Theoretical Physics Colloquium

Unravelling Medium Effects in Heavy Ion Collisions with jets

by Rishi Sharma (TIFR)

Asia/Kolkata
AG-69 (TIFR Colaba Campus)

AG-69

TIFR Colaba Campus

Description
We propose a new observable to analyze events with jets in heavy ion collisions. The observable measures how a thermal medium affects the multiplicity and distribution of energetic particles in a jet. Using few known models for energy loss and jet quenching, we demonstrate its capability to distinguish the physics of these models.