Gluon Radiation of the Gluon Radiation of the Heavy Quark Heavy Quark in Nuclei in Nuclei Ben-Wei Zhang Ben-Wei Zhang Institute of Particle Physics Institute of Particle Physics Central China Normal Univeristy Central China Normal Univeristy Weihai, Shandong --- Augest 4, 2004 Weihai, Shandong --- Augest 4, 2004
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Gluon Radiation of the Heavy Gluon Radiation of the Heavy QuarkQuark
in Nucleiin Nuclei
Ben-Wei ZhangBen-Wei ZhangInstitute of Particle PhysicsInstitute of Particle Physics
Central China Normal UniveristyCentral China Normal Univeristy
MotivationMotivationTwist expansion approachTwist expansion approachModified heavy quark fragmentation functionModified heavy quark fragmentation functionHeavy quark energy lossHeavy quark energy loss
------ ------ Heavy Heavy VSVS.. LightLightConclusionsConclusions
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Jet QuenchingJet Quenching
Jet quenching has been observed as a Jet quenching has been observed as a new nuclear phenomenon at RHIC.new nuclear phenomenon at RHIC.
hadrons
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parton
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From Light to HeavyFrom Light to Heavy
Theory:Theory: A lot of theoretical studies have been devoted to the A lot of theoretical studies have been devoted to the
calculations of the energy loss of a light quark.calculations of the energy loss of a light quark. For massive quarks, the formalism of medium-induced For massive quarks, the formalism of medium-induced
gluon radiation is not developed to the same extent.gluon radiation is not developed to the same extent.
Experiment:Experiment: Open charm suppression, which can now be measured at
RHIC by comparing pt distributions of D-mesons in D-Au and Au-Au collisions, is a novel probe of QGP dynamics.
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Heavy Quark Energy Loss Heavy Quark Energy Loss
There are several theoretical calculations to There are several theoretical calculations to obtain the heavy quark energy loss:obtain the heavy quark energy loss:
Dokshitzer and KharzeevDokshitzer and Kharzeev
Djordjevic and GyulassyDjordjevic and Gyulassy
Armesto, Salgado and WiedemannArmesto, Salgado and Wiedemann
…… ……Twist Expansion approach in pQCDTwist Expansion approach in pQCD
B.W. Zhang,B.W. Zhang, E. Wang and X.N. Wang, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93(2004) in press E. Wang and X.N. Wang, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93(2004) in press
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Jet quenching with pQCDJet quenching with pQCD
How to measure the parton energy loss?How to measure the parton energy loss?Direct measurement is impossibleDirect measurement is impossibleParticle distributions within a jetParticle distributions within a jetModification to Fragmentation FunctionModification to Fragmentation FunctionObtain the energy loss indirectly from Obtain the energy loss indirectly from
measuring the modification of FFmeasuring the modification of FF
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Heavy QuarkHeavy Quark In parton model, for the heavy quark production we In parton model, for the heavy quark production we
obtain :obtain :
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Fragmentation FunctionFragmentation Function
Charm quark fragmentation function in Peterson form:Charm quark fragmentation function in Peterson form:
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Mutiple Scattering in NucleiMutiple Scattering in Nuclei
In order to calculate the heavy quark energy loss In order to calculate the heavy quark energy loss induced by gluon radiation in pQCD, we should induced by gluon radiation in pQCD, we should separate the ‘hard’ part from the ‘soft’ part:separate the ‘hard’ part from the ‘soft’ part:
Heavy quark energy loss induced by gluon radiation Heavy quark energy loss induced by gluon radiation is derived in terms of Modified FF with pQCD.is derived in terms of Modified FF with pQCD.
Medium size dependence of heavy quark enegy loss Medium size dependence of heavy quark enegy loss is found to change from a linear to a quadratic form is found to change from a linear to a quadratic form when the initial energy and momentum scale are when the initial energy and momentum scale are increasing.increasing.
Heavy quark energy loss is significantly suppressed Heavy quark energy loss is significantly suppressed relative to a light quark due to mass effect. relative to a light quark due to mass effect.
Thanks to my collaborators: Xin-Nian Wang and Enke WangThanks to my collaborators: Xin-Nian Wang and Enke Wang