Speaker
Olga Evdokimov
(University of Illinois at Chicago)
Description
One of the most remarkable discoveries of the ongoing heavy ion physics program at RHIC is the experimental observation of the jet quenching. The STAR detector, with its extended angular coverage, has made possible novel studies of jet interactions with QCD matter using angular correlations.
Di- and tri-hadron correlation studies have shown evidence of strong interactions between hard partons and the QCD matter, providing experimental constrains on medium properties, jet fragmentation and theoretical models of energy loss. Jet reconstruction, recently becoming available, can provide a more direct measurement of the initial parton energy, thereby further advancing our knowledge of jet-medium interactions.
In this talk an overview of recent STAR results for jet quenching via triggered correlations will be presented along with the first measurements from jet reconstruction in Au+Au collisions.
Author
Olga Evdokimov
(University of Illinois at Chicago)
