Coherent Radiative Parton Energy Loss beyond the BDMPS-Z Limit
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2012-11-29 v1
Abstract
It is widely accepted that a phenomenologically viable theory of jet quenching for heavy ion collisions requires the understanding of medium-induced parton energy loss beyond the limit of eikonal kinematics formulated by Baier-Dokshitzer-Mueller-Peigne-Schiff and Zakharov (BDMPS-Z). Here, we supplement a recently developed exact Monte Carlo implementation of the BDMPS-Z formalism with elementary physical requirements including exact energy-momentum conservation, a refined formulation of jet-medium interactions and a treatment of all parton branchings on the same footing. We document the changes induced by these physical requirements and we describe their kinematic origin.
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@article{arxiv.1202.1192,
title = {Coherent Radiative Parton Energy Loss beyond the BDMPS-Z Limit},
author = {Korinna C. Zapp and Urs A. Wiedemann},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1202.1192},
year = {2012}
}
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8 pages, 4 figures