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QCD evolution of jets in the quark-gluon plasma
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology, Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy. (High Energy Physics)
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology, Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy. (High Energy Physics)
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2008 (English)In: Nuclear Physics A, ISSN 0375-9474, E-ISSN 1873-1554, Vol. 808, p. 178-191Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The quark-gluon plasma (QGP) can be explored in relativistic heavy ion collisions by the jet quenching signature, i.e. by the energy loss of a high energy quark or gluon traversing the plasma. We introduce a novel QCD evolution formalism in the leading logarithm approximation, where normal parton radiation is interleaved with scattering on the plasma gluons occuring at a similar time scale. The idea is elaborated in two approaches. One extends the DGLAP evolution equations for fragmentation functions to include scatterings in the medium, which facilitates numerical solutions for comparison with data and provides a basis for a Monte Carlo implementation. The other approach is more general by including also the transverse momentum dependence of the jet evolution, which allows a separation of the scales also for the scattering term and provides a basis for analytical investigations. The two approaches are shown to be related and give the same characteristic softening of the jet depending on the temperature of the plasma. A substantial effect is found at the RHIC energy and is further enhanced at LHC. Systematic studies of data on the energy loss could, therefore, demonstrate the existence of the QGP and probe its properties.

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2008. Vol. 808, p. 178-191
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jet quenching, fragmentation functions, collisional energy loss
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URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-17003DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2008.04.010ISI: 000258194100011OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-17003DiVA, id: diva2:44774
Available from: 2008-06-12 Created: 2008-06-12 Last updated: 2022-01-28Bibliographically approved

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