Methodology for the study of modified jet-like topologies in heavy ion collisions via three particle correlation functions

TL;DR

This paper introduces a methodology for analyzing three-particle correlation functions in heavy ion collisions, effectively isolating jet signals to study modifications in jet topologies, which are crucial for understanding quark-gluon plasma properties.

Contribution

The paper presents a novel technique to reliably extract jet-driven correlations from three-particle data by removing harmonic backgrounds, validated through Monte Carlo simulations.

Findings

Harmonic correlations can be effectively removed from three-particle correlation functions.

The methodology reliably extracts jet modifications in simulated heavy ion collision data.

The technique enhances the study of quark-gluon plasma properties through jet topology analysis.

Abstract

Methodology is presented for analysis of three-particle correlation functions obtained in heavy ion collisions at ultra-relativistic energies. We show that harmonic correlations can be removed and jet driven correlations reliably extracted. Results from detailed Monte Carlo simulations are used to demonstrate the efficacy of this technique for the study of modifications to away-side jet topologies. Such modifications are an essential probe of the properties of the quark gluon plasma produced in heavy ion collisions.