Towards the understanding of jet shapes and cross sections in heavy ion collisions using soft-collinear effective theory

• Published in: The journal of high energy physics Vol. 2016; no. 5; pp. 1 - 30
• Main Authors: Chien, Yang-Ting, Vitev, Ivan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.05.2016
• Subjects: Atomic collisions; Classical and Quantum Gravitation; Collisions; Cross sections; Cross sections (physics); Elementary Particles; Kinematics; Mathematical analysis; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Quantum Field Theories; Quantum Field Theory; Quantum Physics; Regular Article - Theoretical Physics; Relativity Theory; Splitting; String Theory; Texts; Hadronic Colliders; Jets
• ISSN: 1029-8479; 1029-8479
• DOI: 10.1007/JHEP05(2016)023

A bstract We calculate the jet shape and the jet cross section in heavy ion collisions using soft-collinear effective theory (SCET) and its extension with Glauber gluon interactions in the medium (SCET G ). We use the previously developed framework to systematically resum the jet shape at next-to-leading logarithmic accuracy, and we consistently include the medium modification by incorporating the leading order medium-induced splitting functions. The calculation provides, for the first time, a quantitative understanding of the jet shape modification measurement in lead-lead collisions at s N N = 2.76 TeV at the LHC. The inclusive jet suppression is also calculated within the same framework beyond the traditional concept of parton energy loss, and the dependence on the centrality, the jet radius and the jet kinematics is examined. In the end we present predictions for the anticipated jet shape and cross section measurements in lead-lead collisions at s N N ≈ 5.1 TeV at the LHC.