Dijet asymmetry at the Large Hadron Collider

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The MARTINI numerical simulation allows for direct comparison of theoretical model calculations and the latest results for dijet asymmetry from the ATLAS and CMS collaborations.

• In this paper, partons are simulated as undergoing radiative and collisional processes throughout the evolution of central lead-lead collisions at the Large Hadron Collider.
• Using hydrodynamical background evolution determined by a simulation which fits well with the data on charged particle multiplicities from ALICE and a value of $\alpha_s\approx 0.25-0.3$, the dijet asymmetry is found to be consistent with partonic energy loss in a hot, strongly-interacting medium.