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K-factors in parton cascades at RHIC and SPS

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Bass, SA; Müller, B
Published in: Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
December 30, 1999

Different treatments for the inclusion of higher-order perturbative QCD corrections in parton based transport models of relativistic heavy-ion collisions are studied and their influence on experimental observables is investigated. At RHIC, particle multiplicities may vary by more than 30%, depending on the correction scheme. A detailed analysis of the squared relative momentum transfers Q2 to be expected in parton (re)scatterings at RHIC casts doubt on the applicability of pQCD based transport approaches at the SPS and rules out the application of higher-order correction schemes based on a rescaling of Q2 in the running coupling constant α(s), at all energies. (C) 1999 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.

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Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

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0370-2693

Publication Date

December 30, 1999

Volume

471

Issue

2-3

Start / End Page

108 / 112

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 51 Physical sciences
  • 49 Mathematical sciences
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
  • 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences
  • 0105 Mathematical Physics
 

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Bass, S. A., & Müller, B. (1999). K-factors in parton cascades at RHIC and SPS. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 471(2–3), 108–112. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(99)01364-7
Bass, S. A., and B. Müller. “K-factors in parton cascades at RHIC and SPS.” Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics 471, no. 2–3 (December 30, 1999): 108–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(99)01364-7.
Bass SA, Müller B. K-factors in parton cascades at RHIC and SPS. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics. 1999 Dec 30;471(2–3):108–12.
Bass, S. A., and B. Müller. “K-factors in parton cascades at RHIC and SPS.” Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, vol. 471, no. 2–3, Dec. 1999, pp. 108–12. Scopus, doi:10.1016/S0370-2693(99)01364-7.
Bass SA, Müller B. K-factors in parton cascades at RHIC and SPS. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics. 1999 Dec 30;471(2–3):108–112.
Journal cover image

Published In

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

DOI

ISSN

0370-2693

Publication Date

December 30, 1999

Volume

471

Issue

2-3

Start / End Page

108 / 112

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 51 Physical sciences
  • 49 Mathematical sciences
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
  • 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences
  • 0105 Mathematical Physics