Towards understanding thermal jet quenching via lattice simulations
Abstract
After reviewing how simulations employing classical lattice gauge theory permit to test a conjectured Euclideanization property of a light-cone Wilson loop in a thermal non-Abelian plasma, we show how Euclidean data can in turn be used to estimate the transverse collision kernel, C(k⊥), characterizing the broadening of a high-energy jet. First results, based on data produced recently by Panero et al, suggest that C(k⊥) is enhanced over the known NLO result in a soft regime k⊥ < a few T. The shape of k3⊥ C(k⊥) is consistent with a Gaussian at small k⊥.
Date Issued
2014-11-20
Publication Type
Conference Item
Subject(s)
Language(s)
en
Journal
PoS - proceedings of science
Publisher
Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati SISSA
ISSN
1824-8039
Access(Rights)
open.access