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Universal scaling dependence of QCD energy loss from data driven studies
In this paper we study the energy loss of jets in the QGP via the nuclear
modification factor for unidentified particles at high
() in and out of the reaction plane
of the collision. We argue that at such a high there are no
genuine flow effects and, assuming that the energy loss is only sensitive to
initial characteristics such as the density and geometry, find that
depends linearly on the (RMS) length extracted from Glauber
simulations. Furthermore we observe that for different centrality classes the
density dependence of the energy loss enters as the square root of the charged
particle multiplicity normalized to the initial overlap area. The energy loss
extracted for RHIC and LHC data from the is found to exhibit
a universal behavior.Comment: 15 pages, 5 figures, version to be published in Phys. Rev.
String Formation Beyond Leading Colour
We present a new model for the hadronisation of multi-parton systems, in
which colour correlations beyond leading are allowed to influence the
formation of confining potentials (strings). The multiplet structure of
is combined with a minimisation of the string potential energy, to decide
between which partons strings should form, allowing also for "baryonic"
configurations (e.g., two colours can combine coherently to form an
anticolour). In collisions, modifications to the leading-colour picture
are small, suppressed by both colour and kinematics factors. But in
collisions, multi-parton interactions increase the number of possible
subleading connections, counteracting their naive suppression.
Moreover, those that reduce the overall string lengths are kinematically
favoured. The model, which we have implemented in the PYTHIA 8 generator, is
capable of reaching agreement not only with the important
\left(n_\mathrm{charged}) distribution but also with measured
rates (and ratios) of kaons and hyperons, in both and collisions.
Nonetheless, the shape of their spectra remains challenging to
explain.Comment: 48 pages, 22 figure
Color reconnection and flow-like patterns in pp collisions
Increasingly, with the data collected at the LHC we are confronted with the
possible existence of flow in pp collisions. In this work we show that PYTHIA 8
produces flow-like effects in events with multiple hard subcollisions due to
color string formations between final partons from independent hard
scatterings, the so called color reconnection. We present studies of different
identified hadron observables in pp collisions at 7 TeV with the tune 4C.
Studies have been done both for minimum bias and multiplicity intervals in
events with and without color reconnection to isolate the flow-like effect.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures. The first part of the manuscript was reorganized,
some typos were corrected and references added. The final version should
appear in PR
Further Evidence on Hedge Funds Performance.
In this analysis we identify dynamic hedge fund strategies quantitatively pursuing a Principal Component Analysis following Fung and Hsieh (1997). We extract five dominant hedge fund strategies each representing similar investment styles and analyse the performance of each strategy by employing a multi-factor model comprising both market indices and passive option strategies along the lines of Agerwal and Naik (2000). We find that the majority of the five homogenous strategies show superior performance. However, correcting for survivorship bias this superior performance disappears.Hedge funds; Investment in securities; Performance; Dynamic strategies; Hedge funds performance;
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