Predictions for RAA in 5.36 TeV C + C, O + O, and Ne + Ne collisions at the LHC
B. G. Zakharov
L. D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, 117334 Moscow, Russia
Abstract
Experiments on collisions of light nuclei at
TeV
have recently begun at the LHC.
In this regard we make predictions for nuclear modification factor
RAA
in 5.36 TeV C + C, O + O, and Ne + Ne collisions
for scenarios with and without quark-gluon plasma formation in pp
collisions.
We find a sizeable difference in RAA for these two scenarios,
which grows with decreasing atomic number.
This says that data on RAA for light nuclei
could potentially give information on the presence of jet quenching
in pp collisions.