311 research outputs found

    Jet quenching and broadening: the transport coefficient q^\hat{q} in an anisotropic plasma

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    The jet quenching parameter q^\hat{q} is analyzed for a quark jet propagating in an anisotropic plasma. The momentum anisotropy is calculated at high temperature of the underlying quark-gluon plasma. q^\hat{q} is explicitly estimated in leading-logarithmic approximation by the broadening of the massless quark interacting via gluon exchange. A plasma instability is present. Strong indications are found that q^\hat{q} is increasing with increasing anisotropy. Possible implications for the saturation scale QsQ_s in A−AA-A collisions are pointed out.Comment: 1

    Duality between QCD Perturbative Series and Power Corrections

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    We elaborate on the relation between perturbative and power-like corrections to short-distance sensitive QCD observables. We confront theoretical expectations with explicit perturbative calculations existing in literature. As is expected, the quadratic correction is dual to a long perturbative series and one should use one of them but not both. However, this might be true only for very long perturbative series, with number of terms needed in most cases exceeding the number of terms available. What has not been foreseen, the quartic corrections might also be dual to the perturbative series. If confirmed, this would imply a crucial modification of the dogma. We confront this quadratic correction against existing phenomenology (QCD (spectral) sum rules scales, determinations of light quark masses and of \alpha_s from \tau-decay). We find no contradiction and (to some extent) better agreement with the data and with recent lattice calculations.Comment: shorten version to appear in PL

    On the equivalence between the Boltzmann equation and classical field theory at large occupation numbers

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    We consider a system made up of exictations of a neutral scalar field, \phi, having a \lambda\phi^4 interaction term. Starting from an ensemble where the occupation number f is large, but \lambda f is small, we develop a classical field theory description of the evolution of the system toward equilibrium. A Boltzmann equation naturally emerges in this description and we show by explicit calculation that the collision term is the same as that coming from elastic scattering. This shows the equivalence of a Boltzmann equation description and a classical field theory description of the same system.Comment: 15 pages, 7 figure

    On Renormalons and Landau Poles in Gauge Field Theories

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    It is shown that the commonly accepted relationship between the Landau singularity in the running coupling constant of QED or QCD and the renormalon singularities in the Borel sums of perturbation theory expansions is only a particular feature of the restriction of the perturbative ÎČ\beta--function to the one loop level.Comment: 11 pages, latex. One comment and one reference adde

    Multi-solitary waves for the nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation

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    International audienceWe consider the nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation in Rd\R^d. We call multi-solitary waves a solution behaving at large time as a sum of boosted standing waves. Our main result is the existence of such multi-solitary waves, provided the composing boosted standing waves are stable. It is obtained by solving the equation backward in time around a sequence of approximate multi-solitary waves and showing convergence to a solution with the desired property. The main ingredients of the proof are finite speed of propagation, variational characterizations of the profiles, modulation theory and energy estimates

    Silicon intercalation into the graphene-SiC interface

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    In this work we use LEEM, XPEEM and XPS to study how the excess Si at the graphene-vacuum interface reorders itself at high temperatures. We show that silicon deposited at room temperature onto multilayer graphene films grown on the SiC(000[`1]) rapidly diffuses to the graphene-SiC interface when heated to temperatures above 1020. In a sequence of depositions, we have been able to intercalate ~ 6 ML of Si into the graphene-SiC interface.Comment: 6 pages, 8 figures, submitted to PR

    Instanton--anti-instanton pair induced contributions to Re+e−→hadronsR_{e^+e^-\to hadrons} and Rτ→hadronsR_{\tau \to hadrons}

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    The instanton--anti-instanton pair induced asymptotics of perturbation theory expansion for the cross section of electron--positron pair annihilation to hadrons and hadronic width of τ\tau-lepton was found. For Nf=NcN_f = N_c the nonperturbative instanton contribution is finite and may be calculated without phenomenological input. The instanton induced peturbative asymptotics was shown to be enhanced as (n+10)!(n+10)! and in the intermediate region n<15n<15 may exceed the renormalon contribution. Unfortunately, the analysis of ∌1/n\sim 1/n corrections shows that for n∌10n \sim 10 the obtained asymptotic expressions are at best only the order of magnitude estimate. The asymptotic series for Re+e−→hadronsR_{e^+ e^- \rightarrow hadrons} , though obtained formally for Nf=NcN_f =N_c, is valid up to energies ∌15\sim 15Gev. The instanton--anti-instanton pair nonperturbative contribution to Rτ→hadronsR_{\tau \rightarrow hadrons} blows up. On the one hand, this means that instantons could not be considered {\it ab--initio} at such energies. On the other hand, this result casts a strong doubt upon the possibility to determine the αs\alpha_s from the τ\tau--lepton width.Comment: 22 pages, latex, no figure

    Parton energy loss in a classical strongly coupled QGP

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    We investigate the energy loss of heavy quarks in the gas, liquid and solid phase of a classical quark-gluon plasma (cQGP) using molecular dynamics simulations. The model consists of massive quarks and gluons interacting as a classical non-relativistic colored Coulomb gas. We show that the electric force decorrelates on a short time scale causing the energy loss to be mostly diffusive and langevin-like in the cQGP. We find that the drag coefficient changes with the heavy quark mass, while the diffusion constant does not. The fractional collisional energy loss is much larger than the leading order estimates from a wQGP because of the core repulsion. Following recent suggestions, we show how the cQGP results can be translated to the sQGP results in the T=(1−3)TcT=(1-3)T_c range.Comment: 17 pages, 13 figures, corrected minor typo

    Light Quark Masses 99

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    I give a short historical and a critical review of the determinations of light quark masses from QCD at dawn of the next millennium. QCD spectral sum rules combined with ChPT give, to order αs3\alpha_s^3, the world average for the running masses: mˉs\bar{m}_s(2 GeV)= (118.9±12.2)(118.9\pm 12.2) MeV, mˉd(2 GeV)=(6.3±0.8)\bar{m}_d(2~{GeV})=(6.3\pm 0.8) MeV, mˉu(2 GeV)=(3.5±0.4)\bar{m}_u(2~{GeV})=(3.5\pm 0.4) MeV and the corresponding values of the invariant masses given in Eq. 24. Lower and upper bounds derived from the positivity of spectral moments are presented in Tables 2 and 3. For a comparison, we critically review the recent lattice results (section 8 and Table 5) and attempt to deduce the present {\it QCD grand average} determination (Table 6): mˉs\bar{m}_s(2 GeV)= (110.9±8.8)(110.9\pm 8.8) MeV, to be used with a great care. Then, we deduce the value: B61/2−0.45(resp. 0.32)B83/2≃1.6±0.4 (resp. 1.1±0.3)B_6^{1/2}-0.45(\rm resp.~0.32)B_8^{3/2}\simeq 1.6\pm 0.4~(\rm resp.~1.1\pm 0.3) and the lower bound 1.1±0.21.1\pm 0.2 (resp. 0.7±0.10.7\pm 0.1), for the combination of the penguin operators, governing the CP-violating parameters Ï”â€Č/Ï”\epsilon'/\epsilon without (resp. with) the inclusion of the final state interaction effects. The result signals a possible deviation from the leading 1/N prediction by about 1∌3σ1\sim 3\sigma, which should be tested using accurate non-perturbative calculations.Comment: Latex2e two-column 13 pages 5 Tables + 1 figure. Review talk given at QCD 99 (Montpellier 7-13th July 1999) and plenary talk at QCD Confinement 2000 (Osaka 7-10th March 2000) Report-n0: Montpellier preprint PM/99-50. Updated version and application to epsilon'/epsilo

    Next-to-next-to-leading order QCD analysis of the Gross-Llewellyn Smith sum rule and the higher twist effects

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    We present the next-to-next-to-leading order QCD analysis of the Gross-Llewellyn Smith (GLS) sum rule in deep inelastic lepton-nucleon scattering, taking into account dimension-two, twist-four power correction. We discuss in detail the renormalization scheme dependence of the perturbative QCD approximations, propose a procedure for an approximate treatment of the quark mass threshold effects and compare the results of our analysis to the recent experimental data of the CCFR collaboration. From this comparison we extract the value of the strong coupling constant αsnnl(MZ,MS‟)=0.115±0.001(stat)±0.005(syst)±0.003(twist)±0.0005(scheme)\alpha_{s}^{nnl}(M_{Z},\overline{\rm MS})= 0.115\pm0.001(stat)\pm0.005(syst)\pm0.003(twist)\pm0.0005(scheme). We stress the importance of an accurate measurement of the GLS sum rule and in particular of its Q2Q^{2} dependence.Comment: Latex 19 pages and 4 Postscript figures appended at the end of this fil
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