  Heavy ion collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will produce strongly
interacting matter at unprecedented energy densities. At LHC collision
energies, new hard probes of the dense initial collision system will become
readily available. We present an overview of the capabilities of the Compact
Muon Solenoid (CMS) detector to use these probes for a detailed study of QCD
phenomenology at the highest energy densities.
