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arxiv: 1612.06781 · v1 · pith:XX36M2SSnew · submitted 2016-12-20 · ⚛️ nucl-th · hep-ph· nucl-ex

Extracting hat{q} from single inclusive data at RHIC and at the LHC for different centralities: a new puzzle?

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keywords factorrhiccentralitiescoefficientcollisiondatadifferentepsilon
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We present here an extraction of the jet transport coefficient, $\hat{q}$, using RHIC and LHC single-inclusive high-$p_T$ data for different centralities. We fit a $K$-factor that determines the deviation of this coefficient from an ideal estimate, $K \equiv \hat{q}/(2\epsilon^{3/4})$, where $\epsilon$ is given by hydrodynamic simulations. As obtained already in previous studies, this $K$-factor is found to be larger at RHIC than at the LHC. However it is, unexpectedly, basically no-dependent on the centrality of the collision. Taken at face value this result, the $K$-factor would not depend on local properties of the QGP as temperature, but on global collision variables such as the center of mass energy.

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