Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2003-02-20
Phys.Rev. D68 (2003) 014008
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
45 pages LaTeX, 20 eps-figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.68.014008
We calculate the probability (``quenching weight'') that a hard parton radiates an additional energy fraction due to scattering in spatially extended QCD matter. This study is based on an exact treatment of finite in-medium path length, it includes the case of a dynamically expanding medium, and it extends to the angular dependence of the medium-induced gluon radiation pattern. All calculations are done in the multiple soft scattering approximation (Baier-Dokshitzer-Mueller-Peign\'e-Schiff--Zakharov ``BDMPS-Z''-formalism) and in the single hard scattering approximation (N=1 opacity approximation). By comparison, we establish a simple relation between transport coefficient, Debye screening mass and opacity, for which both approximations lead to comparable results. Together with this paper, a CPU-inexpensive numerical subroutine for calculating quenching weights is provided electronically. To illustrate its applications, we discuss the suppression of hadronic transverse momentum spectra in nucleus-nucleus collisions. Remarkably, the kinematic constraint resulting from finite in-medium path length reduces significantly the transverse momentum dependence of the nuclear modification factor, thus leading to consistency with the data measured at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC).
Salgado Carlos A.
Wiedemann Urs Achim
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