Jet Studies on the MPC-EX pre shower detector upgrade to the PHENIX experiment

As a part of the PHENIX experiment at RHIC, we are performing jet studies using the MPC-EX detector. The MPC-EX is pre shower extension to the MPC (the current lead tungstate calorimeter), made up of interleaved Silicon mini-pad detectors and Tungsten plates. This high resolution detector adds tracking and allows for the identification of $\pi^{0}$s and direct photons in the rapidity range 3 $< \eta <$ 4. By studying jet+photon events in simulations of protons on heavy nuclei, we aim to determine how well measurements of the Gluon Structure function can be made by the MPC-EX detector. One of the leading hypothesis to explain gluon distributions at low-x is the Color Glass Condensate.