Flow effects on jet profiles and multiplicities

Abstract

We study the effects of low-$p_T$ collective flow on radiative energy loss from high-$p_T$ partons traversing the QCD medium created in high-energy nucleus-nucleus collisions. We illustrate this idea through three examples. Due to longitudinal flow, jet profiles at the LHC present marked asymmetries in the $\eta \times \varphi$-plane, and widths in $\eta$ and $\varphi$ of particle distributions associated with a high-$p_T$ trigger at RHIC become different. Finally, transverse flow implies an increase of high-$p_T$ $v_2$ at RHIC.

Comments: LaTeX, 4 pages, 4 eps figs included using graphics, uses enclosed svepj.clo and svjour.cls; proceedings of Hard Probes 2004, Ericeira, Portugal, November 4th-10th 2004