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R. J Fries

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arXiv2009

High-P_T Physics with Identified Particles

The suppression of high-P_T particles in heavy ion collisions was one of the key discoveries at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. This is usually parameterized by the average rate of momentum-transfer squared to this particle, qhat. Here we argue that measurements of identified particles at high P_T can lead to complementary information about the medium. The leading particle of a jet can change its identity through interactions with the medium. Tracing such flavor conversions could allow us to constrain the mean free path. Here we review the basic concepts of flavor conversions and discuss applications to particle ratios and elliptic flow. We make a prediction that strangeness is enhanced at high P_T at RHIC energies while its elliptic flow is suppressed.

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arXiv2008

Elliptic Flow of Rare High-Momentum Probes in Nuclear Collisions

In high energy nuclear collisions the leading parton of a jet can change flavor through interactions with the surrounding medium. This can considerably boost the relative yield of rare high momentum particles, like strange quarks and photons. We revisit these jet conversions and discuss implications for the azimuthal asymmetry $v_2$ of rare probes. We predict that the $v_2$ of kaons at RHIC falls significantly below that of pions and protons at high transverse momentum. Experimental information on the relative $v_2$ of strange hadrons could provide constraints on the mean free path of fast quarks and gluons in a quark gluon plasma.

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