Light quark energy loss in strongly coupled N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills plasma

Chesler, Paul M; Jensen, Kristan; Karch, Andreas; Yaffe, Laurence G

doi:10.1103/PHYSREVD.79.125015

Title: Light quark energy loss in strongly coupled N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills plasma

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We compute the penetration depth of a light quark moving through a large N{sub c}, strongly coupled N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills plasma using gauge/gravity duality and a combination of analytic and numerical techniques. We find that the maximum distance a quark with energy E can travel through a plasma is given by {delta}x{sub max}(E)=(C/T)(E/T{radical}({lambda})){sup 1/3} with C{approx_equal}0.5.

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Chesler, Paul M; Jensen, Kristan; Karch, Andreas; Yaffe, Laurence G ^[1]

Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195 (United States)

Publication Date:: 2009-06-15

OSTI Identifier:: 21301022

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 79; Journal Issue: 12; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.79.125015; (c) 2009 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0556-2821

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; D QUARKS; DUALITY; ENERGY LOSSES; GRAVITATION; PLASMA; QUANTUM GRAVITY; S QUARKS; STRONG-COUPLING MODEL; SUPERSYMMETRY; U QUARKS; WEINBERG-SALAM GAUGE MODEL; YANG-MILLS THEORY

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                    Chesler, Paul M, Jensen, Kristan, Karch, Andreas, and Yaffe, Laurence G. Light quark energy loss in strongly coupled N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills plasma.  United States: N. p., 2009. 
        Web.  doi:10.1103/PHYSREVD.79.125015.

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                    Chesler, Paul M, Jensen, Kristan, Karch, Andreas, & Yaffe, Laurence G. Light quark energy loss in strongly coupled N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills plasma.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVD.79.125015

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                    Chesler, Paul M, Jensen, Kristan, Karch, Andreas, and Yaffe, Laurence G. 2009.  
        "Light quark energy loss in strongly coupled N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills plasma".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVD.79.125015.

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@article{osti_21301022,

  title        = {Light quark energy loss in strongly coupled N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills plasma},

  author       = {Chesler, Paul M and Jensen, Kristan and Karch, Andreas and Yaffe, Laurence G},

  abstractNote = {We compute the penetration depth of a light quark moving through a large N{sub c}, strongly coupled N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills plasma using gauge/gravity duality and a combination of analytic and numerical techniques. We find that the maximum distance a quark with energy E can travel through a plasma is given by {delta}x{sub max}(E)=(C/T)(E/T{radical}({lambda})){sup 1/3} with C{approx_equal}0.5.},

  doi          = {10.1103/PHYSREVD.79.125015},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/21301022},
  journal      = {Physical Review. D, Particles Fields},

  issn         = {0556-2821},

  number       = 12,

  volume       = 79,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2009},

  month        = {6}

}

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