Qualifier

Justin Blair, UT-Austin

"ɸ(1020) Resonance as Probe of Heavy-Ion Collisions"

2:00pm, RLM 13.202

Abstract: In the extreme energy densities created in heavy-ion collisions, we expect a new phase of matter to form known as the Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP). At the ALICE experiment at the LHC, we look at high energy Pb-Pb collisions to try to understand the properties of the QGP medium. One way to study these properties is through angular correlations between jet-like hadrons and other particle species. These measurements in Pb-Pb collisions can be compared to other collision systems (pp and p-Pb) to study the modification of particle formation both in jets and in the bulk of the collision. By looking specifically at ɸ(1020) mesons correlated with jets, we can also probe the flavor dependent energy loss of the QGP medium. Here I present the analysis procedure and first results for jet-like Hadron-ɸ(1020) correlations in p-Pb collisions.