Published April 1, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Hard parton damping in hot QCD

  • 1. Institut fuer Theoretische Physik, Universitaet Giessen, 35392 Giessen (Germany)

Description

The gluon and quark collisional widths in hot QCD plasmas are discussed with emphasis on temperatures near Tc, where the coupling is large. Considering the effect on the entropy, which is known from lattice calculations, it is argued that the width of the partons, which in the perturbative limit is given by γ ∼ g2ln(g-1)T, should be sizeable at intermediate temperatures but has to be small close to Tc. This behaviour implies a substantial reduction of the radiative energy loss of jets near Tc

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0954-3899/31/S371/g5_4_046.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. G, Nuclear and Particle Physics (ISSN 1361-6471) http://www.iop.org/

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. G, Nuclear and Particle Physics
Journal Volume
31
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. S371-S377
ISSN
0954-3899
CODEN
JPGPED

Conference

Title
Workshop for young scientists on the physics of ultra-relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions
Acronym
Hot Quarks 2004
Dates
18-24 Jul 2004
Place
Taos Valley, NM (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
36108221
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
COUPLING; DAMPING; ENERGY LOSSES; ENTROPY; GLUONS; JET MODEL; PARTONS; QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS; QUARK MATTER; QUARKS
Descriptors DEC
BOSONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; FIELD THEORIES; LOSSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATTER; PARTICLE MODELS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; POSTULATED PARTICLES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES