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Gluon radiation and coherent states in ultrarelativistic nuclear collisions

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Matinyan, SG; Müller, B; Rischke, DH
Published in: Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics
January 1, 1997

We explore the correspondence between classical gluon radiation and quantum radiation in a coherent state for gluons produced in ultrarelativistic nuclear collisions. The expectation value of the invariant momentum distribution of gluons in the coherent state is found to agree with the gluon number distribution obtained classically from the solution of the Yang-Mills equations. A criterion for the applicability of the coherent state formalism to the problem of radiation in ultrarelativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions is discussed. This criterion is found to be fulfilled for midrapidity gluons with perturbative transverse momenta larger than [Formula Presented]–2 GeV and produced in collisions between valence partons. © 1997 The American Physical Society.

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Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics

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EISSN

1089-490X

ISSN

0556-2813

Publication Date

January 1, 1997

Volume

56

Issue

4

Start / End Page

2191 / 2201

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
 

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Matinyan, S. G., Müller, B., & Rischke, D. H. (1997). Gluon radiation and coherent states in ultrarelativistic nuclear collisions. Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics, 56(4), 2191–2201. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.56.2191
Matinyan, S. G., B. Müller, and D. H. Rischke. “Gluon radiation and coherent states in ultrarelativistic nuclear collisions.” Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics 56, no. 4 (January 1, 1997): 2191–2201. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.56.2191.
Matinyan SG, Müller B, Rischke DH. Gluon radiation and coherent states in ultrarelativistic nuclear collisions. Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics. 1997 Jan 1;56(4):2191–201.
Matinyan, S. G., et al. “Gluon radiation and coherent states in ultrarelativistic nuclear collisions.” Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics, vol. 56, no. 4, Jan. 1997, pp. 2191–201. Scopus, doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.56.2191.
Matinyan SG, Müller B, Rischke DH. Gluon radiation and coherent states in ultrarelativistic nuclear collisions. Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics. 1997 Jan 1;56(4):2191–2201.

Published In

Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics

DOI

EISSN

1089-490X

ISSN

0556-2813

Publication Date

January 1, 1997

Volume

56

Issue

4

Start / End Page

2191 / 2201

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics