QGP@50: More than Four Decades of Jet Quenching

TL;DR

This paper reviews over four decades of research on jet quenching in Quark-Gluon Plasma, highlighting theoretical and experimental progress in understanding medium modifications of high-energy processes and QCD properties.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive historical overview of the evolution of jet quenching studies and their implications for QGP properties at RHIC and LHC.

Findings

Significant progress in understanding jet-medium interactions.

Experimental evidence of jet quenching at RHIC and LHC.

Insights into QCD properties from medium-modified processes.

Abstract

How are high-momentum transfer processes modified when embedded in the Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP) instead of the vacuum? How can fundamental properties of the QGP be inferred from their medium-modifications? And what can be learnt about QCD? These questions have motivated theoretical and experimental studies for more than four decades almost since the beginning of QGP research. Here we review with a historical perspective the main theoretical developments and the resulting interplay of theory and experiment at RHIC and at the LHC.