Phys. Rev. C 79, 054908 (2009) - Evolving distribution of hard partons traversing a hot, strongly interacting plasma

Evolving distribution of hard partons traversing a hot, strongly interacting plasma

Björn Schenke, Charles Gale, and Guang-You Qin

Phys. Rev. C 79, 054908 – Published 12 May 2009

Abstract

We present results for the evolution of the momentum distribution of a hard parton traversing a brick of quark-gluon plasma, considering both bremsstrahlung and collisional energy loss. The complete leading order transition rates are included. We find a significant modification of the evolving momentum distribution compared to results obtained by employing an approximate implementation of the collisional energy loss that uses the mean energy loss, together with momentum diffusion.

Received 10 February 2009

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.79.054908

©2009 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Björn Schenke¹, Charles Gale¹, and Guang-You Qin²

¹Department of Physics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2T8, Canada
²Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA

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Vol. 79, Iss. 5 — May 2009

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