New Heavy Ion Collision Monte Carlo Analysis Functionality in RIVET-HI

At the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Europe and the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) in New York, ultrarelativistic heavy nuclei collisions are studied to investigate the properties of the hot, dense state of nuclear matter known as Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP). The JETSCAPE collaboration incorporates, in a single software package, multiple physical model Monte Carlos which attempt to describe the properties of QGP and applies these models within the limit of each model’s applicability. To better tune each model and their respective boundaries, comparisons of JETSCAPE output against published data is needed. Beginning with the Heavy Ion branch of the RIVET Monte Carlo validation software, tools for calculating observables needed for numerous Heavy Ion / QGP analyses were encoded which enable the addition of more complex analyses to RIVET-HI and their future incorporation into the software. We discuss the additions made to RIVET-HI for these comparisons and their applicability in Heavy Ion MC validation and tuning.