Jet and High $\pT$ Measurement with the ALICE Experiment

TL;DR

This paper reports on the initial measurements of jet properties and the performance of jet reconstruction in proton-proton collisions at the LHC using the ALICE experiment, providing essential baseline data for heavy-ion studies.

Contribution

It presents the first results on jet-like properties and evaluates jet reconstruction performance in ALICE at high energies, advancing understanding of high pT phenomena.

Findings

Observation of jet-like features in ALICE data

Assessment of jet reconstruction performance

Baseline data for heavy-ion collision analysis

Abstract

Since the beginning of 2010 the LHC provides p+p collisions at the highest center of mass energies to date, allowing to study high $\pT$ particle production and jet properties in a new energy regime. For a clear interpretation and the quantification of the medium influence in heavy-ion collisions on high $\pT$ observables a detailed understanding of these elementary reactions is essential. We present first results on the observation of jet-like properties with the ALICE experiment and discuss the performance of jet reconstruction in the first year of data taking.