Speaker
Prof.
Mark Strikman
(Penn State Univ.)
Description
We argue that in the proximity of the black disc QCD regime forward partons propagating through the nuclear matter fluctuate to multiparton configurations - post selection phenomenon - leading to effective fractional energy losses. The effect leads to the significant suppression of the forward jet production in the central NA collisions at RHIC energies with a moderate suppression of recoiling jet at central rapidities. Our expectations agreement with the correlation RHIC deuteron-gold data. The post-selection phenomenon should be grossly amplified at the LHC energies in pA/AA collisions. It also leads to production of pancakes of valence quarks and gluons of density > 100 GeV/fm^3 in the nuclear fragmentation region in the central heavy ion collisions.
Author
Prof.
Mark Strikman
(Penn State Univ.)