arXiv:hep-ph/0501041·v3·High Energy Physics — Phenomenology
Charm Quark Energy Loss in QCD Matter
W.C. Xiang🇨🇳 · H.T. Ding🇨🇳 · D.C. Zhou🇨🇳 · D. Rohrich🇳🇴
Abstract
The energy loss of heavy quarks in a quark-gluon plasma of finite size is studied within the light-cone integral approach. A simple analytical formulation of the radiative energy loss of heavy quarks is derived. This provides a convenient way to quantitatively estimate the quark energy loss. Our results show that if the energy of a heavy quark is much larger than its mass, the radiative energy loss approaches the radiative energy loss of light quarks.
Comments: 4 pages, 2 figures. Accepted for publication in European Physical Journal A