Inclusive Jet Spectra & Methods for In Situ Constraints of the Jet Energy Scale in sPHENIX p+p Data at √s=200 GeV

In 2024, the new sPHENIX detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) sampled p+p collisions at √s = 200 GeV to provide reference data for future Au+Au running. sPHENIX consists of both tracking and calorimetric detectors in a cylindrical configuration, and is meant to probe both light quark and heavy flavor observables, among other things. Jets, collections of hadrons created by the fragmentation of hard-scattered partons, are one of the primary tools of the sPHENIX physics program and the calorimeter systems in particular. This talk will examine jets in p+p collisions as reconstructed in the combined sPHENIX calorimeter system, with a particular focus on improving systematic uncertainties on the jet energy scale and resolution via data driven in situ methods.