Jet Quenching in High Energy Heavy Ion Collisions by QCD Synchrotron-like Radiation

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2002-07-12

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0207163v1

Phys.Rev.D67:054025,2003

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.67.054025

We consider synchrotron-like radiation in QCD by generalizing Schwinger's treatment of quantum synchrotron radiation in QED to the case of a constant chromomagnetic field. We suggest a novel mechanism for {\em jet quenching} in heavy ion collisions, whereby high-$p_t$ partons get depleted through strong (classical) color fields. The latters are encountered in the color glass condensate or in the form of expanding shells of exploding sphalerons. Unlike bremsstrahlung radiation through multiple soft rescattering, synchrotron radiation converts a jet into a wide shower of soft gluons. We estimate the energy loss through this mechanism and suggest that it contributes significantly to the unexpectedly strong jet quenching observed at RHIC.

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