Study of heavy quark jets structure in relativistic heavy-ion collisions

• Grant number: 23/07790-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: November 01, 2023
• End date: October 31, 2027
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Nuclear Physics
• Principal Investigator: Marcelo Gameiro Munhoz
• Grantee: Maria Monalisa de Melo Paulino
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física (IF). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 20/04867-2 - High energy physics and instrumentation with the LHC-CERN, AP.ESP

Abstract

This work aims to study particle jets generated by the fragmentation of heavy quarks in collisions between relativistic heavy ions, more specifically, the structure of these observables. The main motivation is to explore the properties of the medium created in these collisions. Different measurements related to the structure of jets will be studied, and the identification of jets coming from the fragmentation of heavy quarks will be made from electrons coming from the decay of mesons formed by these quarks. The results obtained in this work should be compared with similar measurements carried out in collisions between protons and with calculations of models to extract the dynamics on the interaction of heavy quarks with the medium formed in collisions between heavy ions. (AU)