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Classical Strongly Coupled QGP: VII. Energy Loss

Nuclear Theory 2011-01-28 v2

Abstract

We use linear response analysis and the fluctuation-dissipation theorem to derive the energy loss of a heavy quark in the SU(2) classical Coulomb plasma in terms of the l=1l=1 monopole and non-static structure factor. The result is valid for all Coulomb couplings Γ=V/K\Gamma=V/K, the ratio of the mean potential to kinetic energy. We use the Liouville equation in the collisionless limit to assess the SU(2) non-static structure factor. We find the energy loss to be strongly dependent on Γ\Gamma. In the liquid phase with Γ4\Gamma\approx 4, the energy loss is mostly metallic and soundless with neither a Cerenkov nor a Mach cone. Our analytical results compare favorably with the SU(2) molecular dynamics simulations at large momentum and for heavy quark masses.

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@article{arxiv.0910.1548,
  title  = {Classical Strongly Coupled QGP: VII. Energy Loss},
  author = {Sungtae Cho and Ismail Zahed},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0910.1548},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

18 pages, 15 figures. v2: added references, changed title, replaced figures for Fig. 7, corrected typos