Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2004-12-22
Phys.Rev. C71 (2005) 064904
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
34 pages, 9 figures. Inculdes a detailed comparison with Boltzmann simulations
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevC.71.064904
We investigate the thermalization of charm quarks in high energy heavy ion collisions. To this end, we calculate the diffusion coefficient in the perturbative Quark Gluon Plasma and relate it to collisional energy loss and momentum broadening. We then use these transport properties to formulate a Langevin model for the evolution of the heavy quark spectrum in the hot medium. The model is strictly valid in the non-relativistic limit and for all velocities $\gamma v < \alphas^{-1/2}$ to leading logarithm in $T/m_D$. The corresponding Fokker-Planck equation can be solved analytically for a Bjorken expansion and the solution gives a simple estimate for the medium modifications of the heavy quark spectrum as a function of the diffusion coefficient. Finally we solve the Langevin equations numerically in a hydrodynamic simulation of the heavy ion reaction. The results of this simulation are the medium modifications of the charm spectrum $R_{AA}$ and the expected elliptic flow $v_2(p_T)$ as a function of the diffusion coefficient.
Moore Guy D.
Teaney Derek
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