Lessons from RHIC for the LHC and vice versa

TL;DR

This paper compares experimental results from RHIC and LHC on quark-gluon plasma, highlighting how findings from one collider inform understanding at the other, especially regarding medium properties and particle suppression.

Contribution

It provides a comparative analysis of RHIC and LHC results, offering insights into the strongly interacting quark-gluon medium and the implications of energy loss mechanisms across both colliders.

Findings

Confirmation of quark-gluon plasma properties at LHC

Similar suppression patterns observed at RHIC and LHC

Insights into energy loss mechanisms in hot, dense medium

Abstract

For the past decade, measurements of semi-inclusive single identified particle spectra and two particle correlations in p-p and A+A collisions at RHIC have produced a treasure trove of results which indicate that the medium produced in Au+Au collisions is a strongly interacting quark gluon liquid in which both light and heavy quarks are suppressed, presumably by energy loss in the hot, dense medium. These results have been confirmed in Pb+Pb collisions at the LHC along with the addition of measurements of jets and di-jets. Results and methods at RHIC and LHC are compared which leads to some interesting conclusions.