STAR HardProbes PWG

[Sooraj Radhakrishnan <skradhakrishnan AT lbl.gov>]

Hi Rongrong,

   Thanks for the email and the questions. Please find my responses below 

//"Mean momentum loss = 0.232 +/- 0.068 +/- 0.03 for R = 0.2 jets with 10 < pT,jet < 12 GeV/c ... for an estimated initial part length asymmetry of 0.2 fm". 

- 0.232 is the slope of <px> vs. eta. Why is it related to energy loss? Should I think of 0.232 as the average energy loss within the eta range of the measurement (|eta| < 1-R) or at a given eta? 

- Does the initial length asymmetry of 0.2 fm correspond to the slope of <x> vs. eta or <x> at a given eta? //

--- The <px> would be zero if jets along positive and negative impact parameter direction (x) see the same amount of medium. But at finite rapidity, the centroid of the medium along the impact parameter direction is offset, leading to different path lengths for jets along +x and -x. This results in more energy loss in one direction vs the other and <px> reflects this difference in energy loss

   

We use slope to quantify the eta dependence as we see the dependence is linear. Alternatively, we could quote the measured value in the rapidity bin at |eta| = 0.6. That would then give the <px> at a given eta, which could then be related to <x> in the same bin. Taking the slope, with the observed linear dependence, gives these values at eta = 1.0. <x> of 0.2 is also the slope or value at eta = 1.0

//- If both 0.232 GeV/c and 0.2 fm are slopes, do you implicitly assume that energy loss does not depend on eta?//

----- No, this has an eta dependence as we see, largely proportional to <x> at a given eta. In the region we measure, the dependence is linear. But with more precision for differential measurements along eta we could check if this is strictly linear or not. 

//- You mentioned that "The impact of efficiency correction on <px> is also small like in the case of v1 as it is self normalized". What do you mean by self-normalized? I usually think of v1 as the modulation of jet yield w.r.t. the first-order even plane, so it is dimensionless and self-normalized. Should one think of <px> that way? It is not clear to me since <px> is not dimensionless.//

---- Yes, <px> is also modulation relative to the first order event plane. Since its the mean each jet comes in both the numerator and denominator and the reconstruction efficiency cancels out. 

 

//- You also mentioned "The pT windows are narrow, so the impact from pT dependence should also be small". There is a large smearing in jet pT due to background fluctuation. So it is not clear to me why a narrow selection in jet pT would help. I would think the other way around. While it is probably true that the impact of tracking efficiency on <px> is small due to survival bias (it is easier to find jets whose leading particles are not missing), the effect of background smearing is still there, right?//

----- For R=0.2 jets in particular, the background smearing is not so large. You could see for example here (https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/STAR_InclJet_AN_Master_v5-5_0.pdf), Fig 1.16. For 0-10% centrality, the width is about 15% for 11 GeV jets. This should be smaller for 10-40% centrality. These are also jets without leading pT selection. We did a smearing with 6% resolution and didnt see impact on the results. We can try increasing this by a factor of 2 to include impact of background smearing as well. 

//- If there is an asymmetry in pathlength, does one need to take into account possible background variation due to the asymmetry? I kind of remember this was looked into for the jet v2 measurement in Isobar.//

----- The bulk v1 is very small, at sub-percent level. For hard probes, it is an offset of the hard production profile and bulk distribution than variation of bulk density in azimuth. This also means that expansion from bulk v1 is also very small, unlike the case of v2. This should make it easier to evaluate the impact of medium expansion on path length and interactions as well

Let me know if you have further questions or comments

thanks,

Sooraj

On Tue, Sep 10, 2024 at 1:37 PM Ma, Rongrong <marr AT bnl.gov> wrote:

Hello Sooraj

I still have a few questions regarding to this statement "Mean momentum loss = 0.232 +/- 0.068 +/- 0.03 for R = 0.2 jets with 10 < pT,jet < 12 GeV/c ... for an estimated initial part length asymmetry of 0.2 fm". 

- 0.232 is the slope of <px> vs. eta. Why is it related to energy loss? Should I think of 0.232 as the average energy loss within the eta range of the measurement (|eta| < 1-R) or at a given eta? 

- Does the initial length asymmetry of 0.2 fm correspond to the slope of <x> vs. eta or <x> at a given eta? 

- If both 0.232 GeV/c and 0.2 fm are slopes, do you implicitly assume that energy loss does not depend on eta?

- You mentioned that "The impact of efficiency correction on <px> is also small like in the case of v1 as it is self normalized". What do you mean by self-normalized? I usually think of v1 as the modulation of jet yield w.r.t. the first-order even plane, so it is dimensionless and self-normalized. Should one think of <px> that way? It is not clear to me since <px> is not dimensionless. 

- You also mentioned "The pT windows are narrow, so the impact from pT dependence should also be small". There is a large smearing in jet pT due to background fluctuation. So it is not clear to me why a narrow selection in jet pT would help. I would think the other way around. While it is probably true that the impact of tracking efficiency on <px> is small due to survival bias (it is easier to find jets whose leading particles are not missing), the effect of background smearing is still there, right?

- If there is an asymmetry in pathlength, does one need to take into account possible background variation due to the asymmetry? I kind of remember this was looked into for the jet v2 measurement in Isobar. 

Best

Rongrong

On Sep 9, 2024, at 3:04 AM, Sooraj Radhakrishnan <skradhakrishnan AT lbl.gov> wrote:

Dear All,

   Please find the Preliminary request slides for the jet v1, <px> measurements here https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/JetV1PreliminaryRequest.pdf

thanks,

Sooraj

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Sooraj Radhakrishnan

Research Scientist,

Department of Physics

Kent State University

Kent, OH 44242

Physicist Postdoctoral Affiliate

Nuclear Science Division
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
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Email: skradhakrishnan AT lbl.gov