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Jet quenching parameter in an expanding QCD plasma

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2018-12-19 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment Nuclear Experiment Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We present a new definition of the jet quenching parameter q^\hat{q} in a weakly-coupled quark-gluon plasma undergoing boost-invariant longitudinal expansion. We propose a boost-invariant definition of q^\hat{q}, which is proportional to the broadening of the angular variables η\eta (the pseudo-rapidity) and ϕ\phi (the azimuthal angle). We furthermore consider radiative corrections to q^\hat{q} and find potentially large corrections enhanced by a double logarithm like the case of a static medium. But unlike for the static medium, these corrections are now local in (proper) time.

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@article{arxiv.1812.07382,
  title  = {Jet quenching parameter in an expanding QCD plasma},
  author = {Edmond Iancu and Pieter Taels and Bin Wu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.07382},
  year   = {2018}
}

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5 pages, 1 figure, Proceedings of Hard Probes 2018

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