Hard-Scattering Results in Heavy-Ion Collisions at the LHC
| Autor: | Karel Šafařík, P. Steinberg, Edwin Norbeck |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science. 64:383-411 |
| ISSN: | 1545-4134 0163-8998 |
| Popis: | We present the first LHC results on hard-probe observables in heavy-ion collisions. During the first 3 years of operation, the ALICE, ATLAS, and CMS experiments each collected Pb + Pb interaction data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity above 100 μb−1 at [Formula: see text] TeV. Fresh insights into the properties of QCD matter under extreme conditions are emerging. Although the basic picture established at RHIC—that of a hot, dense medium that (a) flows with a viscosity-to-entropy ratio close to the conjectured lower bound and (b) quenches the energy of hard probes, such as jets, heavy flavor, and quarkonia—has been confirmed at the LHC, the higher-energy data indicate new ways to extract its properties in more detail. These include the first observations of a different strength for the suppression of charm and beauty quarks, reduced low-pT suppression for J/ψ, and detailed measurements of high-ET jet suppression and jet-fragmentation modifications. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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