A model of jet quenching in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions and high-pt hadron spectra at RHIC

Abstract

The method to simulate the rescattering and energy loss of hard partons in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions has been developed. The model is a fast Monte-Carlo tool introduced to modify a standard PYTHIA jet event. The full heavy ion event is obtained as a superposition of a soft hydro-type state and hard multi-jets. The model is applied to analysis of the jet quenching pattern at RHIC.

Comments: 16 pages including 4-eps figures