TH String Theory Seminar

Cherenkov mesons as in-medium quark energy loss

Name: Cherenkov mesons as in-medium quark energy loss
Start: 2011-02-01T14:00:00+01:00
End: 2011-02-01T15:00:00+01:00
Location: CERN

by Jorge Casalderrey Solana (CERN)

Tuesday 1 Feb 2011, 14:00 → 15:00 Europe/Zurich

TH Theory Conference Room (CERN)

TH Theory Conference Room

CERN

Description

We show that a heavy quark moving sufficiently fast through a quark-gluon plasma may lose energy by Cherenkov-radiating mesons. We demonstrate that this takes place in all strongly coupled, large-Nc plasmas with a gravity dual. The energy loss is exactly calculable in these models despite being an O(1/Nc)-effect. We discuss phenomenological implications for heavy-ion collision experiments.