65 research outputs found
RHIC and LHC jet suppression in non-central collisions
Understanding properties of QCD matter created in ultra-relativistic
heavy-ion collisions is a major goal of RHIC and LHC experiments. An excellent
tool to study these properties is jet suppression of light and heavy flavor
observables. Utilizing this tool requires accurate suppression predictions for
different experiments, probes and experimental conditions, and their unbiased
comparison with experimental data. With this goal, we here extend our dynamical
energy loss formalism towards generating predictions for non-central
collisions; the formalism takes into account both radiative and collisional
energy loss, dynamical (as opposed to static) scattering centers, finite
magnetic mass, running coupling and uses no free parameters in comparison with
experimental data. Specifically, we here generate predictions for all available
centrality ranges, for both LHC and RHIC experiments, and for four different
probes (charged hadrons, neutral pions, D mesons and non-prompt ). We
obtain a very good agreement with all available non-central data, and also
generate predictions for suppression measurements that will soon become
available. Finally, we discuss implications of the obtained good agreement with
experimental data with different medium models that are currently considered.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure
Importance of higher orders in opacity in QGP tomography
We consider the problem of including a finite number of scattering centers in
dynamical energy loss and classical DGLV formalism. Previously, either one or
an infinite number of scattering centers were considered in energy loss
calculations, while attempts to relax such approximations were largely
inconclusive or incomplete. In reality, however, the number of scattering
centers is generally estimated to be 4-5 at RHIC and the LHC, making the above
approximations (a priori) inadequate and this theoretical problem significant
for QGP tomography. We derived explicit analytical expressions for dynamical
energy loss and DGLV up to the order in opacity, resulting in complex
mathematical expressions that were, to our knowledge, obtained for the first
time. These expressions were then implemented into an appropriately generalized
DREENA framework to calculate the effects of higher orders in opacity on a wide
range of high- light and heavy flavor predictions. Results of
extensive numerical analysis, together with interpretations of nonintuitive
results, are presented. We find that, for both RHIC and the LHC, higher-order
effects on high- observables are small, and the approximation of a
single scattering center is adequate for dynamical energy loss and DGLV
formalisms.Comment: 23 pages, 8 figure
SYNERGISTIC EFFECTS OF INTERNAL AUDIT AND LEAN-SIX SIGMA CONCEPT ON BUSINESS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT
Abstract: Faced with a series of challenges within the environment in which they operate, companies are more than ever aware of the fact that efforts aimed at improving business processes are some of the basic conditions, not only of growth and development, but also of the survival of the company. Only in this way can the opportunities for achieving different dimensions of competitiveness be created (in terms of costs, quality, delivery reliability, speed of monitoring the changes in demand, introduction of new products, etc.). Business process improvement can be implemented with the support of a number of concepts, among them being lean-six sigma. However, the great potential in this regard also lies in internal audit. In this regard, this paper will first discuss the essence and assumptions underlying the internal audit and lean-six sigma concept, and then review the possibilities of their integration in order to achieve better results
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