Full Jet Reconstruction in Heavy Ion Collisions: Prospects and Perils

TL;DR

This paper reviews the potential and challenges of applying advanced jet reconstruction algorithms, originally designed for high-luminosity proton-proton collisions, to heavy ion collisions, highlighting recent results on jet-medium interactions.

Contribution

It demonstrates that new jet reconstruction algorithms are effective in heavy ion environments, enabling better study of jet-medium interactions at RHIC.

Findings

Algorithms successfully applied in heavy ion environments

Enhanced understanding of jet-medium interactions

Potential for improved jet measurements in heavy ion collisions

Abstract

Full jet reconstruction in heavy ion events has been thought to be difficult due to large multiplicity backgrounds. A new generation of jet reconstruction algorithms to search for new physics in high luminosity p+p collisions at the LHC is developed to precisely measure jets over large backgrounds caused by pile up. From simulations it turns out, this new generation of reconstruction algorithms 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.