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Monte Carlo Models: Quo Vadimus?

Nuclear Theory 2014-11-18 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

Coherence, multiple scattering and the interplay between soft and hard processes are discussed. These physics phenomena are essential for understanding the nuclear dependences of rapidity density and pTp_T spectra in high-energy heavy-ion collisions. The RHIC data have shown the onset of hard processes and indications of high pTp_T spectra suppression due to parton energy loss. Within the pQCD parton model, the combination of azimuthal anisotropy (v2v_2) and hadron spectra suppression at large pTp_T can help one to determine the initial gluon density in heavy-ion collisions at RHIC.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0105053,
  title  = {Monte Carlo Models: Quo Vadimus?},
  author = {Xin-Nian Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0105053},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

10 Pages with 8 figures, Plenary talk at 15th International Conference on Ultrarelativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (QM2001), Stony Brook, New York, 15-20 Jan 2001

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