Calculating the Jet Quenching Parameter $\hat{q}$ in Lattice Gauge Theory
Abstract
We present a framework where first principles calculations of jet modification may be carried out in a non-perturbative thermal environment. As an example of this approach, we compute the leading order contribution to the transverse momentum broadening of a high energy (near on-shell) quark in a thermal medium. This involves a factorization of a non-perturbative operator product from the perturbative process of scattering of the quark. An operator product expansion of the non-perturbative operator product is carried out and related via dispersion relations to the expectation of local operators. These local operators are then evaluated in quenched SU(2) lattice gauge theory.
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@article{arxiv.1202.5295,
title = {Calculating the Jet Quenching Parameter $\hat{q}$ in Lattice Gauge Theory},
author = {Abhijit Majumder},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1202.5295},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
14 pages, 9 figures, minor updates, references added, version accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. C