sPHENIX is a new detector at RHIC.

["Bailey, Virginia Ruth" <vbailey2 AT illinois.edu>]

Dear all,

I would like to submit the following poster abstract to Quark Matter discussing my ongoing work in the jet structure group looking at the expected jet energy resolution and underlying event fluctuations in heavy ion collisions. Please let me know if there are any comments or suggestions on the abstract.

Best,

Virginia

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Title: Expected jet energy resolution and underlying event fluctuations in the sPHENIX detector

Abstract:

The sPHENIX detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider is designed to measure high momentum probes of the quark-gluon plasma such as jets. Jet measurements in heavy-ion collisions require subtraction of the large underlying event of low momentum particles produced from the QGP medium. While subtraction techniques can remove the average size of the background, local fluctuations can lead to an over- or under-subtraction of the underlying event. This effect leads to an increased jet energy resolution, which can be understood through the size of the underlying event fluctuations. This poster presents a study of the expected jet energy resolution from both detector effects and underlying event fluctuations using simulations of the sPHENIX detector.