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Overview What is v 2 Bulk v 2 Jet v 2 Methods for calculating jet v 2 Standard method QA method Simulations Results Conclusions Jason Mueller - QA Method for Calculating Jet v2 2
Bulk v 2 Soft component of Pb-Pb collisions Hydrodynamic flow Elliptical overlap region 3 Jason Mueller - QA Method for Calculating Jet v2
Jet v 2 Jets emitted isotropically Lose energy to QGP as function of pathlength Jet v2 is the correlation of the jet axis with the event plane. Information about jet-QGP interaction Jason Mueller - QA Method for Calculating Jet v2 4
EP bias v 2 overestimation Standard method Jason Mueller - QA Method for Calculating Jet v2 5
Standard method Jason Mueller - QA Method for Calculating Jet v2 6
QA method Account for jets, don’t remove them Assumes we can reconstruct jets well Jason Mueller - QA Method for Calculating Jet v2 7 bulk jet
QA method Jason Mueller - QA Method for Calculating Jet v2 8
Simulations Jason Mueller - QA Method for Calculating Jet v2 9
Results Jason Mueller - QA Method for Calculating Jet v2 10
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References 16 Jason Mueller - QA Method for Calculating Jet v2 A. Ohlson, Phys. Rev. C 89, (2013).