Dynamic Jet Charge

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Abstract

The ``Jet Charge" is a potentially useful tool for identifying the hard-process partons that initiate jets produced in high energy collisions. The standard jet charge definition corresponds to a momentum-weighted sum of electric charges of the particles clustered within a jet. In this work, we explore modifications of the standard Jet Charge definition with the aim of improving the discrimination between quark- and gluon-initiated jets. Such modifications could be particularly useful in heavy ion collisions, where the noisy environment reduces the effectiveness of standard techniques of quark and gluon jet discrimination. Preliminary results on the effectiveness of the modified jet charge definitions in discriminating between quark and gluon jets, based on Monte Carlo simulations, will be presented.

Authors

  • Tyler Wilson

    University of North Georgia

  • Sonny Mantry

    University of North Georgia

  • Mark Spraker

    University of North Georgia

  • Emmanuel Sarpong

    Georgia State University, University of Alabama at Birmingham, American Association of Physics Teachers, Bradley University, Michigan State University, University of St. Thomas, Kansas State University, Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate and Institute for Integrated Catalysis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, University of Delhi, University of Mississippi, Vanderbilt University, Universidad de los Andes (Colombia), President of UNCW SPS Chapter, Duke University, NC Central University, Davidson College, Beijing Normal University, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, University of Kentucky, Syracuse University, Clemson University, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Florida International University, Oak Ridge National Lab, Indiana University, Forschungs-Neutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II), Bowie State University, MD, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Arizona State University, University of California, Davis, North Carolina State University, Virginia Commonwealth University, North Carolina A&T State University, UNC Charlotte

  • Emmanuel Sarpong

    Georgia State University, University of Alabama at Birmingham, American Association of Physics Teachers, Bradley University, Michigan State University, University of St. Thomas, Kansas State University, Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate and Institute for Integrated Catalysis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, University of Delhi, University of Mississippi, Vanderbilt University, Universidad de los Andes (Colombia), President of UNCW SPS Chapter, Duke University, NC Central University, Davidson College, Beijing Normal University, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, University of Kentucky, Syracuse University, Clemson University, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Florida International University, Oak Ridge National Lab, Indiana University, Forschungs-Neutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II), Bowie State University, MD, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Arizona State University, University of California, Davis, North Carolina State University, Virginia Commonwealth University, North Carolina A&T State University, UNC Charlotte