$ tracks in jet). In this study, we aim to understand the dynamics that gives the broad multiplicity distribution $P(n)$ in the jet and the origin of the high-multiplicity tail. We start with a set of assumptions on the multiplicity distribution coming from a single parton fragmenting in the non-perturbative regime, and then, consider NLO parton splitting corrections to the multiplicity distribution. Taking a pure gluonic and exclusive jet as a toy example, we found that the NLO correction to the multiplicity distribution $P(n)$ receives a double-logarithm contribution from the collinear-soft region and a non-linear, single-logarithm enhancement from the collinear region. We propose an evolution equation that connects the multiplicity distribution from low to high energy scales. We analyze the behavior of the equation and apply it to the phenomenology of high multiplicity jets.

Speaker: Prof. Weiyao Ke (Central China Normal University)

WK-JetMult.pdf.pdf

132 A systematic primer for the rescattering of heavy flavor hadrons

In this work, we systematically study the effects of hadronic rescattering on heavy flavored hadrons. With the hadronic transport approach SMASH, we create the most basic approximation of a hadronic afterburner -- a thermalized and expanding sphere of hadron gas --, where we observe the ``pion wind'' phenomenon and its dependence on the cross section assumption. Further in complexity, we introduce fast-moving heavy mesons, arisen from quarks created in the initial hard scatterings. They are slowed down nearly independently of the initial momentum, hinting at thermalization. They are also deflected in the medium by an amount that depends on which cross sections are used, possibly hinting at the mechanism for anisotropic flow generation. Within this setup, we also see a depletion in charmonia due to the process $J/\Psi(+N)\to D\bar{D}(+N)$. Moreover, due to the large (semi)leptonic branching ratio, the rescattering of heavy hadrons decreases the phase space of resulting dileptons, so we investigate how this affects their opening angle and invariant mass spectra. Such a study on a comprehensive set of observables related to heavy flavor hadrons is the first step for higher precision predictions in full dynamical hybrid approaches.

Speaker: Renan Hirayama (FIAS)

Hirayama_poster.pdf

133 b-jet cross section measurement using heavy-flavour tagging with secondary-vertex method in pp collisions at 13.6 TeV with ALICE

This study focuses on the measurement of b-jet production in pp collisions at 13.6 TeV with the ALICE detector. The accurate identification of b-jets is crucial for understanding heavy-flavour quark production and fragmentation. This analysis concentrates on tagging beauty jets using the secondary-vertex method which excels in identifying long-lived hadrons containing a b quark by analyzing the secondary vertex of the hadron's decay and the primary vertex of the collision. In this work we focus on finding secondary vertices containing 3 prongs. Notably, this analysis takes advantage of the Run3 dataset, where updates to the Inner Tracking System (ITS2) have significantly improved the secondary-vertex resolution compared to Run2. This study presents the measurement of b-jet cross sections, highlighting the effectiveness of secondary vertex tagging techniques.

Speaker: Hanseo Park (University of Tsukuba (JP))

hanseo_HP2024_poster_2.4.pdf

134 b-jet tagging in pp collisions using graph neural network with the ALICE experiment

Beauty-jets (b-jets) refer to sprays of collimated particles produced from the fragmentation of beauty quarks generated in hard scatterings at collider experiments. Compared to jets produced by the fragmentation of light quarks and gluons, b-jets are characterised by the presence of displaced secondary vertices, due to the decay of beauty hadrons which have a relatively long lifetime ($c\tau \sim 500$ μm). Therefore, they can be tagged by exploiting the decay topology using traditional methods based on the impact-parameter (IP) of their constituents or the reconstruction of secondary vertices (SV). These methods however have a limited performance. Graph Neural Network (GNN) is a deep learning method capable of considering the relationship between the constituent tracks, and extracting features of jets by treating them as graphs consisting of tracks. Hence, GNN is expected to demonstrate outstanding b-jet tagging performance. On this poster, we will introduce the structure and training process of GNN, and present the b-jet tagging performance of the GNN which is trained using ALICE Monte Carlo data.

Speaker: Changhwan Choi (Pusan National University (KR))

CHChoi_HardProbes_2024_poster_v4-d.pdf

135 Backreaction of QGP fluids from recoil partons

Modification of jets is a powerful tool to diagnose a quark gluon plasma (QGP) in high-energy heavy-ion collisions. During propagation of partons in a jet through the QGP medium, constituents of the medium acquire high energy and momentum from them and are kicked out to be non-equilibrated partons. These partons are called the recoil partons. Together with how the jet partons radiate energy and momentum during traversing the medium, the recoil process is also crucial in description of jet modification and in understanding of properties of the QGP in high-energy heavy-ion collisions.

Due to the energy-momentum conservation, the backreaction of the QGP would occur when the partons are kicked out from the QGP medium. To develop a general-purpose event generator which respects the energy-momentum conservation, the recoil process should be implemented as “deposition of negative energy and momentum” into the fluids.

In this study, we introduce the negative source terms in hydrodynamic equations to consider the dynamical evolution of backreaction of the QGP medium in recoil processes. Using this framework, we analyze effects of the backreaction on the jet structure function toward comprehensive understanding of jet propagation in medium.

Speaker: Shoto Sakuma (Sophia University)

HP2024_ShotoSakuma.pdf

136 Beam test results for the new prototype ITS3 sensor design

The ITS3 is the future upgrade for the ALICE Inner Tracking System for Run 4 of the LHC. It replaces the three innermost layers with a truly cylindrical design of bent and stitched MAPS sensors, along with material budget as low as 0.07% $X_0$ per layer and less than 40 mW/cm$^2$ power consumption. These improvements increase the pointing resolution by a factor of two, and tracking efficiency by up to 30% at transverse momenta less than 300 MeV/$c$, and allow for operation of the innermost layer at 19 mm away from the LHC beam pipe. MOnolithic Stitched Sensor evaluation circuits have been produced in two variants, one 27 cm long (MOSS) and one 2.2 cm long (babyMOSS). This poster reports on recent test beam campaigns using babyMOSS sensors to quantify their performance metrics such as tracking efficiency, fake hit rate, and spatial resolution.

Speaker: Tucker Hwang (University of California Berkeley (US))

ITS3_beam_test_HP24.pdf

137 Bottomonium production measurements at LHCb

Bottomonium production is sensitive to both the structure of nucleons and
the interactions of b quarks with the nuclear media produced in heavy-ion colli-
sions. The LHCb detector’s forward geometry allows for studying bottomonium
production in a unique kinematic regime. Recent LHCb studies of bottomonium
production will be presented, including measurements sensitive to final-state ef-
fects in small collision systems and studies of multi-parton interactions

Speaker: Chenzhi Dong (Tsinghua University (CN))

138 Charged beauty-tagged jet measurement with impact parameter method in proton--proton collisions in Run3

Heavy-flavour jets, defined as collimated bunches of hadrons originating from the fragmentation of heavy-flavour quarks such as beauty quarks, are produced in high-energy collisions. The cross section of heavy-flavour quark production can be calculated using perturbative quantum chromodynamics (pQCD) due to their generation through high momentum transfer at low $p_{T}$, attributed to their significant mass.
Since heavy-flavour quarks are created in the initial stages of collisions, before the formation of the quark-gluon plasma (QGP), they serve as effective probes for studying QGP properties. With the ALICE detector's upgrades for Run 3, a significant increase in statistics and spacial resolution have been achieved, enhancing the precision and significance of cross-section analyses of heavy-flavor jets. The heavy-flavour jets can be identified by impact parameter distribution of their constituents, since heavy-flavour hadrons have much longer lifetimes than light-flavour hadrons.
In this study, we will present the first look with ALICE at heavy-flavour jet tagging using the impact parameter method in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13.6\,\mathrm{TeV}$ in Run 3.

Speaker: Hyungjun Lee (Sungkyunkwan University (KR))

HP_poster_hyungjun_Lee.pdf

139 Charmonium production at midrapidity using TRD-triggered data measured in ALICE

Quarkonium production is considered one of the golden probes of quark-gluon plasma (QGP) formation in heavy-ion collisions. Quarkonium production in small collision systems is also important for investigating production mechanisms and providing a reference for heavy-ion collisions. Charmonium, a bound state of charm and anti-charm quark pairs, has its production mechanism described by perturbative QCD for heavy quark production and non-perturbative QCD calculations for the formation of the bound state. Measurements of J/$\psi$ and $\psi$(2S) cross sections in pp collisions are crucial for studying charmonium production mechanisms and testing different QCD-based model calculations. Especially, $\psi$(2S) production relative to J/$\psi$ provides strong discriminating power among quarkonium production models. Thanks to the ALICE online single-electron triggers from the Transition Radiation Detector (TRD), the $\psi$(2S) signal can be extracted at midrapidity via the dielectron decay channel.
In this contribution, the results on $p_{\mathrm T}$-differential $\psi$(2S) production cross section at midrapidity with the TRD-triggered data measured in ALICE in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 13$ TeV will be shown for the first time, along with those for J/$\psi$. In addition, the excited-to-ground state yield ratio ($\psi$(2S)-to-J/$\psi$) at midrapidity will be discussed. Results will be compared to measurements at forward rapidity and available model calculations.

Speaker: Jinjoo Seo (Heidelberg University (DE))

HP2024_poster_jj_v4.pdf

140 Conductivity of quark-gluon plasma from charged particles and photons

Heavy-ion collisions have been used to study quark-gluon plasma (QGP) and can be used to study strong electromagnetic (EM) fields. Because the EM fields penetrate the QGP medium, their evolutions are coupled together. In turn, probes like the flow of direct photons and charged particles will be modified by the coupling [1, 2]. Usually, the EM field modifications are considered separately from the evolution of the QGP. Instead, we model the dynamic evolution of the QGP and EM fields together using relativistic resistive magneto-hydrodynamics (RRMHD) [3]. Our RRMHD model is unique for heavy-ion collisions because it includes a finite scalar electrical conductivity. That conductivity acts as dissipation between the EM fields and the QGP. We demonstrate how the charged particle directed flow (v1) could also be used as an observable for QGP conductivity. Additionally, we apply the same model to calculate a potentially cleaner observable, the direct photon elliptic flow (v2). Because the QGP and EM fields are connected through the same conductivity for both calculations, we will compare and discuss the preferred values of both.
[1] Sun and Yan, Phys. Rev.C 109, 034917 (2024).
[2] Gursoy, Kharzeev, and Rajagopal, Phys. Rev.C 89, 054905 (2014),
[3] Nakamura, Miyoshi, Nonaka, and Takahashi, Phys.Rev.C 107, 014901 (2023).
Nakamura, Miyoshi, Nonaka, and Takahashi, Eur.Phys. J.C 83, 229 (2023).
Nakamura, Miyoshi, Nonaka, and Takahashi, Phys.Rev.C 107, 034912 (2023).

Speaker: Nicholas Benoit (Hiroshima University)

NagasakiHardProbe2024.pdf

141 Correlation of strangeness production with charged hadrons in proton-proton collisions with ALICE

Measurements of the relative production of strange hadrons in high-energy hadronic collisions have proven to be an important tool for understanding hadronization. In particular, it has been shown that strangeness is produced more abundantly in high-multiplicity pp and p-Pb collisions at the LHC, a phenomenon known as "strangeness enhancement" that has sparked significant interest in both the experimental and theoretical communities.

In this work, correlations between strange hadrons and high-$p_\{\rm\{T\}\}$ charged particles are investigated. The results are shown for both Run 2 and Run 3 data-taking periods, the latter providing a significantly larger amount of data and thus allowing a better determination of strangeness-production mechanisms. As these measurements serve as crucial input for phenomenological models aiming to describe the strangeness enhancement, we also discuss how the models are compared with the data.

Speaker: Kai Cui (Central China Normal University CCNU (CN))

HP2024.pdf

142 Decoding the composition of QCD matter with the polarization of thermal dileptons

Multi-differential measurements of dilepton spectra serve as a unique tool to characterize the properties of matter in the interior of the hot and dense fireball. An important property of virtual photons is their spin polarization defined in the rest frame of the virtual photon for a chosen quantization axis. While the total yield and observable spectra are proportional to the sum of the longitudinal and transverse components of the spectral function, the polarization depends on their difference. As the processes that drive the medium effects in the spectral function change with invariant mass and momentum, this becomes a powerful tool for studying the medium composition.
In this contribution, the polarization observables of thermal virtual photons as a function of mass and momentum will be presented. To connect to the experiment, we discuss the modeling of the underlying medium evolution of heavy-ion collisions in the few GeV energy regime via coarse-grained transport simulations. The polarization results obtained within our framework are compared to existing measurements from HADES and NA60, and predictions for upcoming HADES data will be provided. Finally, we address the prospects of using dilepton polarization to disentangle the contributions of hadronic and partonic origin to thermal radiation.

Speaker: Florian Seck

fseck_HP2024.pdf

143 Deep learning on jet modification in the presence of the QGP background

Jet interactions with the color-deconfined QCD medium in relativistic heavy-ion collisions are conventionally assessed by measuring the modification of the distributions of jet observables with respect to their proton-proton baselines. Deep learning methods allow us to evaluate the modification of jets on a jet-by-jet basis, and therefore significantly improve the capability of using jets to probe the QGP properties. In this work, we first explore the fractional energy loss of each jet through the QGP using the Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) method. The initial jets are generated by Pythia, and their subsequent evolution through the QGP is simulated using a linear Boltzmann transport (LBT) model. By mixing jet partons with the QGP background generated by a thermal model, and then training the neutral network with jets obtained using the constituent subtraction method, we show the neural network can provide a good prediction on the fractional energy loss of jets in the presence of the QGP background. We further apply the deep learning methods to the background subtraction in constructing jets. Although the recoil partons from the LBT simulation, scattered out of the QGP background but belonging to jets, can inevitably lead to over-subtraction of the background, we obtain better accuracy of background subtraction by using the deep learning methods than by using the traditional constituent subtraction method and area-based method adopted in many experimental measurements.

Speaker: RAN LI

liran_poster.pdf

144 Development and Simulation of Backward Hadronic calorimeter for the ePIC detector at EIC

The Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) is a future particle accelerator at Brookhaven National Laboratory. It will provide physicists with high luminosity and highly polarized beams with a wide range of nuclei species at different energies, covering an extensive kinematic range, which will provide unprecedented access to the spatial and spin structure of proton, neutron, and light ions. The EIC physics goals include measuring the Generalized Parton Distribution, performing precision 3D imaging of the nuclei structure, and studying color confinement and hadronization mechanisms.
The backward hadronic calorimeter (backward HCal) for the Electron-Proton/Ion Collider experiment(ePIC) is a tail-catcher type calorimeter under development, which is to be located in the electron-going direction. In order to meet the physics goals of the EIC, a high position resolution backward hadronic calorimeter is needed to measure and distinguish charged and neutral hadronic showers coming from jets originating from fragmentation of small-x partons. The planned design type is a sandwich calorimeter with alternating layers of non-magnetic steel and plastic scintillator with wavelength-shifting fibers(Fe/SciFi). The light readout will be provided by Silicon Photomultipliers. It will cover the pseudorapidity range $-3.5<\eta<-1.2$. We will present a comprehensive overview with study on position resolution, clustering optimization, low energy neutron detection and separation.

Speaker: Alexandr Prozorov

prozorov_poster_nhcal.pdf

145 Dielectron production and topological separation of dielectron sources with ALICE

Electron-positron pairs with low invariant mass are a versatile tool for studying the properties of the quark-gluon plasma created in ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions. Due to their electromagnetic nature and the variety of sources that can produce such pairs, they allow to study the whole space-time evolution of the system undistorted by strong final-state interactions. However, a correct interpretation of the results observed in heavy-ion collisions is impossible without comprehensive studies of low-mass dielectron production in proton–proton collisions, which allow one to investigate in detail the corresponding analysis tools and techniques. For example, prompt dielectrons emitted from the hot medium need to be disentangled from a large physics background originating from semi-leptonic correlated decays of heavy-flavor hadrons. This separation can be studied in detail in pp collisions by investigating prompt and non-prompt dielectron pair production in the intermediate mass region.
In this talk we present the final results on dielectron production in pp collisions from LHC Run 2 and the latest measurements from LHC Run 3 data recorded with the upgraded ALICE detector. In particular the improvements of the separation of prompt and heavy flavour dielectrons based on their characteristic topological properties will be discussed. The presentation will conclude with a discussion of the current status of the dielectron measurements in Pb–Pb collisions.

Speaker: Florian Eisenhut (Goethe University Frankfurt (DE))

Poster_HP2024_FlorianEisenhut.pdf

146 Dimuon measurement in low and intermediate mass region in √s = 13.6 TeV pp collisions at ALICE

In high-energy proton-proton (pp) collisions, the study of dimuon production provides crucial insights into particle production mechanisms and can serve as a baseline for the study of the properties of the quark-gluon plasma (QGP). In particular, the low (below the phi mass) and intermediate (between the phi and the J/psi) invariant mass regions are of interest for measurements of vector mesons (rho, omega, phi) and open heavy flavors. Signals of chiral symmetry restoration and thermal dimuons may be detected on top of the previous sources, in nuclear collisions.

The ALICE experiment has been collecting pp collisions data at √s = 13.6 TeV in the ongoing LHC Run 3. In this study, we analyze data from the muon spectrometer, which has been upgraded by the installation of the Muon Forward Tracker.

Data have been analyzed to extract the dimuon invariant mass spectra. The combinatorial background was then evaluated with a data-driven procedure while correlated background sources were estimated by a MonteCarlo-based procedure. The specific goal of this study is to measure the production cross-section of heavy quarks, and first results of the analysis will be presented.

Speaker: Motomi Oya (Hiroshima University (JP))

oya_poster_v9.pdf

147 Direct photon emission of QCD matter with Tsallis statistics

Nonextensive statistics [1] has attracted attention as a description of an extended range of hadronic particle spectra in nuclear collisions. In this study, we consider a relativistic hydrodynamic model with Tsallis statistics [2] to estimate direct photons, which are a prominent observable for understanding the properties of the QCD matter. Nonextensivity enters the model via the modification of (i) the space-time evolution of the system and (ii) the photon emission rate. Direct photon spectra and elliptic flow are estimated in numerical simulations.

[1] C. Tsallis, J. Statist. Phys. 52, 479 (1988)
[2] K. Kyan, A. Monnai, Phys. Rev. D 106, 054004 (2022)

Speaker: Dr Akihiko Monnai (Osaka Institute of Technology)

148 Direct virtual photon production in Au+Au collisions with STAR BES-II data

As electromagnetic probes, photons have the advantage of escaping unimpeded from their emission source. Consequently, photons can carry valuable information about the properties and dynamics of the hot QCD medium created in heavy-ion collisions. Particularly, the transverse momentum distribution of direct virtual photons emitted from the hot QCD medium exhibits sensitivity to the system temperature. As a result, it offers an effective means of measuring the temperature of the medium.

The STAR experiment has recorded large datasets of Au+Au collisions in the Beam Energy Scan Phase-II (BES-II) program, spanning center-of-mass energies $\sqrt{s_{\text{NN}}}$ = 3 - 54.4 GeV. In this talk, preliminary results of the direct virtual photon measurement in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\text{NN}}}$ = 27 and 54.4 GeV will be presented, including $p_{T}$-differential invariant yields and total yields in different centrality bin. Furthermore, the effective temperature extracted from the $p_T$ spectra and the physics implications will be discussed.

Speaker: xianwen bao

Xianwen_HP_Poster_v6.pdf

149 Effects of perturbative and non-perturbative heavy quark transport on $B_c$ production in heavy-ion collisions

Recent measurement on nuclear modification of $B_c$ mesons at the LHC serves as a novel probe of heavy quark interaction with the QGP in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. Within a linear Boltzmann transport model that incorporates both Yukawa (perturbative) and string (non-perturbative) interactions between heavy quarks and the QGP, we study dissociation and regeneration of $B_c$ in these energetic nuclear collisions. A $B_c$ bound state dissociates while one of its constituent heavy quark scatters with the QGP with momentum transfer greater than its binding energy, while medium modified charm and bottom quarks can recombine into $B_c$ according the coalescence model on the QGP boundary. We find sensitivities of both dissociation and regeneration processes to the interaction dynamics of heavy quarks with the QGP. Within the current kinematic range observed at the LHC, the string interaction leads to much larger dissociation rate of $B_c$ than the Yukawa interaction. Different types of interactions also yield different medium-modified spectra of open heavy quarks, which further affect the $B_c$ spectrum from regeneration. Our model provides a satisfactory description of the nuclear modification factor of $B_c$ in Pb+Pb collisions at 5.02 ATeV. More precise experimental data on $B_c$ in the future can provide a more stringent constraint on heavy quark dynamics in high-energy nuclear collisions, and may also shed light on the inner structure of $B_c$ mesons.

Speaker: Ms Lejing Zhang (Shandong University)

poster.pdf

150 Energy-energy correlators in p-Pb collisions at 5 TeV with the ALICE experiment

Energy-energy correlators (EECs) have been proposed to study the structure of energy flow within jets. These functions are defined as the energy-weighted cross-section of particle pairs inside jets. The correlation as a function of pair distance and jet transverse momentum shows a clear separation between the perturbative and non-perturbative regimes, where one can probe the dynamics of the parton shower of quarks and gluons and their subsequent confinement into hadrons. This poster will show the first measurement of 2-point EECs for inclusive jets in p-Pb collisions at 5 TeV from the ALICE experiment. By comparing this result to a p-p baseline, we will discuss sensitivity to cold nuclear matter effects in p-Pb collisions. We can use this to study changes to jet dynamics caused by interactions between color charges and a cold nuclear medium.

Speaker: Anjali Nambrath (University of California Berkeley (US))

Nambrath_pPbEEC_poster_HP24_PRELIMINARYPLOTS.pdf

151 Event-shape engineering of high-momentum probes in Au+Au collisions

Partonic scatterings with high momentum transfer occur before the formation of the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) in heavy-ion collisions and result in collimated collections of hadrons, called jets. The modification of the high-virtuality parton shower in the QGP compared to that in proton-proton collisions offers insight into the nature of colored probes' interaction with the medium.

To study the path-length dependent effects on hard partons traveling through the QGP, we apply a technique known as event-shape engineering to data from Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}}=200\ \mathrm{GeV}$ at STAR -- the first such measurement at RHIC. Within a given eccentricity and centrality class, high-momentum probes traveling in the event plane direction (having shorter path length) are compared to those traveling perpendicular to it (having longer path length). By selecting on the centrality, we minimize the effect from variation in energy density. We then report a comparison of the ratios of in-and out-of-plane yields between two eccentricity classes, which reflects the dependence of energy loss on the collision geometry.

Speaker: Isaac Mooney

Mooney_HP24Poster_FINAL.pdf

152 Exploring hadronization with heavy-flavor jets with LHCb

Understanding the nonperturbative process of hadronization is a persistent
goal in experimental studies of QCD. Since heavy quark production is suppressed
at the hadronization scale, heavy-flavor hadrons offer a high-precision probe of
the connection between theoretical calculations and experimental final states.
Jets containing different flavors of these heavy hadrons, reconstructed across
a broad range of jet transverse momentum, explore the dependence of local
hadronic formation at different partonic mass scales with distinct final states.
Furthermore, quarkonia production in jets explores the intersection between
the parton shower, where gluons split into heavy quark-antiquark pairs, and
the production of closed heavy-flavor hadrons. Jet substructure can also be
used to probe the formation of exotic hadrons, whose structure is still not well
understood. This talk presents recent studies of hadronization using heavy-
flavor jets detected with the LHCb detector. These studies include inclusive
hadron production in heavy-flavor jets, as well as quarkonia and tetraquark
production in jets. Results are compared to various models of hadronization,providing strong new constraints on theoretical predictions of confinement in
jets.

Speaker: John Matthew Durham (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

153 Exploring the universality of jet quenching via Bayesian inference

Experimental data on a wide range of jet observables measured in heavy ion collisions provide a rich picture of the modification of jets as perturbative probes and of the properties of the created quark-gluon plasma. However, their interpretation is often limited by the assumptions of specific quenching models, and it remains a challenge to establish model-independent statements about the universality in different jet quenching observables.

In this work, we propose a treatment that is agnostic to the details of the jet-medium interactions and relies only on the factorization picture of QCD. Bayesian inference is used to learn the quark- and gluon-jet quenching directly from experimental data of inclusive jet observables. Evidence of the universality of jet quenching is provided by validating the learned jet energy loss through the prediction of photon-tagged jet measurements, for which the quark/gluon fraction differs from that in inclusive jets, across momenta. The extracted posterior distributions can then serve to retrieve theoretical insight in a data-driven way, and can be employed to constrain theoretical models for jet quenching.

Speaker: Alexandre Falcão (University of Bergen)

HP2024_poster_AFalcao.pdf

154 Factorization and jet functions in heavy-ion collisions

In this talk we discuss factorization of jet cross sections in heavy-ion collisions based on fixed-order calculations. First, using Glauber modelling of heavy nuclei, a factorized formula for jet cross sections is derived, which involves defining jet functions in QCD medium. Then, we present our result of the jet function for producing a heavy quark-antiquark pair, denoted by QQ̅, at leading order in a static medium. The jet function is found to depend on the virtuality of the hard parton that initiates the jet, showing that the presence of QCD matter allows the production of Q at virtuality where is kinematically forbidden in vacuum jets.

Speaker: Carlos Lamas (IGFAE-USC)

Poster_Japon.pdf

155 First D$^0$-tagged jet axes difference measurement in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 5.02$ TeV with ALICE

Substructure measurements of jets containing heavy-flavor hadrons play an important role in testing pQCD calculations in proton-proton (pp) collisions and are critical tools for studying the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) created in heavy-ion collisions. We study three different $\rm D^0$-tagged jet axis definitions with varying degrees of sensitivity to wide-angle radiation: Standard, Soft Drop groomed (SD), and Winner-Take-All (WTA). By considering the angular difference between different axes at relatively low jet momentum, we can study the radiation pattern inside the reconstructed jets and provide insight into the associated charm-quark fragmentation and hadronization processes. We present the first D$^0$-tagged jet axes difference studies carried out in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s}=5.02$ TeV with the ALICE experiment at the LHC, for jets of transverse momentum $p_{\mathrm{T,jet}} > 5 \: \mathrm{GeV}/c$ and D$^0$ mesons with $p_{\mathrm{T,D^0}} > 2 \: \mathrm{GeV}/c$. The measurements of the radial distributions of D$^0$ mesons with respect to the jet axis, $\Delta R_{\mathrm{D,jet}}$, is reported. We also study the opening angle, $\Delta R_{\mathrm{axis}}$, between various definitions for the axis of a D$^0$-tagged jet. These measurements will serve as important groundwork for an in-depth understanding of charm-quark diffusion in the QGP.

Speaker: Emma Yeats

Jet_Axis_Hard_Probes_Yeats.pdf

156 First Measurements of Charged-Particle Jet Production in pp Collisions at \sqrt{s} = 13.6 TeV with ALICE

In 2022, the ALICE Collaboration commenced Run 3 with upgrades to the Inner Tracking System (ITS2) and the Time Projection Chamber (TPC), both pivotal for probing rare phenomena with unprecedented precision. The upgrades to ITS2 enable higher tracking resolution, while the improvements to the TPC allow for continuous readout, significantly boosting data acquisition and resolution. Using these enhancements we present the first measurement in ALICE of the charged-particle jet cross section in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 13.6\, \mathrm{TeV}$ using the anti-$k_{\rm T}$ algorithm ($R=0.4$). These results showcase the new jet finding capabilities of the ALICE detector and validate data integrity against prior Run 2 measurements.

Speaker: Joonsuk Bae (Sungkyunkwan University (KR))

JBae_HP2024_poster.pdf

157 Flavor, parton-mass, and path-length dependence of energy loss in heavy-ion collisions at the LHC

We use the parametric approach to analyze jet suppression measured using the nuclear modification factor of inclusive jets, b-jets, and jets from gamma-jet events. With minimum model assumptions, we quantify the magnitude of the average energy loss, its pt-dependence, intial parton-mass dependence, and flavor dependence. Further, we quantify the impact of fluctuations in the energy loss and nuclear PDFs on the measured jet suppression. When employing the Glauber model to infer the information about the collision geometry, we quantify the path-length dependence of the average energy loss. Comparison between the magnitude of the energy loss in 2.76 TeV and 5.02 TeV Pb+Pb collisions along with Glauber modelling allows to perform a transparent exptrapolation of the magnitude of energy loss expected to be measured in upcomming Oxygen-Oxygen collisions. The work presented in this talk represents a new extension of modelling published in PLB 767 (2017) 10 and EPJC 76 (2016) 2, 50 and it should help shedding the light into basic properties of parton energy loss measured at the LHC.

Speaker: Martin Rybar (Charles University (CZ))

poster_HP_Ogrodnik_Rybar_Spousta.pdf

158 Flow and correlation measurements at LHCb

Particle correlations are powerful tools for studying quantum chromodynam-
ics in hadron collisions. In heavy-ion collisions, azimuthal angular correlations
probe collective phenomena in hot, dense, nuclear media, such as QGP. Angular
correlations in small collision systems could point to QGP production or poten-
tial initial-state correlations. The LHCb experiment has the unique ability to study particle correlations in high-energy hadron collisions at forward rapidity,
complementing the results from other experiments. In this contribution, recent
results on collective flow from the LHCb experiment will be discussed

Speaker: Jianqiao Wang (Tsinghua University (CN))

HardProbs2024-Flow-Zhengchen.pdf

159 Hanbury-Brown-Twiss signature for clustered substructures probing primordial inhomogeneity in hot and dense QCD matter

We propose a novel approach to probe primordial inhomogeneity in hot and dense matter which could be realized in noncentral heavy-ion collisions. We discuss the possibility of clustered sub-structures along the axis parallel to the magnetic field. Even if the magnetic field is short-lived, the pseudo-one-dimensional nature in the early dynamics can induce the inhomogeneity which could remain afterward as a metastable state. We propose an approach to probe the inhomogeneous state using the Hanbury Brown and Twiss (HBT) measurement. Although the HBT interferometry is commonly used to infer the system size, the cluster size should be detected if substructures emerge in space. We demonstrate in the Gaussian formalism that a signal peak in the HBT two-particle correlation stands at the relative momentum corresponding to the wave number of spatial pseudo-one-dimensional modulation. To assess the feasibility, we adopt the phase-space distribution with clustering of particles implemented in AMPT model and computed the two-particle correlation with the spatial sub-structures of density distribution. We find that the signal excess in the correlation ratio could be suppressed by the alignment of the magnetic axis but still persist under the appropriate momentum filter. Our results are promising enough and the HBT correlations should deserve further systematic investigations. Ref. K.Fukushima, Y.Hidaka, K.Inoue, K.Shigaki, and Y.Yamaguchi, PRC, 109, L051903, 2024.

Speaker: Kenta Shigaki (Hiroshima University (JP))

160 Helium identification and production at LHCb

In this contribution, recent results for helium identification and produc-
tion at LHCb will be discussed. From √sNN = 13 TeV pp collisions, a nearly
background-free sample of more than 105 helium candidates is identified by their
ionisation losses in the silicon detectors, combined with information from the
calorimeter, the muon chambers and the RICH detector. Combined with the ex-
cellent LHCb vertexing capabilities, (anti)helium production from (anti)hypertriton
or (anti)Lambda-b decays is studied. In both cases, a rich programme of QCD
and astrophysics interest, exemplifying LHCb flexibility in exploring new re-
search fields, is foreseen.

Speaker: Julie Lane Marie Berkey (Los Alamos National Laboratory (US))

Hard_Probes_2024_v2.pdf

161 HGCROC v2 readout chip characterization and radiation tolerance for FoCal E-pad detector in ALICE

The Forward Calorimeter (FoCal) detector is scheduled for installing in the ALICE experiment for the LHC-Run4 upgrade (2029-2032).
The FoCal consists of the FoCal-E (Electromagnetic Calorimeter) and the FoCal-H (Hadronic Calorimeter). The FoCal-E is a detector based on a Si sensor and tungsten to measure direct photons at forward rapidity.

For the readout, each Si pad hosts the HGCROC2 Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) originally developed by the OMEGA group for the CMS High Granularity Calorimeter (HGCal).

The FoCal-E has two subsystems, pad and pixel. The FoCal-E pad detector plans to use about 2,000 PCBs containing Si pads and HGCROC chips.
Therefore, it's very important to evaluate the performance of a large number of HGCROC chips and to understand their variability.

This poster summarizes the characteristics, performance variability, and radiation tolerance of the HGCROC v2 chips.
Furthermore, we will discuss the perspective of HGCROC v3 chip for the final FoCal-E pad production and readout scheme.

Speaker: Taichi Inukai (University of Tsukuba (JP))

HP_poster_Inukai.pdf

162 Imaging the Jet-Induced Medium Response with Energy Correlators

In heavy-ion collisions, jets formed from hard-scattered partons experience an overall energy loss and have a modified internal structure compared to vacuum jets. These modifications are a result of the interactions between the energetic partons in a jet shower and the strongly coupled quark-gluon plasma (QGP). As the jet traverses the QGP, it loses momentum to the medium, which in turn responds to the presence of the jet. This “medium response” modifies the momentum distribution of the (soft) hadrons produced when the QGP freezes out. Since these hadrons carry the momentum lost by the parton shower, they and the modified shower both contribute to the energy flow in jets. The quantitative description of the medium response is an open question under active investigation. Recently, the projected N-point energy correlators (ENCs) have seen a resurgence of interest to probe vacuum QCD. For the first time, we will present a computation of the full three point energy-energy-energy correlation function in heavy-ion collisions and demonstrate its use for studying the shape of the energy flow originating from medium response. For this study, we utilize the Hybrid Model that implements a hydrodynamical medium response via the wake. We will show that measuring three-point correlation functions offer a promising experimental avenue for imaging the wake of the jet as when the three angles are well-separated the three-point correlator is dominated by the medium response.

Speaker: Ananya Rai (Yale University (US))

ARai_posterHP2024.pdf

163 Integrating Energy Flow Networks with Jet Substructure Observables for Enhanced Jet Quenching Studies

The phenomena of Jet Quenching, a key signature of the Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP) formed in Heavy-Ion (HI) collisions, provides a window of insight into the properties of this primordial liquid. In this study, we rigorously evaluate the discriminating power of Energy Flow Networks (EFNs), enhanced with substructure observables, in distinguishing between jets stemming from proton-proton (pp) and jets stemming from HI collisions. This work is yet another step towards separating significantly quenched jets from relatively unmodified ones on a per-jet basis, which would enable increasingly more precise measurements of QGP properties. We have analyzed simple Energy Flow Networks (EFNs) and subsequently augmented them with global features such as N-Subjettiness observables and Energy Flow Polynomials (EFPs). Our primary objective is to gauge the power of these approaches in the context of Jet Quenching. Initial evaluations using Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) set a performance baseline, which is further enhanced through simple Deep Neural Networks (DNNs), capable of capturing non-linear relations in the data. Integrating EFPs and N-Subjettiness observables into EFNs results in the most performant model over this task, achieving state-of-the-art ROC AUC values of approximately 0.84, a very considerable value given that both medium response and underlying event contamination effects are taken into account.

Speaker: João A. Gonçalves (LIP - IST)

164 Intelligent experiments through real-time AI: Fast Data Processing and Autonomous Detector Control for sPHENIX and future EIC detectors

A collaboration of scientists from LANL, MIT, FNAL, NJIT, ORNL, and GIT, supported by the DOE Office of Science Nuclear Physics AI Machine Learning initiative, is exploring advanced AI technologies to tackle data processing challenges at RHIC and the future EIC. The main objective is to develop a demonstrator for real-time processing of high-rate data streams from sPHENIX experiment tracking detectors to identify rare heavy-flavor events in proton-proton (p+p) collisions. Our innovative approach integrates streaming readout with an intelligent control system, utilizing FPGA hardware to accelerate AI inference. This improves the efficiency of collecting rare heavy-flavor events in high-rate p+p collisions (~1 MHz), optimizing the use of limited DAQ bandwidth (~15 kHz). We employ Graph Neural Network-trigger algorithms, trained on sPHENIX p+p collision simulation data, and use the hls4ml package to convert AI models into firmware. These real-time AI technologies are deployed on FELIX-712 boards equipped with Xilinx Kintex Ultrascale FPGAs. Our approach is also adaptable to other fields requiring high-throughput data streams and real-time detector control, including future EIC experiments. This talk will highlight AI-driven heavy-flavor triggering for sPHENIX and the development of DIS electron tagger algorithms for the EIC, showcasing the transformative potential of AI and FPGA technologies in real-time data processing for high-energy nuclear and particle experiments.

Speaker: Hannah Bossi (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (US))

HBossi_HardProbes2024.pdf

165 Investigating hadronisation and light-nuclei formation in vacuum and dense environments

Hadronisation is the complex process through which hadrons form from partons. Given its non-perturbative nature, an exact theoretical description is unavailable, necessitating phenomenological assumptions.

In the first part of my presentation, I will discuss novel observables that differentiate between models with distinct hadronisation mechanisms and examine current models limitations. Specifically, I will discuss how correlations between $\phi$ mesons and (multi-)strange hadrons are able to distinguish between EPOS 4 and PYTHIA 8.3 predictions. EPOS 4 is based on core-corona separation between a vacuum phase and a QGP phase, while PYTHIA 8.3 relies on microscopic interactions between Lund strings.

Next, I will present a comprehensive tuning of the PYTHIA 8.3 rope-hadronisation model using the Professor tool. This reveals that simultaneous reproduction of strange and non-strange light-flavour hadrons is not possible. This indicates significant model limitations that have also consequences on the modelling of heavy-flavour yields.

Finally, I will focus on deuteron and Helium-3 formation in PYTHIA 8.3, a process occurring after the hadronisation. Light-nuclei formation is crucial for dark matter searches and cosmic ray interactions in our galaxy. I will present novel predictions for He-3 formation probabilities within and outside jets, using nuclear reactions with parameterised, energy-dependent cross sections tuned to data.

Speaker: Valentina Zaccolo (Universita e INFN Trieste (IT))

PosterHP2024.pdf

166 Investigating high-$p_T$ azimuthal anisotropies in small systems using T-odd parton distribution functions

Experimental observations have measured finite azimuthal anisotropies in small systems produced in pp and pA collisions, even at large pT which may imply the formation of a Quark-Gluon Plasma. In heavy-ion collisions, high-pT azimuthal anisotropies are understood to be generated by the path-length dependent energy loss. However, in small systems, even if a QGP is formed, the medium is so small and short lived that jet-medium interactions are negligible, and no medium modification of the spectrum has been observed.
We present an explanation for the high-pT azimuthal anisotropies, without any nuclear modification of the angle integrated high-pT spectra, using transverse momentum dependent parton distribution functions and fragmentation functions [1]. The presence of transverse momentum allows for the inclusion of T-odd processes with transversely polarized quarks or linearly polarized gluons from unpolarized protons, known as the Boer-Mulders' effect. Due to the correlation between the spin or polarization of partons and their transverse momentum, relative to the proton, large azimuthal anisotropies are generated in the final state. These correlations can simultaneously explain the small azimuthal anisotropies at high-pT in pp collisions and the somewhat larger anisotropies in pA collisions, where, due to initial state effects, the intrinsic transverse momentum of the partons is enhanced by a factor of $A^{1/3}$.
[1] I. Soudi, A. Majumder, arXiv: 2308.14702, 2404.05287

Speaker: Dr ismail soudi (University of Jyvaskyla)

167 Investigating high-pT v2 with a multi-phase transport model

Elliptic flow ($v_{2}$) at high transverse momentum ($p_{T}$) serves as an important hard probe to study the properties of quark-gluon plasma (QGP). The non-zero high-$p_{T}$ $v_{2}$ values observed in experiments are often attributed to the path-length dependence of energy loss in the medium due to the asymmetry in the reaction zone. However, recent findings suggest a potential role for hydrodynamics, similar to its influence on low-$p_{T}$ flow generation. The origin of high-$p_{T}$ $v_{2}$ remains an open question. In this work, we offer a new perspective using a multi-phase transport model, which has succeeded in describing the overall flow and spectra in heavy-ion collisions. We investigate the evolution of high-$p_{T}$ $v_{2}$ for partons during the rescattering process and for hadrons after coalescence. By comparing model results with experimental data, we discuss potential methods to differentiate between various mechanisms, shedding new light on understanding the generation of high-$p_{T}$ $v_{2}$.

Speaker: Jie Wan (Fudan University (CN))

168 Investigating virtual photon polarization via $\gamma^{*}\rightarrow\mu\mu$ in Pb-Pb at $\sqrt{s_ {NN}}=2.76$ TeV by numerical calculation

The virtual prompt photons are produced at the initial stage of heavy-ion collisions and are sensitive to the extremely strong magnetic field produced in non-central heavy-ion collisions. At LHC energies, this magnetic field can reach intensities of $10^{15}$ - $10^{16}$ T. In the presence of this magnetic field, the dilepton decayed from a virtual photon can be polarized in response to the direction of the magnetic field because the vacuum fermion fluctuation links photons to the magnetic field [1]. We define this phenomenon as the virtual photon polarization and propose the virtual photon polarization as a probe of the magnetic field.

We will present the first numerical calculation results on the intensity of virtual photon polarization in Pb-Pb at $\sqrt{s_ {NN}}=2.76$ TeV, specifically for the decay channel $\gamma^{*}\rightarrow\mu\mu$. These calculations are crucial for evaluating the feasibility of observing this effect with the ALICE experiment. The magnetic field intensity is calculated using magnetohydrodynamics [2], and we have determined the polarization intensity at each time step. This allows us to estimate the inclusive polarization in Pb-Pb collisions.

[1] Ken-Ichi Ishikawa, Daiji Kimura, Kenta Shigaki, Asako Tsuji, Int.J.Mod.Phys.A 28 (2013) 1350100
[2] Nakamura, Miyoshi, Nonaka, and Takahashi, Phys.Rev.C 107, 034912 (2023)

Speaker: Kento Kimura (Hiroshima University (JP))

kimura_hp.pdf

169 Jet Azimuthal Anisotropies from RHIC to LHC

Azimuthal anisotropies of energetic particles produced in heavy-ion collisions are understood as an effect of a geometrical selection bias due to energy loss. In the measured ensemble, particles oriented in the direction in which the medium is shorter are over-represented as compared to those oriented in the direction in which the medium is longer. In this work we present the first semi-analytical predictions, including propagation through a realistic, hydrodynamical background, of the azimuthal anisotropies for jets, obtaining quantitative agreement with available experimental data.

Jets are multi-partonic, extended objects and their energy loss is sensitive to substructure fluctuations. The ability of the medium to resolve those partonic fluctuations is determined by the physics of color coherence. We find that jet azimuthal anisotropies have a specially strong dependence on coherence physics due to the marked length-dependence of the critical angle $\theta_c$. By combining our predictions for the collision systems and center of mass energies studied at RHIC and the LHC, we show that the relative size of jet azimuthal anisotropies for jets with different cone-sizes $R$ follows a universal trend that indicates a transition from a coherent regime of jet quenching to a decoherent regime. These results suggest a way forward to experimentally reveal the role played by the physics of jet color decoherence in probing deconfined QCD matter.

Mehtar-Tani et al., arXiv: 2402.07869

Speaker: Dr Daniel Pablos (IGFAE, USC)

170 Jet modification in the QGP and the hadronic phases with SUBA-Jet framework

We study jet production and modification in lead-lead collisions at the LHC energies within a recently introduced SUBA-Jet framework [1]. The core of the framework is a time-like parton shower that starts with a seed parton with high $Q^2$, as well as realistic fluid dynamic evolution of the medium, simulated using the vHLLE code. The initial seed partons are produced by PYTHIA, whereas the initial state for the medium is modeled with TrENTo model. At particlization, the medium decouples into hadrons, with final-state hadronic rescatterings simulated using the SMASH hadronic transport. The jet partons lose energy in the medium and hadronize. The ingredients above allow to simulate a complete event containing both soft and hard hadrons.
We benchmark the jet energy loss in lead-lead collisions at 5.02 TeV LHC energy in this framework, and, in particular, we examine the influence of hadronic phase on the jet properties. Traditionally, jet modification is assumed to happen solely in the QGP phase, based on arguments of formation time of jet hadrons and low jet transport coefficient in hadronic phase. We argue that the validity of those arguments depends on hadron $p_{\mathrm T}$, and as a result the complete jet object can have a visible modification in the hadronic phase, as quantified by different observables.

[1] Iu. Karpenko, A. Lind, M. Rohrmoser, J. Aichelin, P.-B. Gossiaux, arXiv: 2404.14579 [hep-ph]

Speaker: Josef Bobek (CTU FNSPE)

Josef_Bobek_poster.pdf

171 Jet radius dependence of dijet momentum balance and pair nuclear modification factor in Pb+Pb and pp collisions with the ATLAS detector

Measurements of jets that traverse the QGP provide insights into the jet energy loss. Considering jets of various radii can help elucidate how the parton energy is transferred to the medium as well as the medium response. Measurements of the dijet momentum balance and pair nuclear modification factor are presented for anti-kt jets reconstructed with radius R = 0.2, 0.3, 0.5, 0.4, and 0.6, obtained with the ATLAS detector at the LHC.The absolutely normalized momentum balance distributions are constructed to compare measurements of the dijet yields in Pb+Pb collisions directly to the dijet cross sections in pp collisions. For all jet radii considered here, there is a suppression of balanced dijets in Pb+Pb collisions compared to pp collisions, while for imbalanced dijets there is an enhancement. For imbalanced dijets, particularly at the lower selections on leading jet pT, the level of modification decreases with increasing jet radius. For balanced jets there is a smaller jet radius dependence of the modification. Additionally, pair nuclear modification factors are measured. The subleading jet yields are found to be more suppressed than leading jet yields in dijets. A radial dependence of the pair nuclear modi- fication factors is observed, with the suppression decreasing with increasing jet radius. These measurements will improve the understanding of the jet energy loss process.

Speaker: Anne Marie Sickles (Univ. Illinois at Urbana Champaign (US))

poster_hp24_aromero_v3.pdf

172 Jet spectra evolution as a function of center of mass energy in pp collisions with ALICE

Jets are produced by highly virtual quarks and gluons that emerge from initial hard scattering processes and are an important probe of the QCD evolution of the collision. Jet measurements in small systems such as pp are important in order to provide constraints on the parton distribution functions (PDFs) of the proton and the strong coupling constant $\alpha_{s}$. They also test pQCD calculations and the fragmentation of partons into hadrons. They can also be used as a reference for more complex systems, such as p--Pb and Pb--Pb collisions, where cold nuclear matter effects and a strongly-interacting medium play a role. While jet cross-section measurements provide a test for pQCD calculations and also help to constrain QCD-based MC models, jet cross-section ratios are very good tools to test the inner structure of jets. Measuring jet cross-section ratios at different jet resolution parameters and at different center of mass energies tests the universalities of fragmentation functions. In this poster we present jet cross-section measurements at different jet resolution and collision centre-of-mass energies. This work extends previous jet studies at ALICE by taking a first look at the high statistics and precision measurements of fully reconstructed jets (full jets reconstructed from charged-particle tracks and neutral constituents) with Run 3 data.

Speaker: Archita Rani Dash (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster)

Archita_HP24_poster.pdf

173 Jet-induced hydro response estimation with Flow-model based Generative neural network in heavy-ion collisions

In high-energy heavy-ion collisions, jets traverse the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) and deposit energy into the medium, leading to jet-induced medium response. The medium response takes the form of Mach-cone-like excitations and can modify the internal structure of the jet, affecting many observables, such as jet shape and jet fragmentation function and so on. However, simulating jet-induced medium response requires not only a complete model that can accurately describe the evolution of hard and soft partons concurrently but also substantial computational resources for full-scale simulations. In this study, we trained a generative neural network using a flow model with gamma-jet events from 0-10$\%$ centrality Pb+Pb collisions at 5.02 TeV to estimate the final state effects of jet-induced medium response. Our findings indicate that with only the initial jet information—namely, the energy-momentum of gamma and the jet, along with their initial positions—the network can accurately predict the positions of the Mach-cone's leading edge and maintain a particle spectrum within the same order of magnitude as the actual data.

Speaker: Kaiyi Wu (CCNU)

Hard_Probe_2024_Poster_final.pdf

174 Low-mass, low-momentum virtual photon measurements with HADES at SIS18

Collisions of heavy nuclei at relativistic energies generate a hot and dense medium, whose microscopic properties can be studied with electromagnetic probes.
Dileptons serve as a unique tool because they do not interact strongly with the surrounding matter and carry undisturbed information about the QCD matter produced in the reaction.
By examining low-mass and low-momentum dileptons, we can gain insights into transport properties and even new phases of QCD matter, such as the color superconductive phase.

In this contribution, we discuss the essential steps towards investigating soft dileptons in the low-mass, low-momentum phase-space.

To achieve this, data from Ag+Ag collisions at 1.23 AGeV with a nominal magnetic field intensity were analyzed as a reference and compared with a special run conducted with a reduced magnetic field (5% of $B_{max}$) to increase the acceptance of low-momentum pairs.

Additionally, we will present predictions from simulations regarding the phase-space coverage at reduced magnetic field intensity and provide a preview of the upcoming low-magnetic field run with Au+Au collisions at 0.8 AGeV with the HADES experiment.

Speaker: Ms Iuliana-Carina Udrea (Technische Universität Darmstadt)

UDREA_HP24.pdf

175 Measurement of identified charged-hadron and pi0 production in p + Al, 3He +Au, Cu + Au, and U + U collisions at PHENIX

The small-system collisions (p/d/He+A) became of great interest since the finding of the flow of the particles which had been considered as a strong signature of the QGP production. On the hard and EM probes side, those that have been measured to characterize the QGP, such as Jets (or high pT hadrons), heavy flavor hadrons, and direct/thermal photons, have also been measured in the small system collisions. One interesting result on the direct photons showed that their yields scale with the dN/dy to the power of 1.2, from the large systems down to the central collisions in the small systems. The measurement of identified hadrons over wide range of pT from small to large systems is one of the promising tools to shed light on particle production in both soft and hard sectors, which cross-checks and helps to understand results coming from hard and EM processes. In this presentation, identified charged-hadron invariant pT and mT spectra, nuclear-modification factors and particle ratios, in p + Al, 3He +Au, and Cu + Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 200 GeV and in U+U collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 193 GeV measured by PHENIX are shown. And the physics interpretations including collective flow aspects for those measurement are presented. The values of freeze-out temperatures and average collective velocities have been obtained. It should also be noted that v2 flow values and pi0 productions in those various collision systems, have been measured by the PHENIX.

Speaker: Dr Susumu Sato (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)

0918_2024_HardProbe_Poster__ppg249_ppgs209_249_202_236__v011.pdf

176 Measurement of multiplicity dependent Xic0 via semileptonic decay channel in pp collisions at 13 TeV with ALICE

Recent measurements of charm baryon-to-meson production-yield ratio at the LHC have shown a substantial enhancement of charm-baryon production in pp collisions as compared to electron-positron and electron-proton collisions. This evidence currently can be interpreted as a modification of the charm hadronization mechanism in hadronic collisions, disproving the assumption of universality of charm fragmentation across different collision systems. By measuring charm-baryon production in pp collisions over a wide range of transverse momenta, rapidities and energies, a detailed characterization of charm hadronization can be obtained. In addition, by performing the measurements as a function of multiplicity of the collision, further information, such as the dependence of the hadronization process on the color-charge density, can be assessed. In this poster, we report the result of the analysis of the Xic0 baryon, reconstructed from the semileptonic decay channel in pp collisions by using the LHC Run 2 data collected with the ALICE apparatus. The measurement of the baryon-to-meson (Xic0/D0) yield ratio as a function of the event multiplicity in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV will be shown.

Speaker: Chong Kim (Pusan National University (KR))

Xic0_HP24.pdf

177 Measurement of the transverse momentum ($j_\mathrm{T}$) distributions of charged-particle jet fragments in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 5.02 TeV with ALICE

Jet substructure measurements, using the distribution of final state hadrons, provide insight into partonic showers and hadronisation. Observables for such measurements include the transverse momentum ($j_\mathrm{T}$) with respect to the jet axis and longitudinal momentum fraction ($z$) of jet constituent particles. ALICE has recently measured the $j_\mathrm{T}$ distributions of the jet fragments in proton-proton and proton-lead collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm{NN}}}$ = 5.02 TeV, which are well-described by parton-shower models. This poster will present a new ALICE measurement of jet fragmentation in pp collisions, which simultaneously extends to multiple dimensions in $j_\mathrm{T}$ and $z$ to provide a more detailed picture of the parton shower and fragmentation processes. The measured $j_\mathrm{T}$ distributions are characterized by a fit that separately constrains the hadronization and perturbative components of the shower. The final results and their fitted distributions are compared with theoretical predictions.

Speaker: Jaehyeok Ryu (Pusan National University (KR))

HPPoster_Jet_Jae_ALICE_PNU.pdf

178 Measurements of inclusive J/$\psi$ and $\psi$(2S) production at midrapidity in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13.6 TeV with ALICE

Quarkonium production in high-energy proton-proton (pp) collisions is an important tool for studying perturbative and non-perturbative aspects of quantum chromodynamics. Charmonia are bound states of charm and anti-charm quarks and their production process can be factorized into two stages: the heavy quark production and the formation of the bound state. The former happens within initial hard parton-parton scatterings with large momentum transfers, and can be well described by perturbative QCD. The second one, which involves long distances and soft momentum scales, is a typical non-perturbative process. Measurements of J/ψ and ψ(2S) cross section in pp collisions are crucial for studying charmonium production mechanisms and testing different QCD-based model calculations. They can also provide a reference for investigating the quark-gluon plasma formed in nucleus-nucleus collisions and the cold nuclear matter effects in proton-nucleus collisions.
In this poster, we will present the results of inclusive J/ψ and ψ(2S) production at midrapidity in pp collisions at √s = 13.6 TeV. The analysis is based on the data collected in 2022 by the upgraded ALICE detector during LHC Run 3, which offers significantly higher statistics compared to Run 1 and 2. The $p_{\rm T}$-differential production of inclusive J/ψ cross section, as well as the ψ(2S)-to-J/ψ ratio, will be reported. Results will be shown along with similar measurements at forward rapidity and compared with model calculations.

Speaker: Yuan Zhang (University of Science and Technology of China (CN))

HPposter_2024_v3.pdf

179 Measuring thermal dimuons at high baryochemical potential with the NA60+ experiment at the CERN SPS

The high-intensity beams provided by the CERN SPS in a wide energy interval offer a unique opportunity to investigate the QCD phase diagram at high baryochemical potential $\mu_B$. The NA60+ experiment, proposed for taking data with heavy-ion collisions at the SPS in the next years, has a strong potential for investigating the QCD phase diagram via measurements of electromagnetic probes in a beam-energy scan of Pb-Pb and p-A collisions in the interval √s$_{NN}$ = 6-17 GeV.
In this talk the physics program of the NA60+ experiment on thermal dimuons will be described.
At beam energies below top SPS energy, the baryon density becomes maximal and its effect on ρ meson broadening can be measured by NA60+ with utmost precision.
NA60+ will have sensitivity to the ρ−$a_1$ chiral mixing mechanism, which provides access also to the properties of the $a_1$ by exploring the thermal dimuon mass spectrum in the range 1 < M < 1.4 GeV.
For dimuon masses above 1.5 GeV, the temperature of the emitting source can be directly extracted by a fit of the mass spectrum. The experimental program of NA60+ plans to determine for the first time a caloric curve by measuring the temperature vs beam energy, with particular focus on √s$_{NN}$ < 10 GeV, which is believed to be essential to map out the phase transition regime at high $\mu_B$.
Finally, the competitiveness and complementarity of NA60+ in the landscape of the experiments foreseen at other facilities in the next decade will be discussed.

Speaker: Gianluca Usai (Universita e INFN, Cagliari (IT))

HP24_Usai_A0.pdf

HP24_Usai_A0.pptx

180 Medium induced shower in an expanding QCD plasma

Due to multiple scattering with the medium, hard partons can be driven slightly off-shell leading to medium-induced radiation. The BMDPS-Z framework [1], developed within the light cone path integral formalism, has been instrumental in obtaining the medium-induced radiation spectra. This framework was reformulated by Caron-Huot and Gale [2] into a radiation rate and solved numerically for finite medium length with constant temperature.
While these splitting rates can be used to resum multiple successive radiation, the literature has typically relied on approximations to the radiation rate. This includes either using radiation rats in a medium of infinite length, which overestimates the rates, or approximations to the rates in a medium of finite length that are only valid in different limits of the phase-space. We present an extension of the framework to the case of an expanding medium and employ the resulting rate to resum multiple radiation, which allows us to follow the full medium-induced shower of hard partons in an expanding QCD plasma.

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[2] S. Caron-Huot and C. Gale, Phys.Rev.C 82 (2010) 064902

Speaker: Dr ismail soudi (University of Jyvaskyla)

IsmailSoudi_Poster.pdf

181 Method of semi-inclusive jet mass measurement in Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 200 GeV with STAR

Jet quenching phenomenon serves as a crucial signature of the Quark-Gluon Plasma, observed when hard-scattered partons interact with the hot, dense QCD medium created in high-energy heavy-ion collisions. In central heavy-ion collisions, however, distinguishing jets produced by hard scattering from those originating from combinatorial background is largely limited, especially for jets with low transverse momenta ($p_{\text{T,jet}}$). To address this challenge, methods for measurements of semi-inclusive recoil jets with respect to a trigger particle have been devised, leading to measurements of jet yields to the unprecedentedly low $p_{\text{T,jet}}$ range. In particular, the STAR Collaboration has combined this semi-inclusive recoil jets measurement with a mixed-event technique as a data-driven method for the correction of uncorrelated background effects. We aim to extend the scope of the semi-inclusive approach into measurements of jet mass ($M_{\text{jet}}$), and develop a 2-dimensional correction framework as a function of ($p_{\text{T,jet}}, M_{\text{jet}}$).
In this poster, we discuss the method of semi-inclusive jet mass measurements, and provide the closure test result based on simulation. Jets from PYTHIA events are embedded into $\sqrt{s_{\text{NN}}} = 200$ GeV Au+Au collision background obtained from a thermal model. Correction procedures, including the subtraction of combinatorial jet contributions via a mixed-event technique and 2-dimensional unfolding, are tested.

Speaker: jeongmyung kang (Sejong University)

Jeongmyung_2024_HP_poster_v5.pdf

182 Minijet quenching in non-equilibrium quark-gluon plasma

We study the energy deposition and thermalisation of high-momentum on-
shell partons (minijets) travelling through a non-equilibrium Quark-Gluon Plasma using QCD kinetic theory. For thermal backgrounds, we show that the parton energy first flows to the soft sector by collinear cascade and then isotropises via elastic scatterings. In contrast, the momentum deposition from a minijet reaches the equilibrium distribution directly.
For expanding non-equilibrium QGP, we study the time for a minijet perturbation to lose memory of its initial conditions, namely, the hydrodynamisation time. We show that the minijet evolution scales well with the relaxation time τ_R ∝ η/s/T(τ), where T(τ) is the effective temperature and η/s is the viscosity over entropy ratio. This scaling allows to extract minijet response functions similarly as in KøMPøST, describing macroscopically how initial minijet perturbations deposit their energy and momentum in the medium.

Ref: Fabian Zhou, Jasmine Brewer, Aleksas Mazeliauskas
Minijet quenching in non-equilibrium quark-gluon plasma
arXiv:2402.09298

Speaker: Luyao Fabian Zhou (ITP Heidelberg)

poster_HP24_Fabian_Zhou.pdf

183 Modification of jets travelling through a brick-like medium

The present work addresses the puzzle related to the observation of collective flow in collisions of small systems (which indicates the presence of a medium even in such collisions) and the absence of jet quenching in such systems (which would not be expected if jets are traversing a medium). This study has been done using the JEWEL event generator with a ``brick"-like medium. This simplified medium is made up of a collection of gluons at a given temperature and density distributed in an elliptical or spherical volume. A pair of jets is then created in the center of this medium and, as the jets evolve, the number of jet-medium interactions is counted. This way, we were able to study how R$_{\text{AA}}$ and v$_2$ vary with the number of jet-medium interactions independently from any models for medium expansion and evolution.

What we have found is that, for different eccentricities of an ellipsoidal medium, a v$_2$ signal can be obtained with a smaller number of jet-medium interactions than are necessary to obtain a signal in R$_{\text{AA}}$. This indicates that, if there is a medium being created in collisions of small systems, it is possible that the volume of such a medium is large enough for the creation of collective flow but not large enough to give rise to an R$_{\text{AA}}$ signal. A paper containing these results is in preparation and will soon be published on Arxiv and submitted to a journal for peer review.

Speaker: Chiara Le Roux

poster-final.pdf

184 Monte Carlo studies of energy-energy correlators for D$^0$-tagged jets in in pp collisions

Energy-energy correlators (EECs) offer a novel way to study the structure of jets. Defined as the energy-weighted cross section of particle pairs inside jets, the correlation strength as a function of the pair opening angle allows a distinct separation of the perturbative and non-perturbative regimes. The evolution of parton dynamics in jets to their confinement into hadrons can be studied. We present ALICE studies of the EECs for D$^0$-tagged jets in pp collisions at 13 TeV using various Monte Carlo simulations. By comparing our results to EECs in inclusive (gluon-dominated) jets, we can search for modifications in the radiation pattern of jets due to mass effects from the presence of the dead cone or Casimir color factors. We specifically look at the difference between light- and heavy-quark initiated jets, as well as gluon-initiated jets in PYTHIA. We also study the D$^0$-tagged jets that decay from a D$^*$ meson, to measure the contribution of the accompanying soft pion and its effect on the energy correlations. We compare the EECs of D$^0$-tagged jets in PYTHIA, Herwig, and Sherpa to study model differences and hadronization effects. These studies will serve as a baseline for future measurements in heavy-ion collisions, allowing for disentanglement of the dynamics of the dead cone from interactions with the quark-gluon plasma (QGP).

Speaker: Beatrice Liang-Gilman (University of California Berkeley (US))

Beatrice_Poster_HP_2024__Japan_-5.pdf

185 New toy model simulation for elucidating the parton energy loss mechanism depending on path-length within the quark-gluon plasma medium

The purpose of this study is to elucidate the parton energy loss mechanism depending on path-length within the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) medium. In relativistic heavy ion collision experiments, it is difficult to directly observe the QGP because of its short life time and small size. Detecting a high momentum parton which passes through the QGP provide information of the QGP properties via the energy loss of the parton. The parton is detected as a jet and the parton energy loss is measured as the jet suppression. In general, there are two ways of measuring the jet suppression: the jet nuclear modification factor ($R_{\mathrm{AA}}^{\mathrm{jet}}$) and the jet emission azimuthal anisotropy ($v_{2}^{\mathrm{jet}}$). Each independent measurement of the $R_{\mathrm{AA}}^{\mathrm{jet}}$ or $v_{2}^{\mathrm{jet}}$ has not clarified the parton energy loss mechanism.
Thus, we devised and developed a new simulation with parton energy loss models ($\Delta E = CL^{n}$), which the $C$ is an arbitrary coefficient, the $L$ is the path-length, and the $n$ is a model dependent parameter. In this simulation, using the measured jet yield $p_{\mathrm{T}}$ distributions as input, it can provide the $R_{\mathrm{AA}}^{\mathrm{jet}}$ or $v_{2}^{\mathrm{jet}}$ and quantify the $C$ and $L$.
In this presentation, we will show the comparison of the simulation results with the measured results by the LHC-ALICE experiment and the values of the $C$ and $L$ determined by this simulation.

Speaker: Takuya Kumaoka (University of Tsukuba (JP))

HP2024_2.pdf

186 No-quenching baseline for energy-loss signals in small system collisions

In this work, we perform computations of inclusive jet and semi-inclusive jet-hadron cross sections for minimum-bias oxygen-oxygen collisions. We compute the no-quenching baseline for the jet nuclear modification factor $R_{AA}$ and jet-, and hadron-triggered semi-inclusive nuclear modification factors $I_{AA}$. We do this with state-of-the-art nuclear parton distribution functions, NLO matrix elements and parton shower. We show significant deviations from unity due to cold-nuclear effects even in the absence of quenching. We demonstrate that the nPDF uncertainties constitute a major limitation in detecting potentially small energy loss effects in small collision systems. Hadron-triggered observables are in particular sensitive to uncertainties due to the non-trivial correlation of the trigger hadron and analyzed particles. For jet-triggered $I_{AA}$, there exist kinematic regions in which errors cancel down to 2%, overcoming the main limitation of small-system energy loss measurements.

Ref. Jannis Gebhard, Aleksas Mazeliauskas, and Adam Takacs, No-quenching baseline for energy-loss signals in small system collisions, in pre-paration.

Speaker: Dr Aleksas Mazeliauskas (Heidelberg University (DE))

187 Non perturbative effect in charm diffusion and flow from Gribov-Zwanziger approach

Due to the longer relaxation time of heavy quarks compared to light quarks in the quark-gluon plasma, the non-equilibrium information is expected to be retained in the final momentum distribution of heavy flavors, making them suitable probes of the strongly interacting system. Using the Gribov-Zwanziger prescription to model the infrared behavior of QCD, we study the momentum diffusion coefficient $\kappa$ of the charm quark and its dependence on both the medium temperature and the heavy quark momentum. We will also discuss the role played by the modified IR behavior in computing the diffusion coefficient. The scaled momentum diffusion coefficient is found to increase with momentum and decrease with the temperature. Finally, we implement this diffusion coefficient in the LIDO transport model and apply it to phenomenology and compare to open-charm $R_{AA}$ and $v_{2}$ data.

Speaker: Xueqiang Zhu (Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430079, China)

2024HP_poster_kappa.pdf

188 Novel use of generative AI for heavy ion experiments

Generative AI that is data-driven and self-supervising has shown significant potential to transform both science and industry. In this talk, we present two novel applications of generative AI in heavy ion experiments.

1. The first application involves full-detector, whole-event simulation of heavy ion collisions using denoising diffusion probabilistic models (DDPMs). Our studies [in submission] demonstrate that DDPMs significantly outperform a popular rival, generative adversarial networks (GANs), offering much faster generation times compared to Geant4 simulations, with a speedup on the order of 100.
2. The second application is a new approach to jet background subtraction using unpaired image-to-image translation models. Specifically, our work with UVCGAN [arXiv:2303.16280, arXiv:2304.12858], an optimized CycleGAN model, shows excellent performance in separating jets in the calorimeter tower grid from the combinatorial background in heavy ion collisions.

For both applications, we examine the limitations and potential biases of AI models as scientific tools and discuss optimizations to enhance their accuracy and reliability.

Speaker: Yeonju Go (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))

HP2024_DDPM_poster_yeonju.pdf

189 Nuclear shapes and spectator production

The production of spectator neutrons depends sensitively on the distribution of neutrons within a nucleus. In this talk we describe a relatively complete model that takes into account clusters forming among the spectators (charged or uncharged), the decay of such clusters using the Gemini code and lastly secondary neutrons produced by particpant nucleons. With this model we calibrate our parameters by a Bayesian analysis using the measured ZDC signal and its variation as a function of centrality for collisions of $^{208}$Pb. Our model motivates a careful analysis of both neutron and proton spectators during the upcoming oxygen special run at the LHC.

Speaker: Dr Wilke Van Der Schee (CERN)

190 Observation of top-quark pair production in heavy-ion collisions in the ATLAS experiment

Top quarks, the heaviest elementary particles carrying colour charges, are considered to be attractive candidates for probing the quark-gluon plasma pro- duced in relativistic lead-lead collisions. In proton-lead collisions, top-quark production is expected to be sensitive to nuclear modifications of parton distri- bution functions at high Bjorken-x values. In Run 2, the ATLAS experiment recorded 165 nb−1 of proton-lead data and 1.9 nb−1 of lead-lead data at centre- of-mass energy of 8.16 TeV and 5.02 TeV per nucleon pair, respectively. In this poster, we present the final measurement of the top-quark pair production in dilepton and lepton+jet decay modes in the proton-lead system with the ATLAS detector. The precision of the analysis requires detailed performance studies in- volving electrons, muons, jets and b-quark jets. A profile-likelihood approach is used to extract signal significance. The nuclear modification factor is also measured. The results are compared to theory predictions involving state-of- the-art nuclear parton distribution functions. Prospects for the top-quark pair measurement in lead-lead collisions are also presented.

Speaker: Patrycja Anna Potepa (AGH University of Krakow (PL))

Potepa-Poster.pdf

191 Observing jet quenching using generalized jet angularities in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}} = 200$ GeV from STAR

Jets originating from hard-scattered partons in the early stages of heavy-ion collisions travel through the Quark Gluon Plasma (QGP) and are modified or quenched relative to a $p$+$p$ collision baseline. Moments of the jet's transverse momentum ($p_{\rm T}$) profile in the $\eta-\phi$ plane relative to the jet-axis are an important class of jet substructure observables to study in medium modifications of the jet's radiation and fragmentation patterns called generalized jet angularities. Previous measurements of these angularities have been performed using quenched jets from Pb+Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}} = 2.76$ TeV in the LHC, and similar measurements using heavy-ion collisions at RHIC energies will probe jet quenching in a region of phase space that is complementary to the region probed in the LHC.

In this study, we present nuclear modification factors ($R_{\rm AA}$) using simultaneous fully corrected measurements of various generalized jet angularities using jets from Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}} = 200$ GeV and $p$+$p$ collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 200$ GeV collected by the STAR experiment. We also explore a novel machine-learning based method that measures the degree to which quenched and unquenched jets are distinguishable. Both these measurements are differential in centrality of the Au+Au collisions.

Speaker: Mr Diptanil Roy (Rutgers University)

Tanmay_Poster_vF.pdf

192 Open heavy-flavour and quarkonium measurements with the forthcoming NA60+ experiment

The NA60+ experiment, proposed for data taking from 2029, aims at studying the high $\mu_{\rm B}$ region of the QCD phase space diagram. It will make use of the high intensity of CERN SPS beams, and detect rare probes via a beam-energy scan with Pb-Pb and p-A collisions in the interval $6.3 <\sqrt{s_{\rm {NN}}} < 17.3$ GeV.

In this talk, we will focus on the prospects for measurements of hidden and open charm. Open charm hadrons will be detected through their hadronic decays, reconstructing tracks in the silicon detectors of the vertex telescope. High-precision measurements of the yield of $D_{\rm 0}$, $D^{\rm +}$, and $D_{\rm s}$ mesons, and of $\Lambda_{\rm c}$ baryons, will allow us to constrain the transport properties of the QGP and the features of heavy-quark hadronisation.

Charmonium states will be accessed through their dimuon decay, matching muon tracks reconstructed in the vertex telescope and in the muon spectrometer. The J/$\psi$ and $\psi$(2S) measurements at various collision energies will allow us to identify the onset of charmonium suppression in a deconfined medium, correlating this observation with the temperature of the system, measured in the same experiment via thermal dimuons.

Finally, we will discuss the competitiveness and complementarity of NA60+ in the landscape of the experiments foreseen at other facilities in the next decade.

Speaker: Enrico Scomparin (INFN Torino (IT))

HP24_Scomparin_A0.pdf

193 Performance of the dielectron analysis in Pb-Pb collisions in Run 3 with ALICE

Photons and correlated electron-positron pairs (dielectrons) are the ideal probes to study the properties of the medium created in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. They are produced in all stages of the collision and leave the system with no loss of information as they do not interact strongly with the medium. However, at LHC energies, the thermal dielectrons emitted in the early stages of the collision from the quark-gluon-plasma are outnumbered by a large contribution of correlated e$^{+}$e$^{-}$-pairs from semi-leptonic decays of heavy-flavour (HF) hadrons.

The upgrade of the ALICE detector installed during the Long Shutdown 2 is crucial to boost the precision of this measurement. The continuous readout of the TPC allows for higher data acquisition rate of up to 50 kHz in Pb-Pb collisions. Moreover, the new ITS with its reduced material budget and higher granularity significantly improves the pointing resolution, leading to a better topological separation of prompt thermal radiation and e$^{+}$e$^{-}$-pairs from HF hadron decays, and to smaller background from photon conversions in the detector material.

In this poster, the status of the analysis of a large data set of Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm{NN}}}=5.36$ TeV, recorded with the upgraded ALICE detector in 2023, is presented. The electron and positron identification capabilities are evaluated and the impact of the detector upgrades on the dielectron analysis will be shown.

Speaker: Emma Charlotte Ege (Goethe University Frankfurt (DE))

HP24_posterpdf_EmmaEge.pdf

194 Position alignments and vertex determination for sPHENIX INTT detector

The sPHENIX experiment has been taking data since 2023 at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider(RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA. We aim to study the properties of the Quark-Gluon Plasma.
The INTT consists of two cylindrical layers of silicon detectors that can precisely measure the passage positions of charged particles. By using the collision point (vertex) of ions and the measurement points from the INTT, we can reconstruct the particle tracks.
The collision vertex is spread within ~10cm in z direction at the interaction region because of 2m radian crossing angle of the beams. It is necessary to determine z-vertex position event by event basis precisely.We developed the vertex determination method using INTT and studied its performance using some different algorithms.
In addition, the position alignment of the INTT sensors are an important parameter for not only INTT vertexing but also track reconstruction associated with inner and outer trackers. We studied the alignment using the straight line tracks measured in p+p collision with no magnetic field.
In this poster, we will report the current status of INTT vertex determination and INTT alignment using the p+p data recorded in 2024.

Speaker: Ms Mahiro Ikemoto (Nara Women's University)

HP_ikemoto_v3.1.pdf

195 Probing initial state effects in nuclear collisions via dijet and spectator neutron measurements with the ATLAS detector

The measurement of dijets in proton-lead collisions at the LHC provides unique possibilities to investigate both nuclear and nucleon initial state effects as a function of the parton scattering kinematics. In particular, color fluctuations can significantly change the average interaction strength of the proton, biasing both the event activity and the number of wounded nucleons in the Pb nucleus. In this talk, we present recent results obtained by the analysis of dijet events as a function of the event activity in p+Pb data at √sN N = 8.16 TeV collected by ATLAS in 2016. Both the dijet and spectator neutron yields are analyzed by constructing a central-to-peripheral ratio (RCP). The ratios are correlated with the Bjorken-x of the parton extracted from the proton in the hard-scattering, which provide complementary constraints for color fluctuation modeling. The dijet yield RCP exhibits a clear event activity bias, while the spectator neutron RCP is a novel observable sensitive to the number of wounded nucleons and the dynamics of nuclear evaporation.

Speaker: Matthew Caleb Hoppesch (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

HP2024_Poster_PostApproval.pdf

196 Probing medium response by measuring (anti-)proton to pion ratio and charged particles radial profile with jet in Pb-Pb and pp collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm{NN}}}$ = 5.02 TeV with ALICE Primary tabs View(active tab)

Comparisons of jet production in Pb--Pb collisions compared to pp collisions at LHC energies provide vital information on both jet quenching in the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) and on the medium response to the jet. Jet quenching models with a hydrodynamic medium response predict an enhancement of soft particle production at large angles from the jet axis. However, the mechanism of soft particle production at large angles still remains elusive. Measurements of particle composition within jets, jet hadrochemistry, may provide new experimental insights on the medium response of the QGP. In this poster, we present the results of particle density profile $\rho$ for charged particles, as well as the ratios of (anti-)protons to charged pions as a function of their transverse momenta and distance from the jet axis. Particle identification (PID) is performed by utilizing the Time Projection Chamber, the Time of Flight detector, and the Inner Tracking System of ALICE. Jets are reconstructed from charged particles with the anti-$𝑘_𝑇$ algorithm with several jet resolution parameters. These jets are selected with $p_{\textrm{T}}^{jet~ch} > 60$ GeV/$c$ after subtraction of the underlying event. The obtained results will be compared with theoretical models containing medium response to understand the mechanisms of soft particle production away from the jet axis.

Speaker: Taketo Yokoo (University of Tsukuba (JP))

HP_poster_yokoo_ver2.pdf

197 Probing the medium with heavy quark using effective field theory

We develop an effective field theory (EFT) formalism to study the interaction of a heavy quark with the medium. All the operators consistent with the underlying symmetry and power counting in $l_{\text{hydro}}$, the hydrodynamic length scale, are written down. Using these EFT principles leads to only few general operators which are organized in terms of order of importance. The Wilson coefficients for these operators, which provides the coupling of the heavy quark to the hydrodynamic medium, can then be estimated from experiments directly in the non-perturbative regime or obtained from an ultraviolet theory in a perturbative regime by matching to it.

Speaker: Jyotirmoy Roy

HP2024_poster_digital.pdf

198 Probing the shower properties of charm quarks using energy-energy correlators with ALICE

$N$-point energy correlators are currently attracting both theoretical and experimental interest, as they can be calculated to high order accuracy in perturbation theory and capture many different features contributing to the substructure of jets. The energy-energy correlator (EEC), or two-point correlator, which emphasise the angular structure of the energy flow within jets, allow for a comprehensive study of both the perturbative and non-perturbative aspects of jet structure. Defined as the energy-weighted cross-section of particle pairs inside jets, the EECs, as a function of pair distance, show a distinct separation of the perturbative from the non-perturbative regime, revealing parton-flavour-dependent dynamics of jet formation as well as the confinement of partons into hadrons.

In this talk, we report the first EEC measurement of a heavy-flavour jet, tagged via a fully-reconstructed $\textrm{D}^{0}$ meson. Comparison to a measurement of EECs in inclusive jets offers valuable insight into flavour dynamics of QCD parton fragmentation and hadronisation, such as the different Casimir factors of quarks and gluons, as well as the mass of heavy quarks. Moreover, we will present comparisons with different Monte Carlo (MC) generators and theoretical predictions. This measurement will serve as a baseline for future studies in heavy ion collisions, probing the interplay of the dead cone and the interactions within the quark-gluon plasma.

Speaker: Preeti Dhankher (University of California Berkeley (US))

HP_Poster_PDhankher_Final.pdf

199 Production of $\omega$ mesons in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 5.02$ TeV with ALICE

Measurements of neutral meson production cross sections in proton-proton (pp) collisions at LHC energies are important as a reference for heavy-ion studies and to test our understanding of QCD. At high transverse momenta ($p_{\rm T}$) where pQCD is applicable these measurements can be used to constrain model calculations. At low momenta, the production rates of neutral mesons are crucial inputs for measurements of direct photons and dielectrons. Therefore, the production cross-section of the $\omega$ meson at midrapidity needs to be measured down to the lowest $p_{\rm T}$.

This poster will present the first measurement of the $\omega$ meson at midrapidity in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 5.02$ TeV using the decay channel $\omega \to \mathrm{e^{+}e^{-}}$. This analysis extends the low $p_{\rm T}$ range of previous measurements significantly to $0 < p_{\rm T} < 6$ $\mathrm{GeV}/c$ and enables the determination of the total yield without any extrapolation uncertainties. We will discuss the challenges in the signal extraction and background estimation related to the dielectron measurement. The final results will be shown in comparison to different model calculations as well as to measurements at different collision energies.

Speaker: Merle Luisa Walde (Goethe University Frankfurt (DE))

Poster_production_of_omega_meson_pp5TeV_ALICE_HP24.pdf

200 Production of electrons from open beauty-hadron decays in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with ALICE

In proton-proton (pp) collisions, beauty quarks are produced in hard scattering processes, and therefore their measurements represent an important test of perturbative QCD calculations. Moreover, measurements in pp collisions are needed to provide a baseline for those performed in p--Pb and Pb--Pb collisions. In addition, the production yields as a function of charged-particle multiplicity can give us an insight into multi-parton interactions (MPI) and the interplay between hard and soft mechanisms in particle production.

In this contribution, we report on inclusive and multiplicity-dependent production of electrons from beauty-hadron decays in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13\,{\rm TeV}$ collected by ALICE during LHC Run 2. The inclusive production cross section is compared to pQCD calculations and to a similar measurement of electrons from open heavy-flavour decays in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13\,{\rm TeV}$. The multiplicity-dependent production yields are compared to those of open heavy-flavour decay electrons in the same collision systems and to model predictions.

Speaker: Jonghan Park (University of Tsukuba (JP))

240924_HP_poster.pdf

201 Quarkonia collectivity in proton-proton and Pb-Pb collisions with ALICE

Quarkonium production is one of the golden probes to study the quark–gluon plasma (QGP). Among many observables, the measurement of azimuthal anisotropies in their production sheds light on the collective behavior of particles in a strongly interacting medium. In particular, the magnitude of the  elliptic flow measured at the LHC is interpreted as a signature of the charm-quark thermalization in the QGP, supporting the scenario of charmonium (re)generation at low $p_{\rm T}$. Interestingly, the measurement of collective-like effects in high-multiplicity pp and p–Pb collisions provides new insights on the evolution of QGP-related observables going from small to large collision systems. In this contribution the measurement of the  flow coefficients in pp and Pb–Pb collisions carried out by the ALICE collaboration will be presented. In addition, the status of further related measurements, possible in Run 3 thanks to the upgraded detector, will be discussed.

Speaker: Chi Zhang (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))

202 Quarkonium suppression in strongly coupled plasmas

Suppression of open heavy flavor quarks and quarkonia in heavy-ion collisions are among the most informative probes of quark-gluon plasma (QGP). Interpreting the full wealth of data obtained from the collision events requires a precise theoretical understanding of the evolution of heavy quarks and quarkonia as they propagate through strongly coupled plasma.

Such calculations require the evaluation of a gauge-invariant correlator of chromoelectric fields. This chromoelectric correlator encodes all the characteristics of QGP that the dissociation and recombination dynamics of quarkonium are sensitive to, which is to say can in principle measure. In this talk, we will review its calculation and its distinctive qualitative features at weak coupling in QCD up to next-to-leading order and at strong coupling in $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM using the AdS/CFT correspondence, as well as its formulation in Euclidean QCD, paving the way for a lattice QCD calculation of it.

Finally, we report on recent progress in applying our results to the calculation of the final quarkonium abundances after propagating through a cooling droplet of QGP, which illustrates how we may learn about QGP from quarkonium measurements. We devote special attention to how the presence of a strongly coupled plasma modifies the transport description of quarkonium, in comparison to approaches that rely on weak coupling approximations to describe quarkonium dissociation and recombination.

Based on 2306.13127 and 2310.09325.

Speaker: Bruno Sebastian Scheihing Hitschfeld (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

BSSH-Hard_Probes_Poster.pdf

203 Recent studies of open charm production at LHCb

Open charm production is a sensitive probe of both hot and cold nuclear
matter effects. Charm meson production provides strong constraints on nuclear
parton distributions, while charm baryon and strange charm hadron production
can be used to probe strangeness- and baryon-enhancing hot QCD effects, re-
spectively. The LHCb detector is designed to study heavy flavor hadrons at the
LHC, providing unique opportunities to study open charm production in heavy
ion collisions. In this contribution, recent LHCb results on open charm pro-
duction will be discussed, as well as their comparisons with recent theoretical
models.

Speaker: Mr Yiheng Luo (Peking University (CN))

HP2024_Yiheng_v2.pdf

204 Reconstruction of photons and neutral mesons in heavy-ion collisions with MPD at NICA

The Multi-Purpose Detector (MPD) serves as the main experiment of the NICA complex under construction at JINR. With heavy-ion collisions in the energy range $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=4-11$ GeV, the MPD will scan the baryon-reach region of the QCD phase diagram to look for the first order phase transition and critical end-point. The measurement of direct photon and neutral meson production plays an important role in the physics program of the MPD experiment.

We report results of physics feasibility studies for photon and neutral meson ($\pi^{0}$ and $\eta$) reconstruction with the MPD detector in Bi+Bi collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=$ 9.2 GeV simulated using realistic event generators. The photon measurements rely on different methods such as identification of photon clusters in the electromagnetic calorimeter (ECAL) and reconstruction of photons in the tracking system as dielectron pairs produced in conversion on detector materials (PCM). Neutral meson signals are studied using the invariant mass method by combining ECAL-ECAL, PCM-PCM and ECAL-PCM photon pairs, the uncorrelated combinatorial background is estimated using event-mixing technique. The developed signal reconstruction techniques are compared and tested versus truly generated signals. Complications for the reconstruction of direct photon signals are discussed.

Speaker: Yonghong Wang

205 SMOG2: a high-density gas target at the LHCb experiment

In preparation to the LHC Run3, the LHCb gaseous fixed-target, SMOG,
was upgraded to offer higher instantaneous luminosity by up to two orders of
magnitude with respect to Run2, new gases, including non-noble ones such
as hydrogen, and an increased experimental accuracy. Since 2022, LHCb is
working with two independent collision points and as a collider and a fixed-target
experiment simultaneously, a unique opportunity in the scientific panorama. In
this contribution, the performance of the system from the 2024 acquired data,
the first obtained results and the physics prospects for the incoming years will
be presented.

Speaker: Federica Fabiano (Università e INFN Cagliari (IT))

SMOG2_HP2024_Fabiano.pdf

206 Strangeness studies in LHCb heavy-ion collisions

Strange hadron production provides information about the hadronization
process in high-energy hadron collisions. Strangeness enhancement has been
interpreted as a signature of quark-gluon plasma formation in heavy-ion col-
lisions, and recent observations of strangeness enhancement in small collisions
systems have challenged conventional hadronization models. With its forward
geometry and excellent particle identification capabilities, the LHCb detector
is well-suited to study strangeness production in a unique kinematic region.
Recent studies of strangeness production with the LHCb detector will be pre-
sented, including measurements of strangeness enhancement in the charm- and
beauty-hadron systems

Speaker: Jianqiao Wang (Tsinghua University (CN))

HP_Strangeness.pdf

207 Studies of nucleon structure at LHCb

The LHCb detector’s forward geometry provides unprecedented access to
the very low regions of Bjorken x inside the nucleon. LHCb is able to study
charged and neutral light hadron production, as well as relatively rare probes
such as heavy quark. These data provide unique constraints on nuclear parton
distributions. This contribution will discuss recent LHCb measurements sensi-
tive to the low-x structure of nucleons, and discuss the impact of recent LHCb
measurements on global analyses of nuclear parton distributions

Speaker: Cesar Luiz Da Silva (Los Alamos National Laboratory (US))

nPDF-HardProbes.pdf

nPDF-HardProbes.pptx

208 Study of background effects for jet analyses with Run 3 data in ALICE

In heavy-ion collisions, jets can serve as a probe of the hot QCD medium, since they are produced in hard scatterings early in the collision and traverse and interact with the hot medium. Measuring jets at low transverse momentum and large $R$ in the complex environment of central Pb--Pb collisions is a challenging task, due to the large background for the underlying event. In order to be sensitive to jet signals, the background must be accounted for and removed. Based on the high statistics and high precision data samples obtained in Run 3, we have conducted an in-depth study of background subtraction which will be used for correction of jet measurements with Run 3 data using O2, a new analysis framework developed in ALICE for Run 3.
In this poster, we will present the first look at background subtraction with ALICE in Run 3, evaluating the subtraction performance on a variety of physics observables in order to fully validate the framework for Run 3 jet analyses.

Speaker: Yaxian Mao (Central China Normal University CCNU (CN))

HPposter_wenhui_final.pdf

209 Study of modified near-side jet peak structure in a longitudinally boosted flowing medium in PbPb collisions with CMS

In two-particle angular correlation measurements, jets give rise to a near-side peak formed by particles associated with a higher $p_\mathrm{T}$ trigger particle. Measurements of these correlations as a function of pseudorapidity and azimuthal differences are used to extract the centrality and $p_\mathrm{T}$ dependence of the shape of the near-side peak in the $p_\mathrm{T} $ range $3 < p_\mathrm{T,\,trig} < 16$ GeV and $1.5 < p_\mathrm{T,\,asso} < 8$ GeV in lead-lead (PbPb) and proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s_\mathrm{NN} $= 5.02 TeV. A combined fit of the near-side peak and long-range correlations is applied to the data. By disentangling short-range correlations from long-range contributions, we quantify the variance of the near-side peak, which exhibits significant broadening in the longitudinal direction from peripheral to central PbPb collisions, particularly pronounced for low-$p_\mathrm{T} particles. This broadening phenomenon diminishes above $p_\mathrm{T} = 4$ GeV. In contrast, the width of the peak in the azimuthal direction remains nearly constant across centrality. Additionally, we observe a longitudinal asymmetry on the near-side peak, which increases towards forward rapidity compared to mid rapidity, attributed to jet-medium interactions in PbPb collisions. This rapidity asymmetry phenomenon is more pronounced in the high $p_\mathrm{T,\,trig}$ between 4.0--16.0 GeV , and low $p_\mathrm{T,\,asso}$ between 1.5--4.0 GeV.

Speaker: Sayan Chatterjee (Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IN))

HardProbe_poster_sayan.pdf

210 Study of Neutron Irradiation of p-type Silicon Sensor for future calorimeter

Quarks and gluons, normally confined within hadrons by strong interactions, are released from the confinement at high temperatures and densities, which is called Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP). To understand QGP, high-energy heavy ion collision experiment has been conducted in laboratory and research has been carried out to investigate its property. One unknown about QGP is that it reaches thermal equilibrium much earlier than theoretically expected, and Color Glass Condensation (CGC) is a strong candidate to explain this. The silicon electromagnetic calorimeter has been developed to study the CGC experimentally.

Since this calorimeter will be installed in the forward region where it will be exposed to large neutron dose, it is necessary to investigate the radiation tolerance of the p-type Silicon sensor which is considered to be used for this calorimeter due to high neutron tolerance. To evaluate this, neutron irradiation tests were conducted at the RIKEN (RANS) in July 2023 and May 2024.

In these tests, Indium foil, which is sensitivity to the amount of neutron irradiation was placed around the Si sensor and irradiated with neutron beam of about $10^{14} n_{eq}/cm^2$ at the maximum, as assumed in the ALICE experiment. Since the neutron dose depends on the distance from the beam, it is necessary to estimate the dose of the Si sensor by analyzing the Indium foil dose. In this poster, an overview of these tests and the status of dose analysis using Indium foil will be discussed.

Speaker: Yuka Sasaki (Nara Women's University (JP))

HP2024_poster_sasaki.pdf

211 Studying the interplay of medium effects on heavy quarks and quarkonia using high-precision charmonium measurements in PbPb collisions with CMS

Charmonia, such as the J/$\psi$ and $\psi$(2S) mesons, are important probes of the quark-gluon plasma (QGP). The measurement of their nuclear modification factor, elliptic and triangular flow can provide strong constraints for the mechanism of in-medium energy loss. In this talk, results on the relative J/$\psi$ and $\psi$(2S) modification, based on the pp and PbPb data collected at $\sqrt{s)_{NN}}$ = 5.02 TeV by CMS, will be reported. Also we present the second-order and third-order Fourier coefficients, $v_{2}$ and $v_{3}$ for prompt and nonprompt J/$\psi$ and prompt $\psi$(2S) mesons. In addition, the nuclear modification factor of charmonia in PbPb collisions will be reported.

Speaker: Gyeonghwan Bak (Chonnam National University (KR))

HP_2024_Gyeonghwan_ver2.pdf

212 SUBA-Jet framework for jet and medium production in heavy-ion collisions at high energies

We present SUBA-Jet, a newly constructed framework for jet and medium production in heavy-ion collisions at ultra-relativistic energies [1]. The framework is developed in a spirit similar to JETSCAPE, and our aim is to simulate the complete dynamics of heavy-ion collisions, with jet and medium hadron production combined.
The development of a jet starts with a seed parton with high virtuality, currently generated by Pythia 8. The parton splits, thus developing a jet shower. The jet partons experience collisional and radiative energy loss, and the latter is simulated via coherent bremsstrahlung. The coherence is achieved by increasing the phase of the trial gluons through elastic scatterings with the medium. Above a phase threshold, the trial gluon will be realised and can produce coherent radiation themselves.
The evolution of the medium starts from an initial state provided by TrENTo model, with subsequent viscous fluid dynamical expansion, particlization and final-state hadronic scattering and resonance decays via SMASH cascade.
In this talk we present i) construction of the framework and its ingredients, ii) benchmark of the coherent jet energy loss and comparison with BDMPS-Z spectra, and iii) benchmark of jet R_AA in a scenario with realistic production points of the jet hadrons and realistic background medium representing a system formed in Pb-Pb collision at 5.02 TeV LHC energy.

[1] IK, A. Lind, M. Rohrmoser, J. Aichelin, P.-B. Gossiaux, arXiv: 2404.14579 [hep-ph]

Speaker: Dr Iurii Karpenko (FNSPE CTU in Prague)

karpenko-HP2024-poster.pdf

213 Testing the flavour dependence of QCD parton showers using heavy-flavour jet substructure with ALICE

The parton-flavour-dependent properties of the $1\rightarrow2$ splitting processes underpinning parton showers can be uniquely explored using heavy-flavour jets. In this talk, we report a series of charm-tagged jet substructure measurements, using jets tagged with a reconstructed $\rm{D}^{0}$ meson. Using the newly collected Run 3 data, these measurements span a large range of jet transverse momenta, allowing us to systematically probe the contribution of mass effects at low jet transverse momenta where the dead-cone angle of the charm quark is significant as well as the contribution of Casimir colour factor effects at high transverse momenta as the charm-tagged jet sample is quark-enriched. These include measurements of the shared momentum fraction and opening angle of the first splitting in Soft-Drop-groomed jets, which are closely linked to fundamental ingredients of the splitting functions, as well as the number of perturbative splittings across the charm-quark shower. We also report the differences between the jet axes returned by different recombination and grooming schemes, which can be used to constrain the impact of perturbative and non-perturbative contributions to the shower properties. Lastly, we report N-subjettiness observables, specifically the ratio of 2-subjettiness to 1-subjettiness, which can be used to constrain the contribution of gluon splittings to charm quarks at different jet transverse momenta.

Speaker: Vit Kucera (Inha University (KR))

poster_v2_final.pdf

214 The effects from higher order coupling of fluctuations of spin hydrodynamics in high energy heavy-ion collisions

There is remarkable spin polarization phenomenon in the quark-gluon plasma produced in relativistic heavy ion collisions. The experimental detectable polarization of the vector mesons and spin polarization of the Λ hyperons provides important evidence for this spin polarization phenomenon. So far, there is still sign problem in theories to interpret the experimental results of local polarization. Recently, spin hydrodynamics is undergoing rapid development as a phenomenology framework to describe the spin polarization phenomenon. In order to describe spin polarization more accurately in the framework of spin hydrodynamics, the fluctuations and their higher order coupling effects may need a systematic discussion. We develop the spin hydrodynamics to including the higher order coupling of fluctuations, based on which we will use effective field theory method to study the physical effects induced by the coupling of spin fluctuations and hydrodynamic fluctuations, and to understand the relation between hydrodynamic fluctuations and spin diffusion more accurately and systematicly.

Speaker: Lixin Yang (Sun Yat-sen University)

215 The measurement of Drell-S$\ddot{o}$ding process through exclusive $\pi^{+}\pi^{-}$ pair photoproduction in ulrtraperipheral Au+Au collisions at 200 GeV

The Drell-Soding process, non-resonance pair production through photon-nuclear interaction plays a vital role in the exclusive $\pi^{+}\pi^{-}$ pair mass profile description. Among the products of photon-nuclear interactions, the continuum $\pi^{+}\pi^{-}$ pairs are directly produced in addition to decays of photoproduced $\rho^{0}$. Previous measurements and the widely utilized Monte Carlo model (STARlight) have treated the non-resonance $\pi^{+}\pi^{-}$ production as invariant across the $\rho^{0}$ mass region, with corrections applied generally independent on the transverse momenta of $\pi^{+}\pi^{-}$ pairs. Leveraging theoretical model calculations, we have identified the mass slope in the $\rho^{0}$ mass region for the Drell-Soding process, and measured the differential cross-section of this process as a function of $p_{T}$, rapidity and mass. This novel approach not only refines our understanding of the underlying dynamics of photon nuclear scattering but also serves as another probe for the nuclear profile.

In this talk, we will present the first measurement of the Drell-Soding process in ultra-peripheral Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=200$ GeV from the STAR experiment. We will report the measurement of the interference angular modulation and the t spectrum of the Drell-Soding $\pi^{+}\pi^{-}$ production. We will discuss the implications of mass and lifetime of a virtual particle anti-particle pair, fluctuated from a photon in the photon nuclear interactions.

Speaker: Xinbai Li (University of Science and Technology of China)

HP poster v5.pdf

216 The modified dilepton production rate from charged pion-pair annihilation in the inhomogeneous chiral condensed phase

In the context of study of QCD phase diagram, the possibility of inhomogeneous chiral condensed phase in low-temperature and high-density regions has been discussed using the low-energy effective theory of QCD such as the Ginzburg-Landau theory, the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model and so forth. In such a phase, the lepton production rates may change compared to those of homogeneous chiral condensed phase, which includes a vacuum. In particular, the dilepton production rates from charged pion-pair annihilations are expected to be modified by the pion dispersion relation in the inhomogeneous chiral condensed phase, and this modification may be considered as one of the possible experimental signatures for the existence of that phase.
In this study, we assume a dual chiral density wave as an inhomogeneous chiral condensate, and start from a low energy effective Lagrangian expanded with respect to the order parameter based on O(4) symmetry up to the sixth order because of the low-energy effective model of QCD. Using the dispersion relation of the Nambu-Goldstone modes obtained by our model, we evaluate dilepton production rates by charged pion-pair annihilation as a function of an invariant mass and show how the obtained results may be modified compared with the results of dilepton production rates in the homogeneous chiral condensed phase.

Speaker: Kentaro Hayashi (Kochi University)

HP2024_poster_hayashi.pdf

217 Thermalization and Hydrodynamization in Small and Large Systems

The early time dynamic which connects the far-from-equilibrium matter created after the high energy collision toward the hydrodynamic regime is still a poorly understood process. We constructed a parton cascade model based on the hadronic transport model SMASH in order to explore this phase since SMASH has been shown to be able to correctly simulate multiparticle interaction in the hadronic case. We included 2-to-3 partonic interactions as the main source of particle and entropy production which are important for thermal and chemical equilibration. The initial condition for large and small collision systems are prepared using mini-jet model. Focusing on the mid-rapidity region |η| < 0.5 and up until time = 5 fm, we assume that perturbation QCD is still valid at a relatively lower energy region even at a later time and fixed the QCD coupling constant to a small value. Chemical and thermal equilibrium is assumed when the ensemble follows the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution. In our model, hydrodynamization is measured by Knudsen number with the characteristic length of the medium calculated using a clustering algorithm based on the spatial information of the particles. We use the time evolution of these values in high energy Pb-Pb collision systems to establish a benchmark and compare it with p-p at 13 TeV to predict whether hydrodynamization and thermalization occur and identify the timescale of each process.

Speaker: Cendikia Abdi (Hiroshima University)

Thermalization and Hydrodynamization in Small and Large Systems HP 2024 Poster.pdf

218 Underlying event characterization in 200 GeV Au+Au collisions for jet measurements with the sPHENIX detector

sPHENIX is a new experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), designed with large-acceptance, hermetic EM and hadronic calorimeters to enable qualitatively new measurements of jet probes of the QGP at RHIC. Since jets in heavy ion collisions sit on top of large fluctuating backgrounds, these must be understood to carry out a precision program of jet physics. This talk reports a detailed characterization of the underlying event and jet background fluctuations at RHIC, as well as direct comparisons of the fluctuations resulting from methods typically used by different heavy ion experiments, using 200 GeV Au+Au collision data collected with the sPHENIX calorimeter system during its 2023 commissioning run. The characterization uses a multi-faceted approach, including unbiased sampling of calorimeter window areas and random cones, as well as methods sensitive to jet reconstruction effects such as embedding high-p$_T$ probes from data or simulation into recorded minimum-bias Au+Au data. The non-Poissionian background fluctuations for several jet background subtraction methods envisioned for use in sPHENIX are also investigated. Finally, we discuss the sPHENIX physics enabled by rigorous description of these backgrounds.

Speaker: Benjamin Kimelman (Vanderbilt University)

Kimelman_HP_Poster_2024_v5.pdf

219 Understanding photon TMDs with light front wavefunction

We have calculated all the T-even photon transverse momentum dependent parton distribution functions (TMDs) using light front wave function. For this work, we have considered photon as a Fock-state of quark antiquark pair. All the $9$ T-even TMDs have been presented in the overlap and explicit form of light front wave function. We have found that our result arecoming similar to basic light front quantization (BLFQ) result. Only $3$ TMDs are non-zero for the case of real photon, while there are $7$ for virtual photon.
We have also presented the unpolarized real photon parton distribution functions (PDFs) in our calculations.

Speaker: Satyajit Puhan (National Institute of Technology Jalandhar)

220 X-SCAPE as a universal Event Generator for e+p, e+e- and pp collisions

In this talk we discuss using the X-SCAPE Monte Carlo event generator and Hybrid Hadronization to simulate particle production in a large variety of collision systems. New capabilities have been added to X-SCAPE to calculate deep inelastic scattering in $e+p$ collisions. Hybrid Hadronization combines quark recombination, applicable when distances between partons in phase space are small, and string fragmentation appropriate for dilute parton systems. It can therefore smoothly describe the transition from very dilute parton systems like $e^++e^-$ and $e+p$ to full $A+A$ collisions.
Here we present the results from tuning X-SCAPE to $e^++e^-$ and $p+p$ collisions. We include hadron, jet, and global event observables from the ALEPH, PHENIX, STAR, ALICE, and CMS collaborations. We also present first results from $e+p$ calculations compared to H1 and ZEUS data to validate X-SCAPE as an event generator for deep inelastic scattering.

Speaker: Rainer Fries (Texas A&M University)

Wednesday 25 September

Parallel 25: jets with heavy quarks

Convener: John William Harris (Yale University (US))

221 Dead cone effect and charm quark mass effects in high-pT D-jets with the CMS experiment

The mass of heavy quarks modifies the radiation pattern of heavy-quark jets in comparison to their light quark counterparts, since the heavy quark mass effectively regularizes the soft and collinear divergences that would normally dominate the partonic cascade formation. This leads to the depletion of collinear gluon emissions relative to the heavy quark, an effect known as the dead cone effect. The dead cone of heavy-quark jets has been identified as a possible venue to isolate medium-induced radiation in a phase-space region where calculations are viable and where the large underlying event of a heavy-ion collision is absent. Previous measurements based on the construction of an angle-ordered tree of intrajet emissions have shown that it is possible to expose the dead cone experimentally. Novel jet substructure observables and algorithms are used to isolate hard and collinear emissions in the dead cone region with an improved sensitivity to charm quark mass effects using $D^0$-tagged jets in pp collisions at 5.02 TeV. For the first time, the substructure of charm quark jets with a $p_{\rm T}$ greater than 100 GeV is analyzed, in a regime that should be relatively insensitive to nonperturbative effects. It is shown that the sensitivity to quark mass effects is present even at high $p_{\rm T}$. This result also serves as a baseline for future measurements in heavy-ion collisions.

Speaker: Jelena Mijuskovic (Sapienza Universita e INFN, Roma I (IT))

HP2024_JMijuskovic.pdf

222 Probing bottom quark mass effects in jet substructure with CMS using a novel technique to cluster the b-hadron decays

The substructure of bottom quark jets is of substantial interest, both in vacuum and in medium, in terms of understanding radiation emitted from heavy quarks. Unfortunately, the decays of b hadrons, which are typically cascading, obscure the parton level branching, by filling the radiative dead cone. To circumvent this, one may study exclusive b-hadron decays, but one then sacrifices the vast majority of the b-jet cross section. We have implemented a technique to partially reconstruct the b-hadrons by aggregating their charged hadron decay products, dramatically improving the sensitivity to the underlying QCD splitting. Using this technique, we report the first measurements of the soft drop groomed momentum fraction and jet radius for b-jets, as well as the b-jet charged fragmentation function.

Speaker: Lida Kalipoliti (LLR, École Polytechnique (FR))

Kalipoliti_hp2024.pdf

223 Flavor hierarchy of parton energy loss in quark-gluon plasma from a Bayesian analysis

The quenching of light and heavy flavor hadrons in relativistic heavy-ion collisions probes the color and flavor dependences of parton energy loss through a color-deconfined quark-gluon plasma (QGP), and thus offers an important test of QCD-based calculation at extremely high density and temperature. By combining a next-to-leading order perturbative QCD calculation of parton production, a general ansatz of parton energy loss functions and parton fragmentation functions, we calculate the nuclear modification of various hadron species -- charged hadrons, $D$ mesons and $B$-decayed $J/\psi$ -- over a wide transverse momentum regime. Comparing our calculations to the experimental data using the Bayesian statistical analysis, we perform a first simultaneous extraction of the energy loss functions of gluons ($g$), light quarks ($q$), charm quarks ($c$) and bottom quarks ($b$) inside the QGP. We find that the average parton energy loss at high energies follows the expected hierarchy of $\langle \Delta E_g \rangle > \langle \Delta E_q \rangle \sim \langle \Delta E_c \rangle > \langle \Delta E_b \rangle$, while the parton energy loss distribution can further test the QCD calculations of parton interaction with the dense nuclear matter.
We also find that the reduction of experimental uncertainties can significantly improve the precision of the extracted parton energy loss functions inside the QGP.

Ref: Wen-Jing Xing, Shanshan Cao and Guang-You Qin, Phys.Lett.B 850 (2024) 138523

Speaker: Prof. Guang-You Qin (Central China Normal University)

Qin_HP2024_v4.pdf

Parallel 26: medium response

Convener: Krishna Rajagopal (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (US))

224 Jet quenching and medium response using photon+jet events in ATLAS

Partons traversing the hot and dense medium of deconfined color charges produced in collisions of heavy nuclei are expected to lose their energy primar- ily through medium-induced gluon bremsstrahlung. As a result, the amount of induced energy loss is expected to depend on the QCD color charge carried by the parton, i.e. depend on whether it is a quark- or a gluon-initiated jet. In this talk, photon+jet events taken with the ATLAS detector in Pb+Pb and pp are used to constrain the color-charge dependence of jet energy loss. First, ATLAS presents the finalized result on the nuclear modification factor RAA for photon-tagged jets. By comparing this measurement to the RAA for inclu- sive jets, one can exploit the known difference in the quark-/gluon-initiated jet fraction between these two samples and extract the QCD color-charge depen- dence. Second, ATLAS presents the finalized measurement of photon plus two jet production in Pb+Pb collisions as compared to pp, where the configuration of quark+gluon jet pair opposite the photon is expected to dominate. Measurements of the total jet-to-photon pT ratio, the two-jet pT asymmetry, and the jet opening angle are presented, providing novel information on the parton-QGP interaction. Results are compared to a suite of theoretical calculations.

Speaker: Dominik Karol Derendarz (Polish Academy of Sciences (PL))

HP24_derendarz.pdf

225 Searching for jet-induced diffusion wakes of quark gluon plasma via jet- track correlations in heavy ion collisions with the ATLAS detecto

Hard-scattered partons traversing the medium produced in heavy-ion colli- sions lose energy by interacting with the medium. Simultaneously, the medium is modified in this interaction, exchanging energy and momentum with the parton. A typical modification of the medium in this process includes an enhancement of the medium particles in the direction of the parton (the so-called wake) and a depletion (the so-called diffusion wake) in the opposite direction. In this talk, we present jet-track correlations in photon-jet and di-jet events measured in Pb+Pb collisions at 5.02 TeV with the ATLAS detector to search for diffusion wake signals. The results for photon-jet events do not show a significant diffusion wake signal within the current uncertainties. We provide upper limits on the probability, and the CoLBT theory prediction is found to be consistent with the data within the 68% confidence interval. The signals in di-jet events are also interpreted in terms of theoretical predictions, within the statistical significance of the data

Speaker: Yeonju Go (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))

20240924_HardProbes_diffusinoWake_yeonju.pdf

226 Visualizing How Jet Structure Shapes Jet Wakes

We begin by using Hybrid Model calculations to reproduce experimental results published by ATLAS in 2023 on $R_{AA}$ for $R=1$ jets in Pb+Pb collisions. These jets are identified via first reconstructing anti-$k_t$ $R=0.2$ subjets and then reclustering them. Following ATLAS, we investigate how $R_{AA}$ for these large-radius jets depends on the angle between the two subjets involved in the final clustering step of the $R=1$ jet. We also study the dependence of $R_{AA}$ for these jets on the resolution length of QGP, which suggests that measurements like those pioneered by ATLAS can constrain this property of QGP.

We make further use of this setup by analyzing the response of the medium to the passage of large-radius $R=2$ jets containing two $R=0.2$ subjets, produced in gamma-jet events, and identified as above. We introduce novel jet-shape observables that allow us to visualize the angular shape of the soft hadrons originating from the wakes that wide jets with two skinny subjets excite in the droplet of QGP, as a function of the angular separation between the subjets. We find that even when the two hard subjets are 0.8 to 1.0 radians apart, a single broad wake is produced. When the two subjets are even farther apart the presence of two sub-wakes is revealed. We show that the way in which jet structure shapes jet wakes can be visualized with similar clarity in experiments by measuring the observables we have introduced using only those hadrons with low transverse momenta.

Speaker: Arjun Srinivasan Kudinoor (University of Cambridge)

ArjunKudinoor_HardProbes_2024.pdf

227 Jet transport in QGP fluid

Particles associated with the jet will be deflected from their initial direction due to the scatterings with the thermal partons flowing in the QGP fluid. Such deflections depend on the energy of the jet, the local energy gradient, and the local flow velocity. In general, the soft particles will drift towards the direction of the flowing medium, away from the center of the jet cone where the hard particles are located, leading to an intra-jet asymmetry coupled with flow, which can be used to extract the properties of the QGP medium. In this work, we first calculate the intra-jet asymmetry distribution in both transverse and longitudinal directions and investigate their dependence on path length, viscosity, and jet multiplicity. Such asymmetry is also observed in the jet chemical structure. We then extract the average radial flow velocity distribution via the intra-jet asymmetry distribution and compared it with the hydrodynamic simulation results. Our approach can be further used to localize the initial production position of the jet without specified requirements of the jet direction. As we apply jet localization to gamma-jet and dijet events, we find an improvement in the localization accuracy of dijet events due to the interplay between QGP flow and the diffusion wake induced by the backside jet.

Speaker: Tan Luo (Hunan university)

HP2024_Tan Luo.pdf

Parallel 27: UPC

Convener: Zaochen Ye (South China Normal University)

228 Measurements of photon-induced $J/\psi$ azimuthal anisotropy in isobar collisions at STAR

Ultra-strong electromagnetic field in relativistic heavy-ion collisions could be quantized as a large flux of linearly polarized quasi-real photons. These photons can interact with nuclei or nucleons, leading to vector meson production ($\gamma + A \rightarrow V + A$). Notably, azimuthal asymmetries between the pair momentum and the daughter momentum could arise from the linear polarization of incident photons correlated with spin interference effect. On the other hand, the decay daughters of these vector mesons inherit polarization information of the photons, which is related to the initial collision geometry. Thus, the measurement of azimuthal anisotropy of these decay daughters offers a novel and direct probe into both the initial collision geometry and the polarization characteristics of the photons.

In this presentation, we will report the angular modulation measurements of the photon-induced $J/\psi$ pair production in Ru+Ru and Zr+Zr ultra peripheral collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV. Additionally, we will also present the measurements of the azimuthal anisotropy with respect to the event plane ($v_2$) of electrons decayed from photon-induced $J/\psi$ in non-central collisions from the same collision systems.
Our results offer novel insights into both the collision geometry and spin interference effect.

Speaker: Kaiyang Wang (University of Science and Technology of China)

HP_kaiyang_v7.pdf

229 Ultra-peripheral collisions at LHCb

Ultra-peripheral collisions provide a unique environment to study pomeron-
and photon-induced reactions with heavy nuclei. These interactions can produce
a wide range of final state particles, from light vector mesons to heavy quarko-
nia, and probe potentially exotic phenomena. LHCb’s particle ID capabilities
provide unique opportunities to study hadronic final states in ultra-peripheral
collisions. We will present recent LHCb results from ultra-peripheral heavy
ion collisions and discuss how these impact our understanding of low-x parton
interactions

Speaker: Amanda May Donohoe (University College Dublin (IE))

Dipions in Ultra-peripheral collisions at LHCb A.Donohoe.pdf

230 Probing the nucleus and nucleons with vector mesons in ultra-peripheral collisions in ALICE

The strong electromagnetic fields associated with heavy-ions at the LHC lead to large cross sections for exclusive photoproduction of vector mesons in ultra-peripheral collisions (UPCs). Photoproduction of charmonium probes the distribution of gluons in the target nucleus. Earlier studies of charmonium photoproduction have focussed on measuring the production cross sections and rapidity distributions. More information can, however, be obtained from differential distributions, such as d$\sigma$/d$t$ at different rapidities. This enhances the sensitivity to the gluon distribution and opens up the possibility to extract also the spatial distribution of gluons. It may also contribute to a better understanding of the interplay between nuclear shadowing and gluon saturation. The energy dependence of the photoproduction cross section can be extracted by studying vector meson production in coincidence with neutron emission. Because of the interference betweeen the production sources (the two nuclei), vector meson production also serves as a two-slit interferometer at subatomic length scales. The interference can be probed by studying the azimuthal angular distributions. The latest results from ALICE on photoproduction of vector mesons will be presented.

Speaker: Minjung Kim (University of California Berkeley (US))

HP2024_mjkim_ALICE_UPC.pdf

231 A new class of ultra-peripheral collisions in ALICE: inelastic photonuclear interactions and open charm photoproduction

The study of ultra-peripheral collisions (UPCs) has so far mostly focussed on exclusive production of a single vector meson or a dilepton pair, while the nuclei have remained in their ground state or have only been slightly excited. There is, however, also the possibility to study a more general class of UPCs involving a photonuclear interaction where the target nucleus is broken up, gamma+A --> X. These interaction can be divided into resolved processes, where the photon fluctuates to a qqbar pair (typically a vector meson) which interacts hadronically with the target, and direct processes where a bare photon interacts with a parton. The former process resembles proton-nucleus collisions, and it gives the dominant contribution to the the cross section. The latter includes charm production through photon-gluon fusion. Experimentally, these interactions can be identified by requiring rapidity gaps, void of particles, on the side of the photon-emitting nucleus. The latest results from ALICE on inelastic photonuclear interactions will be presented.

Speaker: Sigurd Nese (University of Oslo (NO))

nese_HP24.pdf

Parallel 28: hard EM

Convener: Dennis Perepelitsa (University of Colorado Boulder)

232 Measuring isolated prompt photon production in small and large collision systems with ALICE

This talk presents a comprehensive study of isolated prompt photon production in pp, p--Pb and Pb--Pb collisions by ALICE, including new analyses which elucidate the low-$x$ structure of matter and the impact of fragmentation photons on the prompt photon cross section. The first measurement of the prompt photon-nuclear modification factor $R_{\text{pA}}$ in p--Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}$ = 5.02 TeV is presented. A measurement of $R_{\text{pA}}$ at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}$ = 8.16 TeV is also presented, which probes cold nuclear matter effects down to $x\approx$ 2.9.10$^{-3}$. In addition, the first ALICE measurement of prompt photon production in centrality-selected Pb--Pb collisions is presented -- extending the low-$x$ reach of previous measurements by about a factor two. This measurement is carried out for the first time with multiple isolation cone radii, which quantifies the contribution of fragmentation photons to the total physical cross section. These data provide new input for constraining nuclear PDFs, and for disentangling cold nuclear matter and hot QCD medium effects.

Speaker: Gustavo Conesa Balbastre (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

HP_25_09_2024_IsoPhotonALICE_GConesa.pdf

233 Electroweak vector-boson production in hadronic collisions with ALICE

Electroweak W and Z bosons, produced in hard-scattering processes at the early stage of hadronic collisions, are excellent probes of their initial state. The W and Z measurements in pp collisions represent a stringent test of perturbative QCD calculations, and provide important input for the determination of parton distribution functions (PDFs). In p-Pb and Pb-Pb collisions, these measurements can constrain the nuclear PDFs and test the binary-scaling for hard processes.

Electroweak W and Z bosons are studied with ALICE in pp, p-Pb, and Pb-Pb collisions via their leptonic decays in the muon and electron channels at forward rapidity ($-4.0<\eta<-2.5$) and midrapidity ($|\eta|<0.8$), respectively. The measurements in p-Pb and Pb-Pb collisions at forward rapidity give access to low Bjorken-$x$ values, a phase-space region poorly constrained by other heavy-ion experiments.

A review of the W- and Z-boson results and their comparison to model calculations are presented, with particular emphasis on those recently obtained in pp collisions at midrapidity. That concerns differential measurements of the production cross sections, nuclear modification factors and lepton-charge asymmetry as a function of rapidity, transverse momentum, collision centrality and charged-particle multiplicity. The production of W bosons in association with hadrons as a function of the charged-particle multiplicity in pp collisions is discussed as well.

Speaker: Shingo Sakai (University of Tsukuba (JP))

HP_W_ssakai.pdf

234 Interplay of prompt and non-prompt photons in photon-triggered jet observables

Prompt photons are important yet challenging to observe in relativistic heavy-ion collisions, as they are produced in the early stages and traverse almost the entire QGP medium without interaction. Experimental analyses typically employ isolation cuts, in the hope to identify prompt photons. Most theoretical studies consider only events with actual prompt photons, assuming no contribution from isolated non-prompt photons to reduce computational cost. For the first time, we present a study that compares simulation results generated using inclusive (bremsstrahlung) and prompt-photon events with multiple experimental observables for both $p-p$ and $Pb-Pb$ collisions at $5.02$ TeV.
Simulations are carried out using the multi-stage JETSCAPE framework tuned to describe the quenching of jets and hadrons. Isolated non-prompt photons are generated in hard photon bremsstrahlung, where the photon is radiated at a sufficient angle to the jet. Several photon triggered jet and jet substructure observables show significant contributions from inclusive photons, yielding an improvement in comparison with experimental data. Novel photon triggered jet substructure observables are also expected to show new structures, yet to be detected in experiment. This effort examines the significance of isolated non-prompt photons using parameters tuned for a simultaneous description of the leading hadron and jet spectrum, and thus provides an independent verification of the multistage evolution framework.

Speaker: Chathuranga Sirimanna

PhotonJet_HP2024.pdf

235 Revealing the medium-recoil effect with high-$p_\mathrm{T}$ Z boson tagged underlying event distribution in PbPb collisions at CMS

Effects such as medium-induced radiation and medium response could contribute to the enhancement of low-$p_\mathrm{T}$ particles. The low $p_\mathrm{T}$ particles are shown to be essential in the energy-momentum balance of dijet and photon/Z-jets. In this presentation, we utilize the Z boson reconstructed within the dimuon channel, which does not interact with the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) throughout the decay chain before interacting with the detector. Identification of muons does not require an isolation requirement and thus does not introduce bias into the underlying event distribution. This feature enables the selection of a single quark-enriched high-$p_\mathrm{T}$ parton and study the modification of the underlying events associated with this probe. We present the first measurement of the Z boson-tagged underlying event spectra as well as track-track correlation over a large acceptance with respect to the Z boson, using lead-lead data recorded by the CMS detector at 5.02 TeV. This new result can provide an unambiguous signal of the medium-recoil effect, and it could be sensitive to the equation of state and the speed of sound of the quark-gluon plasma and other potential novel effects.

Speaker: Yen-Jie Lee (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (US))

20240925-HP2024-yenjie-v22.pdf

10:20 Coffee Break

Parallel 29: jets with heavy quarks

Convener: Marta Verweij (Utrecht University (NL))

236 J/ψ production within a jet in high-energy proton-proton and nucleus-nucleus collisions

Within the framework of leading power factorization formalism of nonrelativistic quantum chromodynamics, we calculate the jet fragmentation function for $J/\psi$ production in proton-proton (pp) collisions ranging from $\sqrt{s}=500$ GeV to $13$ TeV. The reasonable agreements between theory and experimental data indicate that $J/\psi$ production within a jet is mainly dominated by gluon fragmentation. Such a mechanism can be further tested by the predicted jet transverse momentum and radius dependence of jet fragmentation function. Based on the satisfying description of pp baseline, we carry out the first theoretical investigation on medium modification on $J/\psi$ production within jet in heavy-ion collisions at the Large Hadron Collider, using a linear Boltzmann transport model combined with hydrodynamics for the simulation of jet-medium interaction. The consistency with the experimental measurement on nuclear modification factor $R_{\text{AA}}$ by CMS collaboration reveals that the gluon jet quenching is the driving force for the suppression of $J/\psi$ production in jet. Furthermore, we make predictions for the dependence of $R_{\text{AA}}$ on the jet transverse momentum and jet radius $R$, which can be tested in future measurements to further constrain the flavor dependence of jet quenching.

Speaker: Dr Shan-Liang Zhang (Hubei University)

hp2024_ShanLiang.pdf

237 Energy correlators for gluon splitting to heavy quarks

Energy correlators inside of high energy jets provide a powerful tool to image the intrinsic and emergent angular scales of QCD. They have the potential to provide unprecedented insight on the interplay between vacuum scales inside of a jet and its medium modification. However, as with traditional jet substructure, experimentally these correlators will mix different angular features associated with quark and gluon jets. We show that energy correlators of jets containing a gluon splitting to heavy quarks can resolve this problem, by providing clean experimental access to two- and three-point correlators with known parton flavors through jets tagged with heavy hadrons. We demonstrate the unique capabilities of this process for two- and three-point energy correlators for the gluon splitting to heavy quarks in vacuum, and calculate the medium modification of the two-point correlator.

Speaker: Jasmine Therese Brewer (University of Oxford (GB))

JasmineBrewer-HP24.pdf

JasmineBrewer-HP24.pptx

238 Probing QCD dynamics with jet substructure in LHCb kinematics

Jet production at the LHC provides an invaluable probe of QCD dynamics
ranging from initial-state parton distributions to final-state jet fragmentation
functions. High-precision perturbative calculations for jet substructure have
recently become available, allowing direct comparison of experimental measure-
ments to theory. Measurements of jet substructure therefore offer a direct test of
first-principles theoretical prescriptions for jet formation and fragmentation in
perturbative QCD. Selecting jets containing a heavy-flavor hadron extends tests
of QCD fragmentation to a regime where parton mass and color factors play a
crucial role, probing the limits of modern perturbative calculations. Comparing
inclusive heavy-flavor jet production to jets associated with a Z boson probes
initial state effects. At the same time, performing measurements using a novel
jet flavor tagging algorithm allows tests of perturbative QCD at unprecedented
theoretical precision. The LHCb Collaboration presents recent jet substructure
results at forward rapidity in pp collisions at center-of-mass energy √s = 13
TeV. These jet fragmentation studies are compared to theoretical predictions,
providing new insight on QCD dynamics at forward rapidity and at low and
moderate values of jet transverse momentum

Speaker: Dr Ezra Lesser (CERN)

Ezra_Lesser_HP2024.pdf

239 Charm Meson Tagged Jets in Au+Au Collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}} = 200$ GeV

Hard-scattered partons produced early in heavy-ion collisions are used to probe the properties of the QGP (Quark-Gluon Plasma). These partons lose energy in the QGP either through elastic collisions, or through medium-induced gluon \textit{bremsstrahlung}, which is the dominant mode of energy loss for gluons and light quarks. Theoretical calculations predict that at low momentum ($p_{\mathrm{T}}$), this radiative energy loss is suppressed for heavy quarks (charm, bottom). At RHIC energies, with excellent secondary vertex resolution in the STAR experiment, these low $p_{\text{T}}$ charm-tagged jets are readily accessible.

In this talk, we present several measurements of $D^{0} (c\bar{u})$-tagged jets of different resolutions in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\text{NN}}} = 200 \text{ GeV}$ at STAR. We report the yields and nuclear modification factors as functions of $p_\mathrm{T,Jet}$, fragmentation function ($z = \frac{\vec{p}_{\mathrm{T, D^{0}}}.\vec{p}_{\mathrm{T, Jet}}}{|\vec{p}_{\mathrm{T, Jet}}|}$), and generalized angularities ($\lambda_\beta^\kappa=\sum\limits_{\text {const} \in \text {Jet }}\left(\frac{p_{\mathrm{T}, \mathrm{const}}}{p_{\mathrm{T}, \mathrm{Jet}}}\right)^\kappa \Delta r_{\text{const,Jet}}$) for these jets in the QGP. In addition, we present the radial profile of the $D^{0}$ mesons in these jets. Together, these measurements can help us put significant constraints on theories predicting parton flavor and mass dependence of energy loss in the medium.

Speaker: Mr Diptanil Roy

Diptanil_HardProbes_2024_vF.pdf

240 Differential measurements of in-jet fragmentation of charmed mesons and baryons in pp collisions with ALICE

Despite being a key component of the factorisation theorem used for the calculation of heavy-flavour hadron production, fragmentation functions remain poorly understood due to their non-perturbative nature and must instead be evaluated based on experimental data. Recent measurements comparing charm baryon and meson production in hadronic collisions at low and intermediate transverse momenta have revealed significant deviations from the expected electron-positron and electron-proton baselines, challenging the assumed universality of fragmentation.

To gain a precise understanding of possible novel hadronisation mechanisms involved in hadronic collisions, we present a series of charm-tagged jet-fragmentation studies. These measurements extend the previous single-hadron measurements by exploring the interplay between the final-state charmed hadron and the originary charm quark produced in the hard-parton scattering. Using a larger sample of pp data collected by ALICE during the LHC Run 3, we report a measurement of the longitudinal jet momentum fraction carried by $\Lambda_\mathrm{c}^+$ baryons compared to that carried by ${\rm D}^0$ mesons. We explore these observables differentially as a function of the surrounding colour-charge multiplicity. We also investigate the angular component of fragmentation by comparing the radial displacement of these final state baryons and mesons from the jet axis, giving us a handle on the differences between baryon and meson confinement.

Speaker: Jochen Klein (CERN)

2024-09-25_HP_HF-Jet-Fragmentation_jkl.pdf

Parallel 30: jets in early stages

Convener: Dr Yacine Mehtar-Tani (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

241 Deformation of Jets Induced by Ambient Medium Flow

The evolution of jets showers in high energy nuclear collisions is influenced in various ways by the presence of a surrounding medium. The interaction of jet constituents with the medium can happen during the partonic stage of the jet, during hadronization, and even during its hadronic stage. We will demonstrate how flow of the ambient medium in a direction transverse to the jet can introduce both dipole and quadrupole defomations. We analyze the corresponding n=1 and n=2 harmonic deformations of the transverse structure of jets using the method of Q-vectors. We discuss how the harmonic coefficients and their preferred angles evolve when the ambient environment of jets changes from the vacuum to a parton medium without flow and finally to a medium with various rates of transverse flow. We have conducted a systematic study using both partonic and hadronization effects of the medium on jets. While quadrupole deformations are naturally present even in the vacuum, we find that the existence of sizable dipole deformations, and a correlation of the angles of dipole and quadrupole deformations could constitute clear experimental signals for the presence and size of transverse flow.

Speaker: Rainer Fries (Texas A&M University)

HardProbes_2024_RJFries.pdf

HardProbes_2024_RJFries.pptx

242 The imprints of hydrodynamics in jet quenching

In this talk, we present a novel extension to the theory of jet quenching, incorporating the effect of both the flow and anisotropy of matter undergoing hydrodynamic evolution. The interplay between these two vectorial magnitudes results in a significant rescaling of fundamental objects, like the jet quenching parameter. Depending on the relative direction of the two vectors, the energy loss gets severely modified. The new contribution is not subleading in energy, and thus it could transform our understanding of jet-medium interactions drastically. First, we show the effect of this interplay for both the jet momentum broadening and medium induced branching, treating the interaction within the opacity expansion. We further discuss the extension to the dense regime and the resummation of multiple scatterings. Finally, we discuss phenomenological implications that the presented results have for a realistic imaging of the QGP created in HICs.

Speaker: Xoán Mayo López (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela - IGFAE)

XoanMayoLopez_HardProbes24_updated.pdf

243 Open heavy flavor in evolving anisotropic matter

We derive the leading modifications of the transverse momentum broadening and medium-induced gluon spectrum in anisotropic flowing matter for the case of a heavy leading quark. We show that the broadening and radiation patterns develop new directional dependence due to an interplay of the quark mass and matter flow, absent in the massless case. In turn, the interplay of the medium anisotropy with the quark mass also leads to a considerable modification of the hydrodynamic gradient corrections to the soft-gluon spectrum. These results allow constructing heavy-flavor observables sensitive to the medium structure and evolution, constituting the next step toward tomographic studies of the quark-gluon plasma in heavy-ion collisions.

Speaker: Carlos Albert Salgado Lopez (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (ES))

HP2024_Salgado.pdf

244 Quark antenna in early stage anisotropic QCD matter

The states of matter produced in the early stage of heavy ion collisions can be highly anisotropic. If such a feature is sufficiently pronounced, one should expect the final particle distribution inside jets to reflect it in the form of non-trivial angle correlations. In this talk, we discuss a first step in exploring such correlations by studying how a $q\bar q$ state branching from an initial unpolarized gluon couples to the anisotropies of an underlying static QCD medium. The medium anisotropy is captured by allowing the jet quenching parameter to take different magnitudes in two orthogonal directions in the plane transverse to the jet axis.
We find that the final particle distribution is sensitive to the medium anisotropy in the form of an azimuthal angle modulation, and more importantly, that this effect couples directly to the helicity/spin of the final states, offering a novel way to extract the details of the underlying matter which is not accessible with standard jet observables. We show how such features can be extracted from the Fourier decomposition of the particle distribution, from azimuthally dependent energy-energy correlators and from final state transverse spin polarization measures. We further discuss how to incorporate these effects into the description of other hard probes of the medium.

Speaker: João Martins da Silva (LIP - Lisboa / ULisboa - IST)

JMSilva_HP24.pdf

245 Initial stage jet momentum broadening and energy loss in tBLFQ formalism

We study the energy loss and momentum broadening of a high energy quark jet in the high density gluon medium created right after the collision of two ultrarrelativistic heavy nuclei, the Glasma. Using the light-front QCD Hamiltonian formalism, we compute the real-time evolution of the quark jet. We thereby treat the jet as a fully quantum state, and describe the Glasma as an evolving classical color background field. Notably, in this formalism, the fields are quantized on the equal light-front time surface of the jet and in the associated light-cone gauge, whereas the existing studies of the Glasma field are usually formulated in a different gauge, the Glasma's temporal gauge. For the first time, we carried out the gauge transformation of the Glasma fields from its temporal gauge to the jet's light-cone gauge. In this work, we will focus on jets at approximately mid-rapidity. By evolving the jet state within the Glasma, we analyze various observables with the obtained jet wavefunction.

Speaker: Carlos Lamas (IGFAE-USC)

Slides_Nagasaki.pdf

Parallel 31: UPC

Convener: Minjung Kim (University of California Berkeley (US))

246 First measurement of the $\rm{D}^0$ production in photonuclear ultraperipheral heavy ion collisions with CMS to probe low-x nuclear matter

The study of heavy-quark photoproduction in ultraperipheral collisions (UPC) of heavy ions provides a new tool to characterize the production mechanisms of heavy-quarks with high experimental and theoretical control, and constrain the properties of nuclear matter in a wide region of the ($x$, $Q^2$) with perturbatively-produced hard probes. In this talk, we will present the first measurement of the production yield of $\mathrm{D}^0$ mesons as a function of their transverse momentum and rapidity performed in ultraperipheral heavy ion collisions at 5.36 TeV, performed by CMS using the first heavy ion data from the LHC Run 3. The results are compared to recent calculations that describe the production of charm photoproduction in UPC and exploit different modeling of the nuclear parton distribution functions (nPDFs). These results will provide new insights into the nPDFs of gluons down to low $x$ and $Q^2$ and pave the way for high-accuracy measurements of the heavy-quark production and shower evolution in the clean experimental environment that characterize photonuclear collisions.

Speaker: Christopher Mc Ginn (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (US))

hp2024_CMSUPCDMeson_CMcGinn_20240925_Final.pdf

247 Results on photon-induced processes in ultra-peripheral Pb+Pb collisions with ATLAS

In ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions, copious rates of γγ processes are expected through the interaction of the large electromagnetic fields of the nu- clei, which enables the production of particles such as leptons, virtual axion-like particle, magnetic monopoles, or can lead to light-by-light scattering via loop diagrams, and even higher-order processes where additional photons are ex- changed. In ultra-peripheral collisions (UPCs), characterized by large impact parameter between the nuclei, the outgoing leptons, photons, or monopoles, exhibit back-to-back production in the transverse plane which provides precise and efficient identification. This talk presents recent measurements of dilepton production as well as new measurements that assess the rate of additional pho- ton exchange which leads to vector meson or forward neutron production. The study of these secondary photon exchanges can give detailed insights into the photon flux and field configuration as well as the geometry of the collisions. Also presented is a more recent search for monopole-pair production in UPCs with monopole masses ranging from 2–100 GeV. The results are compared with a leading-order model of spin-1/2 particle production from photon–photon fusion and a recently developed semi-classical model that includes non-perturbative cross section calculations.

Speaker: Mateusz Dyndal (AGH University of Krakow)

mdyndal_hp24.pdf

248 Detecting fluctuating gluonic structure via energy-dependent incoherent $\rm{J}/\psi$ photoproduction in PbPb at 5.02 TeV with the CMS experiment

In heavy ion ultraperipheral collisions (UPCs), the production of $\rm{J}/\psi$ through photon-nuclear interactions is of particular interest, as its cross section is highly sensitive to the properties of gluons within heavy nuclei. Photons can interact with the nucleus coherently (involving the entire nucleus) or incoherently (with individual nucleons). While coherent interactions probe the average gluon densities of the nucleus, incoherent interactions offer unique sensitivity to the local gluon density fluctuations at the nucleonic or subnucleonic levels. Studies of incoherent $\rm{J}/\psi$ photoproduction hold promise for shedding new light on the dynamic evolution of fluctuating gluonic structures within nuclei and potentially uncovering the onset of gluon saturation towards the small-$x$ limit. By applying the forward neutron tagging technique, we will present the first measurement of incoherent $\rm{J}/\psi$ photoproduction cross section as a function of the photon-nucleon center-of-mass energy (40-400 GeV) in PbPb UPCs. Furthermore, we will examine the cross section ratios between incoherent and coherent $\rm{J}/\psi$. Additionally, we will reveal the nuclear suppression factor of incoherent $\rm{J}/\psi$ and draw comparisons to the results from coherent $\rm{J}/\psi$. Finally, we will discuss the relevant physics implications of these results.

Speaker: Zaochen Ye (South China Normal University)

CMS-IncohJpsi-HP2024-ZaochenYe-v6.pdf

249 First measurement and observation of exclusive coherent bottomonia photoproduction in PbPb at 5.02 TeV with the CMS experiment

Photonuclear interactions in ultraperipheral heavy-ion collisions can be used to improve our understanding of gluonic nuclear structure In particular, coherent photoproduction of vector mesons are processes sensitive to the gluon distribution of the target nucleus, especially at small values of the parton momentum fraction x, where the onset of gluon saturation effects is expected. A systematic study of exclusive vector meson production allows us to probe cold nuclear matter with different color dipole sizes, thus with different sensitivities to gluon saturation effects. In the case of heavy quarkonia production, the heavy quark masses set a sufficiently large scale that allows for an interpretation in terms of perturbative quantum chromodynamics calculations. In this talk, the first measurement and observation of exclusive coherent Y(1S) photoproduction in PbPb collisions by the CMS experiment will be presented. The measurement is compared to calculations based on small-x linear or nonlinear evolution.

Speaker: Prabhat Ranjan Pujahari (Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IN))

HP24-Upsilon-prp.pdf

250 Measurement of dijet production in ultraperipheral Pb+Pb collisions with ATLAS

In relativistic heavy ion collisions, the charged ions produce an intense flux of equivalent photons. Thus, photon-induced processes are the dominant inter- action mechanism when the colliding nuclei have a transverse separation larger than the nuclear diameter. In these ultra-peripheral collisions (UPCs), the pho- ton provides a clean, energetic probe of the partonic structure of the nucleus, analogous to deep inelastic scattering. This talk presents a measurement of jet production in UPCs performed with the ATLAS detector using high-statistics 2018 Pb+Pb data. Events are selected using requirements on jet production, rapidity gaps, and forward neutron emission to identify photo-nuclear hard- scattering processes. The precision of these measurements is augmented by studies of nuclear break-up effects, allowing for detailed comparisons with the- oretical models in phase-space regions where significant nuclear PDF modifica- tions are expected but not strongly constrained by existing data.

Speaker: Benjamin Jacob Gilbert (Lawrence Livermore Nat. Laboratory (US))

HP24_Talk_Gilbert.pdf

Parallel 32: hadronization

Convener: Julia Velkovska (Vanderbilt University (US))

251 Probing light nuclei production mechanism by measuring nuclei production in and out of jets with ALICE at the LHC

The production mechanism of (anti)nuclei in ultrarelativistic hadronic collisions is under intense debate in the scientific community. Two successful models used for the description of the experimental measurements are the statistical hadronisation model and the coalescence approach. In the latter, multi-baryon states are assumed to be formed by coalescence of baryons that are close in phase-space at kinetic freeze-out. Due to the collimated emission of nucleons in jets, the available phase-space is limited, hence the production of nuclear states by coalescence in jets is expected to be enhanced with respect to the production in the underlying event. In this contribution, the results for the coalescence parameter $B_{2}$, that quantifies the formation probability of deuterons by coalescence, in and out of jets measured in both pp and p–Pb collisions are presented in comparison with predictions from the coalescence model.

Speaker: Chiara Pinto (CERN)

HP24_ChiaraPinto_.pdf

252 Probing hadronization with the charge correlator ratio in $pp$ and Ru+Ru/Zr+Zr collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{{NN}}}}=200\ \mathrm{GeV}$ at STAR

Jet substructure observables can reveal details of the parton fragmentation and hadronization processes that create a jet. We measure a new substructure observable, the charge correlator ratio ($r_c$), that characterizes the fraction of string-like fragmentation by distinguishing the charge signs of leading and subleading charged particles within jets. This can further our understanding of non-perturbative QCD and provide tests for phenomenological hadronization models. Moreover, by measuring $r_c$ with jets created in heavy-ion collisions, we probe for potential modifications of the hadronization process due to the presence of the Quark Gluon Plasma.

We present the first fully corrected results of $r_c$ at RHIC, in $\sqrt{s}=200$ GeV $pp$ collisions recorded by the STAR detector, and compare them with Monte Carlo predictions. Additionally, we present progress on the first measurement of $r_c$ in heavy-ion collisions, with $\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{{NN}}}}=200$ GeV Ru+Ru and Zr+Zr collisions.

Speaker: Youqi Song

ysong_hp_092524_v5.pdf

253 Probing Hadronization Through Jet Substructure Analysis

Understanding the hadronization mechanism in Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) remains a significant challenge due to its non-perturbative nature. Hadronization is typically described via phenomenological models in Monte Carlo event generators (such as PYTHIA and HERWIG), whose parameters need to be tuned to data. This work leverages jet substructure to probe underlying features of these frameworks, offering new insights into the hadronization process. While jets were originally proposed to circumvent non-perturbative effects, we show that their substructure can be a powerful tool to investigate these phenomena. Specifically, we demonstrate that the charge correlation ratio, which is sensitive to hadronization effects, can be enhanced by selections on jet substructure, particularly by analyzing the relative placement of splittings that resolve the leading charged particles within the clustering tree. Our findings reveal remarkable differences between widely used hadronization models, contributing to a better understanding of hadronization and opening new avenues for exploring non-perturbative QCD.

Speaker: Nuno Olavo Gonçalves Mendes Madureira (LIP/IST)

Probing Hadronization Through Jet Substructure Analysis.pdf

254 Studying the interaction between charm and light-flavor mesons with ALICE

In the last years, several exotic hadrons have been observed in the charm sector; such particles cannot be interpreted as conventional baryons or mesons and are thought to be either quark bags or molecular states. To unveil their nature, it is crucial to experimentally constrain the strong force that governs the interaction between the charm hadrons and other hadrons, for instance, by measuring the scattering parameters. This knowledge is also essential for the study of ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions. In fact, during the hadronic phase of the system expansion, the charm hadrons can interact with the other particles produced in the collision via elastic and inelastic processes. These interactions modify the heavy-ion observables, and to disentangle this effect from the signatures of the quark--gluon plasma formation, the scattering parameters of the charm hadrons with light-flavor hadrons are required. This contribution presents the first experimental study of the final-state strong interaction between open-charm and light-flavor mesons. The measurement is performed using the femtoscopy method applied to high-multiplicity proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV, collected by the ALICE Collaboration. The D$\pi$ and D*$\pi$ scattering lengths are also determined for the first time. Additionally, predictions on femtoscopic results in the charm sector of the future ALICE 3 experiment are presented

Speaker: Emma Chizzali (Technische Universitaet Muenchen (DE))

HardProbes_Chizzali.pdf

255 Unraveling the final state interaction and correlation inside high multiplicity jet at LHC

The recent CMS measurements of high multiplicity jets have revealed intriguing structures in two-particle correlations within jets with over 80 charged tracks, which may suggest the existence of final state interactions other than those considered in current parton shower programs. We investigate whether two final-state interaction mechanisms that may become important when the phase-space density of partons in a jet becomes large: 1) partonic rescattering 2) two-to-one merging of patron pairs of small invariant mass. We implement such processes approximately after Pythia8 shower and carefully model the spacetime structure and track the color information in these final state interactions. We analyze the impact of these two effects on particle correlation inside jet as measured by CMS. This study may shed light on understanding QCD hard processes in the high-multiplicity limit.

Speaker: Pi Duan

HP2024_PiDuan.pdf

12:30 Lunch Break

Plenary Session III

Convener: Federico Antinori (Universita e INFN, Padova (IT))

256 Open Heavy Flavor: Theory

Speaker: Dr Weiyao Ke (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

HP24-Weiyao-Ke-HF-Theory.pdf

257 Open Heavy Flavor: Experiment

Speaker: Jing Wang (CERN)

slides

258 Quarkonia Theory: From Open Quantum System to Classical Transport

Speaker: Xiaojun Yao (University of Washington)

HP24.pdf

259 Quarkonia: Experiment

Speaker: Cristiane Jahnke (University of Campinas UNICAMP (BR))

Quarkonia_ experiment_CJahnke_HP2024_25Sept_public.pdf

15:40 Photo Session and Coffee Break

Plenary Session IV

Convener: Harald Appelshaeuser (Goethe University Frankfurt (DE))

260 Future Facilities: Heavy-ion physics at the LHC

Speaker: Florian Jonas (University of California Berkeley (US))

HPPlenaryFlorianJonas_v3.pdf

261 Future Facilities: Electron Ion Collider

Speaker: Pietro Antonioli (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT))

20240925-Antonioli-HardProbes.pdf

262 Future Facilities: SPS

Speaker: Roberta Arnaldi (Universita e INFN Torino (IT))

HP24_Arnaldi.pdf

263 Future Facilities: J-PARC

Speaker: Hiroyuki Sako (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)

HP2024-J-PARC-HI.pdf

19:00 Conference Dinner

https://maps.app.goo.gl/o8vhkL3uU3ZUSwrh8

Thursday 26 September

Plenary Session V

Convener: Saehanseul Oh (Sejong University)

264 Jets: Jet modification and medium response

Speaker: Dr Daniel Pablos (INFN Torino)

hp24_pablos.pdf

265 Jets: Hard-soft correlation

Speaker: Dr ismail soudi (University of Jyvaskyla)

IsmailSoudi.pdf

266 Jets: In-medium parton evolution with finite size effects

Speaker: Isobel Kolbe (University of the Witwatersrand (ZA))

240911_HP.pdf

240911_HP.pptx

Kolbe_HP24

10:15 Coffee Break

Plenary Session VI

Convener: Guang-You Qin (Central China Normal University)

267 Jets: Experimental overview

Speaker: Yaxian Mao (Central China Normal University CCNU (CN))

YMao_HP2024_JetsOverviewFinal.pdf

268 Jets: Substructures and energy-energy correlator

Speaker: Raghav Kunnawalkam Elayavalli (Vanderbilt University)

rke_jetSS_EEC_HPJapan_Sept2024.pdf

269 Jets: Hard-jet correlation

Speaker: Riccardo Longo (Univ. Illinois at Urbana Champaign (US))

HP2024_HJC_Plenary_Longo_Final.pdf

270 Theory+Experiment Approach: Bayesian analysis with jet MC models

Speaker: Raymond Ehlers (University of California Berkeley (US))

rehlers_bayesian_jet_quenching_HP_v5.pdf

12:30 Lunch Break

Plenary Session VII

Convener: Alexander Milov (Weizmann Institute of Science (IL))

271 Electromagnetic and Weak Probes: Theory

Speaker: Lipei Du (McGill University)

HP24 - L Du - final.pdf

HP24 - L Du - no animation.pdf

272 Electromagnetic and Weak Probes: Experiment

Speaker: Daiki Sekihata (University of Tokyo (JP))

20240926_HP24_EW_sekihata_v5.pdf

273 Nuclear PDFs

Speaker: Petja Paakkinen

HP2024_Paakkinen_nPDFs.pdf

274 Early Time Dynamics

Speaker: Farid Salazar (Institute for Nuclear Theory, University of Washington)

Early_time_dynamics_v2.pdf

Friday 27 September

Plenary Session VIII (Flash talks)

Conveners: Peter Martin Jacobs (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US)), Yasuki Tachibana (Akita International University)

275 UPC

Speaker: Minjung Kim (University of California Berkeley (US))

HP2024_mjkim_UPC.pdf

276 Poster Award Announcement

Speaker: Peter Martin Jacobs (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US))

Flashtalks_Intro_Slides.pdf

277 Probing the shower properties of charm quarks using energy-energy correlators with ALICE

$N$-point energy correlators are currently attracting both theoretical and experimental interest, as they can be calculated to high order accuracy in perturbation theory and capture many different features contributing to the substructure of jets. The energy-energy correlator (EEC), or two-point correlator, which emphasise the angular structure of the energy flow within jets, allow for a comprehensive study of both the perturbative and non-perturbative aspects of jet structure. Defined as the energy-weighted cross-section of particle pairs inside jets, the EECs, as a function of pair distance, show a distinct separation of the perturbative from the non-perturbative regime, revealing parton-flavour-dependent dynamics of jet formation as well as the confinement of partons into hadrons.

In this talk, we report the first EEC measurement of a heavy-flavour jet, tagged via a fully-reconstructed $\textrm{D}^{0}$ meson. Comparison to a measurement of EECs in inclusive jets offers valuable insight into flavour dynamics of QCD parton fragmentation and hadronisation, such as the different Casimir factors of quarks and gluons, as well as the mass of heavy quarks. Moreover, we will present comparisons with different Monte Carlo (MC) generators and theoretical predictions. This measurement will serve as a baseline for future studies in heavy ion collisions, probing the interplay of the dead cone and the interactions within the quark-gluon plasma.

Speaker: Preeti Dhankher (University of California Berkeley (US))

FlashTalk_DjetEECs_PDhankher.pdf

278 Quarkonium suppression in strongly coupled plasmas

Suppression of open heavy flavor quarks and quarkonia in heavy-ion collisions are among the most informative probes of quark-gluon plasma (QGP). Interpreting the full wealth of data obtained from the collision events requires a precise theoretical understanding of the evolution of heavy quarks and quarkonia as they propagate through strongly coupled plasma.

Such calculations require the evaluation of a gauge-invariant correlator of chromoelectric fields. This chromoelectric correlator encodes all the characteristics of QGP that the dissociation and recombination dynamics of quarkonium are sensitive to, which is to say can in principle measure. In this talk, we will review its calculation and its distinctive qualitative features at weak coupling in QCD up to next-to-leading order and at strong coupling in $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM using the AdS/CFT correspondence, as well as its formulation in Euclidean QCD, paving the way for a lattice QCD calculation of it.

Finally, we report on recent progress in applying our results to the calculation of the final quarkonium abundances after propagating through a cooling droplet of QGP, which illustrates how we may learn about QGP from quarkonium measurements. We devote special attention to how the presence of a strongly coupled plasma modifies the transport description of quarkonium, in comparison to approaches that rely on weak coupling approximations to describe quarkonium dissociation and recombination.

Based on 2306.13127 and 2310.09325.

Speaker: Bruno Sebastian Scheihing Hitschfeld (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

BSSH_FlashTalk.pdf

279 Direct virtual photon production in Au+Au collisions with STAR BES-II data

As electromagnetic probes, photons have the advantage of escaping unimpeded from their emission source. Consequently, photons can carry valuable information about the properties and dynamics of the hot QCD medium created in heavy-ion collisions. Particularly, the transverse momentum distribution of direct virtual photons emitted from the hot QCD medium exhibits sensitivity to the system temperature. As a result, it offers an effective means of measuring the temperature of the medium.

The STAR experiment has recorded large datasets of Au+Au collisions in the Beam Energy Scan Phase-II (BES-II) program, spanning center-of-mass energies $\sqrt{s_{\text{NN}}}$ = 3 - 54.4 GeV. In this talk, preliminary results of the direct virtual photon measurement in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\text{NN}}}$ = 27 and 54.4 GeV will be presented, including $p_{T}$-differential invariant yields and total yields in different centrality bin. Furthermore, the effective temperature extracted from the $p_T$ spectra and the physics implications will be discussed.

Speaker: xianwen bao

F-Talk_Xianwen_DirPhoton_v3.pdf

280 Modification of jets travelling through a brick-like medium

The present work addresses the puzzle related to the observation of collective flow in collisions of small systems (which indicates the presence of a medium even in such collisions) and the absence of jet quenching in such systems (which would not be expected if jets are traversing a medium). This study has been done using the JEWEL event generator with a ``brick"-like medium. This simplified medium is made up of a collection of gluons at a given temperature and density distributed in an elliptical or spherical volume. A pair of jets is then created in the center of this medium and, as the jets evolve, the number of jet-medium interactions is counted. This way, we were able to study how R$_{\text{AA}}$ and v$_2$ vary with the number of jet-medium interactions independently from any models for medium expansion and evolution.

What we have found is that, for different eccentricities of an ellipsoidal medium, a v$_2$ signal can be obtained with a smaller number of jet-medium interactions than are necessary to obtain a signal in R$_{\text{AA}}$. This indicates that, if there is a medium being created in collisions of small systems, it is possible that the volume of such a medium is large enough for the creation of collective flow but not large enough to give rise to an R$_{\text{AA}}$ signal. A paper containing these results is in preparation and will soon be published on Arxiv and submitted to a journal for peer review.

Speaker: Chiara Le Roux

flashtalk.pdf

281 Intermediate Silicon Tracker in sPHENIX at RHIC

The sPHENIX collaboration has been taking data since 2023 at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider in BNL to study the Quark-Gluon Plasma and cold-QCD. A detector complex consisting of the solenoid magnet, a hadron calorimeter, an electromagnetic calorimeter, a time projection chamber, a MAPS-based vertex detector, and the intermediate silicon tracker (INTT). A tracking system formed by the three latter detectors enables us to measure the heavy flavor jets and identify the three upsilon states. The INTT surrounding the collision point azimuthally at about 10 cm away with two layers of silicon strip sensors detects hit points at the intermediate area of the tracking system to have better tracking precision. In addition to that, the INTT also provides timing information to tracker hits, which is possible only by INTT, thanks to its good timing resolution, to eliminate pile-up events by misidentifying bunch-crossing. This poster presentation will show the status of commissioning with proton-proton collision runs this year and achievements using Au-Au collision data taken in 2023.

Speaker: Cheng-Wei Shih (National Central University (TW))

ChengWei_HP24_FlashTalk_v3.pdf

Plenary Session IX

Convener: Sangyong Jeon

282 Lattice and Effective Field Theory for Hard Probes

Speaker: Hai-Tao Shu

HP2024.pdf

283 Machine Learning for the analysis of hard probes

Speaker: Hannah Bossi (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (US))

HBossi_HardProbes_2024_Final.pdf

284 Quantum Computation for Jets in Heavy Ion Collisions

Speaker: Wenyang Qian (University of Santiago de Compostela)

Qian_HP2024.pdf

10:45 Coffee Break

Plenary Session X

Convener: Tatsuya Chujo (chair) (Univ. of Tsukuba)

285 Conference Highlight: Jets and high pT

Speaker: Leticia Cunqueiro Mendez (Roma Sapienza University)

Summary_Cunqueiro.pdf

286 Conference Highlight: Heavy flavors

Speaker: Lijuan Ruan

HP2024_Ruan.pdf

287 Conference Highlight: Initial state and early time dynamics

Speaker: Dr Aleksas Mazeliauskas (Heidelberg University (DE))

Nagasaki_Mazeliauskas_v2.pdf

Nagasaki_Mazeliauskas_v3.pdf

288 Conference Highlight: Electroweak Probes

Speaker: Jean-Francois Paquet (Vanderbilt University)

jfpaquet_hp2024_emprobes_summary.pdf

289 Next Hard Probes (Vanderbilt)

Speaker: Julia Velkovska (Vanderbilt University (US))

HP2026 CONF SIZZLE 092024.mp4

HP2026_presentation2024.pdf

290 Goodbye from the local organizing committee