Hydrodynamic Flow and Jet Induced Mach Shocks at RHIC and LHC

TL;DR

This paper explores how hydrodynamic flow and jet-induced Mach shocks serve as signals for the quark-gluon plasma phase transition at RHIC and LHC, predicting significant shock deformation and analyzing jet energy loss.

Contribution

It introduces a hydrodynamical model of jet energy loss and predicts observable Mach shock deformation in high-energy heavy-ion collisions.

Findings

Significant deformation of Mach shocks in central Au+Au collisions at RHIC and LHC.

Hydrodynamical modeling of jet energy loss.

Mach shocks as a probe for quark-gluon plasma properties.

Abstract

We discuss the present collective flow signals for the phase transition to quark-gluon plasma (QGP) and the collective flow as a barometer for the equation of state (EoS). A study of Mach shocks induced by fast partonic jets propagating through the QGP is given. We predict a significant deformation of Mach shocks in central Au+Au collisions at RHIC and LHC energies as compared to the case of jet propagation in a static medium. Results of a hydrodynamical study of jet energy loss are presented.