Event plane dependence of jet quenching studied via azimuthal correlations and differential jet shape in Au--Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=200$ GeV with the STAR detector at RHIC

Abstract

Jet quenching, which describes the energy lost by jets while interacting with the medium, can be studied using azimuthal correlations of associated hadrons with respect to a trigger jet, and by probing the jet substructure by measuring the differential jet shape. This work will present details of both analyses and explore the impact of a jet's orientation with respect to the event plane, defined by the beam direction and the vector of the impact parameter. This will allow for the study of the path length dependence of medium modifications to the jets and their associated hadrons. Both analyses will reconstruct full (charged + neutral) jets in mid-peripheral Au+Au collisions at √ s NN = 200 GeV with the STAR detector at RHIC.