Testing the theory of QGP-induced energy loss at RHIC and the LHC
Abstract
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We compare an analytic model of jet quenching, based on the GLV non-Abelian energy loss formalism, to numerical results for the centrality dependent suppression of hadron cross sections in Au+Au and Cu+Cu collisions at RHIC. Simulations of neutral pion quenching versus the size of the colliding nuclear system are presented to high transverse momentum pT. At low and moderate pT, we study the contribution of medium-induced gluon bremsstrahlung to single inclusive hadron production. In Pb+Pb collisions at the LHC, the redistribution of the lost energy is shown to play a critical role in yielding nuclear suppression that does not violate the participant scaling limit.
9 pages, 7 figures, as published in Phys.Lett.B, (1 figure, 1 reference and discussion included)
9 pages, 7 figures, as published in Phys.Lett.B, (1 figure, 1 reference and discussion included)