Probing nuclear matter with jets

الأصل · EN

Jet physics in relativistic heavy ion collisions, which combines perturbative QCD jet production with quark and gluon energy loss and in-medium parton shower modification, has emerged as a powerful tool to probe the properties of strongly-interacting matter formed in high-energy nuclear reactions. We present selected results for the modification of jet cross sections and related observables in the ambiance of hot and/or dense nuclear medium. We focus on the inclusive jet spectrum and dijets [O(αₛ³)], and Z⁰/γ* tagged jets [O(GFαₛ²)] in the framework of perturbative QCD.