Published December 2011
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Journal article
Thermalization of charm quarks in infinite and finite quark-gluon plasma matter
Creators
- 1. Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708 (United States)
Description
We study the thermalization process of charm quarks in hot and dense matter. The diffusion of heavy quarks is calculated via a Langevin equation, both for a static medium as well as for a quark-gluon plasma (QGP) medium generated by a (3 + 1)-dimensional hydrodynamic model. We define two criteria for the thermalization of the heavy quarks and observe thermalization times that are longer than the lifetime of the QGP phase for reasonable values of the diffusion constant.
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevC.84.064902;
- arXiv
- arXiv:1108.5101v3;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
- Journal Volume
- 84
- Journal Issue
- 6
- Journal Page Range
- p. 064902-064902.9
- ISSN
- 0556-2813
- CODEN
- PRVCAN
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 43080230
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- B QUARKS; C QUARKS; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; LANGEVIN EQUATION; LIFETIME; QUARK MATTER; T QUARKS; THERMALIZATION
- Descriptors DEC
- BEAUTY PARTICLES; CHARM PARTICLES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EQUATIONS; FERMIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATTER; PARTICLE MODELS; POSTULATED PARTICLES; QUARKS; SLOWING-DOWN; STATISTICAL MODELS; THERMODYNAMIC MODEL; TOP PARTICLES
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics