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Solving the $\hat{q}$ puzzle with $x$ and scale dependence

Nuclear Theory 2018-03-14 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We present here a possible resolution of the jet quenching parameter q^\hat{q} puzzle by exploring the momentum fraction xx and scale Q2Q^2 dependence of q^\hat{q}, in addition to temperature dependence. We explore the momentum broadening of the jet due to Glauber gluon exchange with the quark-gluon plasma (QGP). This has led us to define the momentum fraction xx for the partons in the QGP. We also show here, for the first time, possible forms of the parton distribution function (PDF) of the QGP. The QGP-PDF as input in q^\hat{q} has been used to fit the PHENIX and CMS data simultaneously. We observe that the scale evolution of the QGP-PDF and the energy of the jet are the missing ingredients responsible for the enhancement of q^\hat{q} at the same temperature in RHIC collisions compared to LHC collisions.

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@article{arxiv.1706.07547,
  title  = {Solving the $\hat{q}$ puzzle with $x$ and scale dependence},
  author = {Amit Kumar and Evan Bianchi and Jacob Elledge and Abhijit Majumder and Guang-You Qin and Chun Shen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.07547},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

4 pages, 8 figures, talk at conference Quark-Matter 2017

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