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Photon Emission from Quark-Gluon Plasma: Complete Leading Order Results

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arxiv hep-ph/0111107 v1 pith:JQRJL4S7 submitted 2001-11-09 hep-ph nucl-ex

Photon Emission from Quark-Gluon Plasma: Complete Leading Order Results

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We compute the photon emission rate of an equilibrated, hot QCD plasma at zero chemical potential, to leading order in both alpha_{EM} and the QCD coupling g_s(T). This requires inclusion of near-collinear bremsstrahlung and inelastic pair annihilation contributions, and correct incorporation of Landau-Pomeranchuk-Migdal suppression effects for these processes. Analogous results for a QED plasma are also included.

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