Acta Physica Polonica B

Vol. 36, No. 2, February 2005, page 461


Jets in Nuclear Collisions

I. Vitev

Ultra-relativistic heavy ion collisions at RHIC and the LHC open exciting new possibilities for jet physics studies in the presence of hot and dense nuclear matter. Recent theoretical advances in understanding the QCD multi-parton dynamics provide a good description of the quenching in the single and double inclusive high-pT hadron spectra. Measurement of the redistribution of the lost energy and the corresponding increase in the soft hadron multiplicities is the next critical step in elucidating the modification of the jet properties in the nuclear environment.

PACS numbers: 13.87.--a, 12.38.--t, 12.38.Mh


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