Jet acoplanarity as a quark-gluon-plasma probe

Journal Article · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1990 · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.41.306· OSTI ID:6902615

Rammerstorfer, M; Heinz, U ^[1]

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1. Institut for Physik I, Theoretische Physik, Universitat Regensburg, Universitatsstrasse 31, D-8400 Regensburg, West Germany (DE)

We reinvestigate the probability distribution of jet acoplanarity as a tool to search for quark-gluon-plasma formation in nuclear collisions. We find serious hadronic background effects from the surrounding nuclear matter in nuclear collisions, which severely limit the usefulness of jet acoplanarity as a quark-gluon-plasma probe. Only if quark-gluon-plasma creation can be ascertained or excluded independently may a high jet acoplanarity provide qualitative additional information.

• OSTI ID: 6902615
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (USA), Journal Name: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (USA) Vol. 41:1; ISSN PRVDA; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
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ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ENERGY RANGE
HADRON-HADRON INTERACTIONS
INTERACTIONS
JET MODEL
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MATTER
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NUCLEAR MATTER
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NUCLEON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
PARTICLE MODELS
PARTICLE PRODUCTION
PARTICLE PROPERTIES
PARTICLE RAPIDITY
PROBABILITY
PROTON-ANTIPROTON INTERACTIONS
PROTON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
PROTON-PROTON INTERACTIONS
QUARK MATTER
RADIATIONS
RELATIVISTIC RANGE
SCATTERING