Theoretical formalism of radiative jet energy loss in a finite size dynamical QCD medium

Details Theoretical formalism of radiative jet energy loss in a finite size dynamical QCD medium Theoretical formalism of radiative jet energy loss in a finite size dynamical QCD medium

2009-03-26

arxiv.org/abs/0903.4591v2

Phys.Rev.C80:064909,2009

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Nuclear Physics

Nuclear Theory

40 pages, 14 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevC.80.064909

The computation of radiative energy loss in a finite size QCD medium with dynamical constituents is a key ingredient for obtaining reliable predictions for jet quenching in ultra-relativistic heavy ion collisions. We here present a theoretical formalism for the calculation of the first order in opacity radiative energy loss of a quark jet traveling through a finite size dynamical QCD medium. We show that, while each individual contribution to the energy loss is infrared divergent, the divergence is naturally regulated once all diagrams are taken into account. Finite size effects are shown to induce a non-linear path length dependence of the energy loss, recovering both the incoherent Gunion-Bertsch limit, as well as destructive Landau-Pomeanchuk-Migdal limit. Finally, our results suggest a remarkably simple general mapping between energy loss expressions for static and dynamical QCD media.

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