Modified Dihadron Fragmentation Functions in Hot and Nuclear Matter
Abstract
Medium modification of dihadron fragmentation functions due to gluon bremsstrahlung induced by multiple partonic scattering is studied in both deep-inelastic scattering (DIS) off large nuclei and high-energy heavy-ion collisions within the same framework of twist expansion. The modified fragmentation functions for dihadrons are found to follow closely that of single hadrons leading to a weak nuclear suppression of their ratios as measured by HERMES in DIS experiments. Meanwhile, a moderate medium enhancement of the near-side correlation of two high transverse momentum hadrons with increasing centrality is found in heavy-ion collisions because of the trigger bias and the increase in parton energy loss with centrality. Successful comparisons between theory and experiment for multi-hadron observables in both confining and deconfined environments offers comprehensive evidence for partonic energy loss as the mechanism of jet modification in dense matter.
Cite
@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0412061,
title = {Modified Dihadron Fragmentation Functions in Hot and Nuclear Matter},
author = {A. Majumder and Enke Wang and Xin-Nian Wang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0412061},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
4 pages, Revtex, 2 figures, revised figures and discussion