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arxiv: 1209.5410 · v1 · pith:3N2SYSCNnew · submitted 2012-09-24 · ⚛️ nucl-th · hep-ph· nucl-ex

Collisional vs. Radiative Energy Loss of Heavy Quark in a Hot and Dense Nuclear Matter

classification ⚛️ nucl-th hep-phnucl-ex
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We study the heavy quark evolution in a quark-gluon plasma medium within the framework of Langevin equation coupled to a (2+1)-dimensional viscous hydrodynamic model. We modify the current Langevin algorithm such that apart from quasi-elastic scattering, medium-induced radiative energy loss is incorporated as well by treating gluon radiation as an extra force term. We find a significant effect of gluon radiation on heavy quark energy loss at LHC energies. Our calculation provides a good description of the D meson suppression measured by ALICE experiment, and makes a prediction for B meson suppression and flow.

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