132 research outputs found
On radiation by a heavy quark in N = 4 SYM
A short note on radiation by a moving classical particle in N = 4
supersymmetric Yang-Mills theoryComment: 11 pages, conclusion corrected and extende
Particle Correlations in Saturated QCD Matter
We study quantitatively angular correlations in the two-particle spectrum
produced by an energetic probe scattering off a dense hadronic target with
sizeable saturation momentum. To this end, two parton inclusive cross sections
for arbitrary projectiles with small color charge density are derived in the
eikonal formalism. Our results are the following: For large momenta of the
observed particles, the perturbative limit with characteristic back-to-back
correlation is recovered. As the trigger momenta get closer to the saturation
scale Q_s, the angular distribution broadens. When the momenta are
significantly smaller than Q_s, the azimuthal distribution is broad but still
peaked back-to-back. However, in a narrow momentum range (0.5 - 1.5) Q_s, we
observe that the azimuthal correlation splits into a double peak with maxima
displaced away from 180 degree. We argue that it is the soft multiple
scattering physics that is responsible for the appearance of this shift in the
angle of maximal correlation. We also point out that when the physical size of
the projectile is particularly small, the double peak structure persists in a
significantly wider range of final state momenta.Comment: 28 pages LaTex, 7 eps-figure
Hadronic production of J/Psi and Upsilon: transverse momentum distributions
Baier R, RĂŒckl R. Hadronic production of J/Psi and Upsilon: transverse momentum distributions. Physics Letters B. 1981;102(5):364-370
Effects of soft gluon emission on the opposite-side acollinearity distributions in e+e- annihilation
Baier R, Fey K. Effects of soft gluon emission on the opposite-side acollinearity distributions in e+e- annihilation. Nuclear physics B. 1981;179(1):49-61
Deciphering the properties of the medium produced in heavy ion collisions at RHIC by a pQCD analysis of quenched large spectra
We discuss the question of the relevance of perturbative QCD calculations for
analyzing the properties of the dense medium produced in heavy ion collisions.
Up to now leading order perturbative estimates have been worked out and
confronted with data for quenched large hadron spectra. Some of
them are giving paradoxical results, contradicting the perturbative framework
and leading to speculations such as the formation of a strongly interacting
quark-gluon plasma. Trying to bypass some drawbacks of these leading order
analysis and without performing detailed numerical investigations, we collect
evidence in favour of a consistent description of quenching and of the
characteristics of the produced medium within the pQCD framework.Comment: 10 pages, 3 figure
Dissipative Hydrodynamics and Heavy Ion Collisions
Recent discussions of RHIC data emphasized the exciting possibility that the
matter produced in nucleus-nucleus collisions shows properties of a
near-perfect fluid. Here, we aim at delineating the applicability of fluid
dynamics, which is needed to quantify the size of corresponding dissipative
effects. We start from the equations for dissipative fluid dynamics, which we
derive from kinetic theory up to second order (Israel-Stewart theory) in a
systematic gradient expansion. In model studies, we then establish that for too
early initialization of the hydrodynamic evolution (\tau_0 \lsim 1 fm/c) or
for too high transverse momentum (p_T \gsim 1 GeV) in the final state, the
expected dissipative corrections are too large for a fluid description to be
reliable. Moreover, viscosity-induced modifications of hadronic transverse
momentum spectra can be accommodated to a significant degree in an ideal fluid
description by modifications of the decoupling stage. We argue that these
conclusions, drawn from model studies, can also be expected to arise in
significantly more complex, realistic fluid dynamics simulations of heavy ion
collisions.Comment: 18 pages, 5 figures, uses revtex4; v2: references added, typos
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Tricritical structure in the adjoint Higgs model?
Baier R, Gavai RV, Lang CB. Tricritical structure in the adjoint Higgs model? Physics letters B. 1986;172(3-4):387-391
Transverse flow in relativistic viscous hydrodynamics
Hydrodynamic model simulations of Au-Au collisions at RHIC have indicated
recently, that with improved simulations in the coming years, it may be
feasible to quantify the viscosity of the matter produced in heavy ion
collisions. To this end, a consistent fluid dynamic description of viscous
effects is clearly needed. In this note, we observe that a recently used,
approximate form of the 2nd order Israel-Stewart viscous hydrodynamic equations
of motion cannot account consistently for the transverse flow fields, which are
expected to develop in heavy ion collisions. We identify the appropriate
equations of motion.Comment: 5 pages, uses REVTEX
Jet quenching and broadening: the transport coefficient in an anisotropic plasma
The jet quenching parameter 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. 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 is increasing with increasing
anisotropy. Possible implications for the saturation scale in
collisions are pointed out.Comment: 1
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