Gluon energy loss in the gauge-string duality
High Energy Physics - Theory
2008-11-26 v2
Abstract
We estimate the stopping length of an energetic gluon in a thermal plasma of strongly coupled N=4 super-Yang-Mills theory by representing the gluon as a doubled string rising up out of the horizon.
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@article{arxiv.0803.1470,
title = {Gluon energy loss in the gauge-string duality},
author = {Steven S. Gubser and Daniel R. Gulotta and Silviu S. Pufu and Fabio D. Rocha},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0803.1470},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
33 pages, 8 figures. v2: minor improvements