Improved background subtraction and a fresh look at jet sub-structure in JEWEL

TL;DR

This paper introduces an improved method for modeling medium response in the JEWEL jet quenching framework, enhancing the accuracy of jet sub-structure predictions in heavy ion collisions.

Contribution

It presents a new recoil handling scheme in JEWEL that better captures medium response effects on jet sub-structure observables.

Findings

Enhanced description of jet mass in simulations

More versatile and robust recoil handling scheme

Improved agreement with experimental data on jet sub-structure

Abstract

Interactions of hard partons in the Quark Gluon Plasma (QGP) created with relativistic heavy ion collisions lead to characteristic modifications of the internal structure of reconstructed jets. A large part of the observed jet sub-structure modifications stem from the QGP's response to energy and momentum deposited by hard partons. Good control over medium response in theoretical calculations is thus instrumental to a quantitative understanding of medium modified (quenched) jets in heavy ion collisions. We present an improved way of handling the medium response in the jet quenching model JEWEL and present results for a variety of jet sub-structure observables. The new recoil handling is more versatile and robust than the old scheme, giving a better control over many observables and, in particular, greatly improves the description of the jet mass.