Jet Quenching in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions at the LHC

• Main Author: Angerami, Aaron (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Physics.; Nuclear physics.; Heavy ions.; Hadrons.; Particle acceleration.; Physical measurements.; Measurement.; Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.; Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics.; Measurement Science and Instrumentation.
• Physical Description: XV, 169 p. 133 illus., 117 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319012193
• ISSN: 2190-5053

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.