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Thesis Flash TalkMichael P. McCumberAdvisor: Barbara Jacak
RHIC/Users Meeting10 June 2010
PH ENIX
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Thank you! 2
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Hard Scattering and Jets 3
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Physics Motivation:Jet Reconstruction
parton
Two Particle Correlation
■ Energy loss■ Production geometry■ Medium excitations
Δϕ, Δη
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The Division of Labor 4
Higher pair momentum: p{A,B}T � 4 GeV/c
Explore:fast parton survival
Learn:initial deposit geometryenergy loss characteristics
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The Division of Labor 4
Higher pair momentum: p{A,B}T � 4 GeV/c
Explore:fast parton survival
Learn:initial deposit geometryenergy loss characteristics
Lower pair momentum: p{A,B}T � 4 GeV/c
Explore:medium responseor triangular flow
Learn:production mechanismsmedium properties
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■ a large initial anisotropy or ■ a large path-length dependence
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Lower pT Correlations 6
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Description 7
Money plot #1: Fake rate against real jet rate to define the momentum range where fakes contribute
Goal #1: “What is the rate of fake jets in a central Au+Au collisions after average background energy (pedestal) is removed?”
Procedure: (1) Embed Pythia jet events into central (b=4.5) Au+Au Hijing Events
+ Hijing hard scattering limit set to 5 GeV/c (so there are no jets)+ FastJet AntiKt R=0.3
(2) Reconstruct jets with and without Hijing particles (3) Characterize the average excess pT and rms from jet put in Hijing
(4) Subtract average excess
Goal #2: “What is the intrinsic smearing from background fluctuations for real jets in a heavy ion collision?”
Money plot #2: Intrinsic jet pT RMS from background