In-medium jet shape from energy collimation in parton showers: Comparison with CMS PbPb data at 2.76 TeV

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We present the medium-modified energy collimation in the leading-logarithmic approximation (LLA) and next-to-leading-logarithmic approximation (NLLA) of QCD.

• As a consequence of more accurate kinematic considerations in the argument of the Dokshitzer-Gribov-Lipatov-Altarelli-Parisi (DGLAP) fragmentation functions (FFs) we find a new NLLA correction ${\cal O}(\alpha_s)$ which accounts for the scaling violation of DGLAP FFs at small $x$.
• The jet shape is derived from the energy collimation within the same approximations and we also compare our calculations for the energy collimation with the event generators Pythia 6 and YaJEM for the first time in this paper.
• The modification of jets by the medium in both cases is implemented by altering the infrared sector using the Borghini-Wiedemann model.