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Overview
Physics motivation:
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Jet production in QCD medium (AA) vs. QCD vacuum (pp)
as a signature of QGP formation at RHIC.
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“Jet physics” @ RHIC: Inclusive high pT spectra, di-hadron correls., (full jet reco)
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High pT (leading) hadron suppression data in central AA
confronted to non-Abelian radiative energy loss “paradigm”:
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1. Magnitude ÞVery dense medium: dNg/dy ~ 1000 (~ dNch/dη). OK.
2. Transverse momentum dependence: flat pT . OK.
3. Centrality dependence. OK.
4. Light-meson species dependence (π0 vs. η). OK.
5. Center-of-mass energy dependence (SPS-20 GeV, RHIC-62,-200 GeV). OK.
6. Non-Abelian radiation. OK.
7. Path-length dependence. OK ?
8. System-size (CuCu vs. AuAu) dependence. OK ?
9. Baryon vs. meson suppression. OK ?
10. Heavy vs. light quark suppression. OK ?
Summary
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