https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202023505005
Reconstruction of neutral-triggered charged recoil jets in √s = 200 GeV p+p collisions at the STAR experiment
1 for the STAR Collaboration
2 Cyclotron Institute, Texas A&M University
★ e-mail: dmawxc@physics.tamu.edu
Published online: 16 June 2020
Jets — collimated sprays of hadrons — are produced by hard-scattered partons during the early stages of heavy ion collisions. Hence, they provide a valuable probe of the complex multi-particle dynamics within the hot, dense medium produced in such collisions. In particular, the study of jets recoiling from direct photons (γdir+jet) and those recoiling from energetic π0 (π0+jet) may shed light on the path-length and initial flavor (quark vs. gluon) dependence of the energy-loss experienced by a parton as it traverses the medium. We present here measurements of the yields of charged recoil jets tagged by γdir and π0 in p+p collisions at √S = 200 GeV. These measurements will serve as a vacuum fragmentation reference for an upcoming measurement in Au + Au collisions.
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