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Asymptotics of transverse momentum broadening in dense QCD media

Authors :
Paul Caucal
Source :
SciPost Physics Proceedings, Iss 10, p 018 (2022)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
SciPost, 2022.

Abstract

We study the asymptotic behaviour of the transverse momentum broadening distribution of an energetic quark or gluon propagating through dense QCD matter, in the large system size $L$ limit, taking into account radiative corrections in the double logarithmic approximation. Thanks to a connection between the evolution of the jet quenching parameter $\hat{q}$ and the formation of traveling wave fronts in nonlinear physics, we obtain a formula for the $L$ dependence of the characteristic transverse momentum scale $Q_s$ of the distribution valid up to terms of order $1/\ln(L)$. We briefly discuss the physical implications of this formula for jet quenching and small-$x$ phenomenology.

Subjects

Subjects :
Physics
QC1-999

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
26664003
Issue :
10
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
SciPost Physics Proceedings
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.f6ea8626ae49420b8a3d361eaa8b648c
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.21468/SciPostPhysProc.10.018