Jet Modification in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions

• Grant number: 24/02346-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: July 01, 2024
• End date: February 28, 2026
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Nuclear Physics
• Principal Investigator: Marcelo Gameiro Munhoz
• Grantee: Leonardo Lima da Silva
• 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 project aims to investigate the modifications suffered by jets, hadrons generated by the fragmentation of partons in hard scattering, by the medium formed in collisions between relativistic heavy ions. The measurement of jet modifications and subsequent comparison with theoretical models is a very powerful tool for studying the properties of the medium formed in these collisions. In this project, it is intended to use alternative artificial intelligence techniques, especially those unsupervised, to identify the jets modified by the medium formed in collisions between heavy ions, seeking to overcome limitations of supervised techniques that have been used in recent years.