Comparison of radiative energy loss models in a hot QCD medium |
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Authors: | Marta Verweij |
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Institution: | 1. Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands |
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Abstract: | The suppression of high pT hadron production in heavy ion collisions is thought to be due to energy loss by gluon radiation off hard partons in a QCD medium. Existing models of QCD radiative energy loss in a color-charged medium give estimates of the coupling strength of the parton to the medium which differ by a factor of 5. We will present a side-by-side comparison of two different formalisms to calculate the energy loss of light quarks and gluons: the multiple soft scattering approximation (ASW-MS) and the opacity expansion formalism (ASW-SH and WHDG-rad). A common time-temperature profile is used to characterize the medium. The results are compared to the single hadron suppression RAA at RHIC energies. |
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Keywords: | Hard Probes radiative energy loss jet quenching |
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