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Collisional energy loss in a finite size QCD matter

Journal Article · · Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
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  1. Department of Physics, Ohio State University, 191 West Woodruff Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210 (United States)
Computation of collisional energy loss in a finite size QCD medium has become crucial to obtain reliable predictions for jet quenching in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions. We here compute this energy loss up to the zeroth order in opacity. Our approach consistently treats both soft and hard contributions to the collisional energy loss. Consequently, it removes the unphysical energy gain in a region of lower momenta obtained by previous computations. Most importantly, we show that for characteristic QCD medium scales, finite size effects on the collisional energy loss are not significant.
OSTI ID:
20864229
Journal Information:
Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, Journal Name: Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 74; ISSN 0556-2813; ISSN PRVCAN
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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