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Jet Quenching in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions at the LHC

By Aaron Angerami (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Year
2014
ISBN
978-3-319-01218-6, 978-3-319-01219-3
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-01219-3
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
9 MB (9232658 bytes)
Series
Springer Theses
Edition
1
Pages
169\180
Time added
2014-01-18 08:00:00
Beam Physics; Measurement Science and InstrumentatHadrons; TheoreticalHeavy IonsMathematical and Computational Physics; Particle aNuclear Physics

Description

This thesis presents the first measurements of jets in relativistic heavy ion collisions as reported by the ATLAS Collaboration. These include the first direct observation of jet quenching through the observation of a centrality-dependent dijet asymmetry. Also, a series of jet suppression measurements are presented, which provide quantitative constraints on theoretical models of jet quenching. These results follow a detailed introduction to heavy ion physics with emphasis on the phenomenon of jet quenching and a comprehensive description of the ATLAS detector and its capabilities with regard to performing these measurements.

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