Full Jet Reconstruction in Heavy Ion Collisions

TL;DR

This paper reviews recent advances in full jet reconstruction techniques in heavy ion collisions, highlighting their importance for understanding jet-medium interactions and their applicability in high-background environments like the LHC.

Contribution

It introduces new jet reconstruction algorithms suitable for heavy ion environments and summarizes recent experimental results from RHIC on jet-medium interactions.

Findings

Successful application of new jet reconstruction algorithms in heavy ion collisions.

Evidence of jet quenching and medium modification effects.

Enhanced understanding of jet-medium interactions at RHIC.

Abstract

Full jet reconstruction has traditionally been thought to be difficult in heavy ion events due to large multiplicity backgrounds. The search for new physics in high luminosity p+p collisions at the LHC similarly requires the precise measurement of jets over large backgrounds caused by pile up; this has motivated the development of a new generation of jet reconstruction algorithms which are also applicable in the heavy ion environment. We review the latest results on jet-medium interactions as seen in A+A collisions at RHIC, focusing on the new techniques for full jet reconstruction.