Coupling Glauber Monte Carlo Phenomenology with High p_T Measurements to Estimate Jet Anisotropy v₂ and Correlations of Partonic Energy Loss with Energy Density ε_Bj

Broad experimental evidence supporting the creation of Quark Gluon Plasma (QGP) in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions has prompted an array of models aiming to understand the fluid properties of this medium. Glauber Monte Carlo (MCG) models have proven widely successful in providing estimates of initial-state collision geometry and enabled reliable calculation of observables measuring partonic energy loss such as the Nuclear Modification Factor R_AA—a key signature of the QGP.

This work further couples phenomenological estimates of high p_T partonic energy loss from the R_AA with geometric quantities furnished by MCG models, enabling estimation of other observables such as the jet azimuthal anisotropy v₂, Bjorken energy density ε_Bj and its dependence on partonic energy loss. Extracted parameters can then be compared directly with a variety of data reported at both RHIC and the LHC. Predictions for jet anisotropy spectra v₂(p_T) are found to agree with observation, and a relationship between partonic energy loss and energy density ε_Bj is observed—this relationship is consistent among estimates surveyed from a range of experiments, collision systems and collision energy.