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Sonic Mach cones induced by fast partons in a perturbative quark-gluon plasma

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Neufeld, RB; Müller, B; Ruppert, J
Published in: Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics
October 13, 2008

We derive the space-time distribution of energy and momentum deposited by a fast parton traversing a weakly coupled quark-gluon plasma by treating the fast parton as the source of an external color field perturbing the medium. We then use our result as a source term for the linearized hydrodynamical equations of the medium. We show that the solution contains a sonic Mach cone and a dissipative wake if the parton moves at a supersonic speed. © 2008 The American Physical Society.

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Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics

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1089-490X

ISSN

0556-2813

Publication Date

October 13, 2008

Volume

78

Issue

4

Related Subject Headings

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

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Neufeld, R. B., Müller, B., & Ruppert, J. (2008). Sonic Mach cones induced by fast partons in a perturbative quark-gluon plasma. Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics, 78(4). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.78.041901
Neufeld, R. B., B. Müller, and J. Ruppert. “Sonic Mach cones induced by fast partons in a perturbative quark-gluon plasma.” Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics 78, no. 4 (October 13, 2008). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.78.041901.
Neufeld RB, Müller B, Ruppert J. Sonic Mach cones induced by fast partons in a perturbative quark-gluon plasma. Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics. 2008 Oct 13;78(4).
Neufeld, R. B., et al. “Sonic Mach cones induced by fast partons in a perturbative quark-gluon plasma.” Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics, vol. 78, no. 4, Oct. 2008. Scopus, doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.78.041901.
Neufeld RB, Müller B, Ruppert J. Sonic Mach cones induced by fast partons in a perturbative quark-gluon plasma. Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics. 2008 Oct 13;78(4).

Published In

Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics

DOI

EISSN

1089-490X

ISSN

0556-2813

Publication Date

October 13, 2008

Volume

78

Issue

4

Related Subject Headings

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