Recent studies on high-multiplicity events in small collision systems(proton-proton and proton-lead)have drawn considerable research interest toward the possibility of the formation of partonic medium in such systems.One of the important consequences of the formation of dense partonic medium is the quenching of high-momentum final-state particles,resulting in several experimental observations such as suppression in nuclear modification factor RAA,modification of jet shape observableρ(r)and jet fragmentation(z^(ch))distributions,etc.In this work,we studyρ(r)and z^(ch)for inclusive charged-particle jets in proton-proton(pp)collisions at√s=13 TeV using the PYTHIA 8 Monash 2013 Monte Carlo simulation.We show that the color reconnection(CR)and multiparton interaction(MPI)mechanisms in PYTHIA 8 can lead to an increased rate of jet production.We also find that the mechanisms of MPI and CR and change in the gluonic contribution in high-multiplicity events result in significant modification ofρ(r)and z^(ch)compared to those in minimum bias events for 10and gluonic contribution with the amount of modification inρ(r):the larger the number of MPIs and/or gluonic contribution,the larger the amount of modification ofρ(r).
Heavy quark observables are applied to probe the initial energy density distribution with violation of longitudinal boost invariance produced in relativistic heavy-ion collisions.Using an improved Langevin model coupled to a(3+1)-dimensional viscous hydrodynamic model,we study the nuclear modification factor(R_(AA)) and directed flow(v_(1)) and elliptic flow(v_(2)) coefficients of heavy mesons and their decayed electrons at an RHIC energy.We find that the counter-clockwise tilt of nuclear matter in the reaction plane results in a positive(negative) heavy flavor vi in the backward(forward) rapidity region,whose magnitude increases with the heavy quark transverse momentum.The difference in the heavy flavor R_(AA) between different angular regions is also proposed as a complementary tool to characterize the asymmetry of the medium profile.Our model results are consistent with currently available data at the RHIC and provide predictions that can be tested by future measurements.
