Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: We combine inclusive jet nuclear modification factors with energy-energy correlators to perform a data-driven extraction of the quark and gluon quenching factors and the medium resolution scale from the small-angle region. Taking coherent energy loss as a null hypothesis, we find jet quenching factors incompatible with Casimir scaling. Incorporating color decoherence through antenna energy loss improves the description of the data and restores Casimir scaling, providing evidence that the quark-gluon plasma partially resolves the internal structure of jets in heavy-ion collisions.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7212021075