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Thermalization of charm quarks in infinite and finite quark-gluon plasma matter

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Cao, S; Bass, SA
Published in: Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics
December 2, 2011

We study the thermalization process of charm quarks in hot and dense matter. The diffusion of heavy quarks is calculated via a Langevin equation, both for a static medium as well as for a quark-gluon plasma (QGP) medium generated by a (3+1)-dimensional hydrodynamic model. We define two criteria for the thermalization of the heavy quarks and observe thermalization times that are longer than the lifetime of the QGP phase for reasonable values of the diffusion constant. © 2011 American Physical Society.

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Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics

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1089-490X

ISSN

0556-2813

Publication Date

December 2, 2011

Volume

84

Issue

6

Related Subject Headings

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

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Cao, S., & Bass, S. A. (2011). Thermalization of charm quarks in infinite and finite quark-gluon plasma matter. Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics, 84(6). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.84.064902
Cao, S., and S. A. Bass. “Thermalization of charm quarks in infinite and finite quark-gluon plasma matter.” Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics 84, no. 6 (December 2, 2011). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.84.064902.
Cao S, Bass SA. Thermalization of charm quarks in infinite and finite quark-gluon plasma matter. Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics. 2011 Dec 2;84(6).
Cao, S., and S. A. Bass. “Thermalization of charm quarks in infinite and finite quark-gluon plasma matter.” Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics, vol. 84, no. 6, Dec. 2011. Scopus, doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.84.064902.
Cao S, Bass SA. Thermalization of charm quarks in infinite and finite quark-gluon plasma matter. Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics. 2011 Dec 2;84(6).

Published In

Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics

DOI

EISSN

1089-490X

ISSN

0556-2813

Publication Date

December 2, 2011

Volume

84

Issue

6

Related Subject Headings

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