Degrees of Freedom and the Deconfining Phase Transition

Details Degrees of Freedom and the Deconfining Phase Transition Degrees of Freedom and the Deconfining Phase Transition

2001-06-15

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0106176v2

Phys.Lett.B525:95-100,2002

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

5 pages, REVTEX, no figures; sensitivity of energy loss to the screening mass and to nearly critical scattering added

Scientific paper

10.1016/S0370-2693(01)01424-1

There is a sharp increase in the relative number of degrees of freedom at the deconfining phase transition. Characterizing this increase using the Polyakov Loop model, we find that for a nearly second order deconfining phase transition, the medium-induced energy loss turns on rapidly above T_c, proportional to the relative number of degrees of freedom. Further, energy loss is logarithmically dependent on the screening mass, and thus is sensitive to nearly critical scattering.

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