Jet quenching and broadening: The Transport coefficient q-hat in an anisotropic plasma

Jun, 2008
6 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.C 78 (2008) 064906
e-Print:
Report number:
  • BI-TP-2008-05,
  • HD-THEP-2008-14

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Abstract: (arXiv)
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 AAA-A collisions are pointed out.
  • 25.75.Nq
  • 24.85.+p
  • 25.75.Gz
  • 12.38.Mh
  • scattering: heavy ion
  • gold
  • momentum: anisotropy
  • jet: quenching
  • transport theory
  • gas: temperature