Speaker
Jan Rusnak
(Nuclear Physics Institute Prague)
Description
Jets represent an important tool to explore the properties of the hot
and dense nuclear matter created in heavy-ion collisions. However,
their reconstruction presents a challenging task due to the extremely
large and fluctuating background that overwhelm the true hard jet
population.
We present recent measurements of charged jets in
Au+Au collisions, by the STAR collaboration at RHIC, where the
background is suppressed via a new technique based on event mixing and
via a cut on leading hadron transverse momentum.
The measured observables are the inclusive jet yield and the
semi-inclusive yield of recoil jets from a high pT hadron trigger.
These jet measurements allow a direct comparison of jet quenching at RHIC
and the LHC and provide new constraints on theoretical calculations of jet
quenching.
additional information
for the STAR collaboration
Author
Jan Rusnak
(Nuclear Physics Institute Prague)
