Thermalization of charm quarks in infinite and finite quark-gluon plasma matter

Shanshan Cao and Steffen A. Bass
Phys. Rev. C 84, 064902 – Published 2 December 2011

Abstract

We study the thermalization process of charm quarks in hot and dense matter. The diffusion of heavy quarks is calculated via a Langevin equation, both for a static medium as well as for a quark-gluon plasma (QGP) medium generated by a (3 + 1)-dimensional hydrodynamic model. We define two criteria for the thermalization of the heavy quarks and observe thermalization times that are longer than the lifetime of the QGP phase for reasonable values of the diffusion constant.

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  • Received 30 August 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.84.064902

©2011 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Shanshan Cao and Steffen A. Bass

  • Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA

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Vol. 84, Iss. 6 — December 2011

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