An analysis of the influence of background subtraction and quenching on jet observables in heavy-ion collisions

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Apolinário, Liliana ^a,b   Armesto, Néstor ^a   Cunqueiro, Leticia ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^d CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Heavy Ion Phenomenology; Jets

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873618905     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP02(2013)022     Document Type: Article

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