Recent results on heavy quark quenching in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions: the impact of coherent gluon radiation

TL;DR

This paper introduces a model for heavy quark energy loss in quark-gluon plasma that includes coherence effects, analyzing its impact on radiation spectra and heavy meson production in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions.

Contribution

It presents a novel model that incorporates coherence effects into heavy quark radiative energy loss calculations in quark-gluon plasma.

Findings

Coherence effects significantly modify radiation spectra.

The model impacts predictions of nuclear modification factors.

Results suggest improved understanding of heavy quark quenching.

Abstract

We present a model for radiative energy loss of heavy quarks in quark gluon plasma which incorporates coherence effects. We then study its consequences on the radiation spectra as well as on the nuclear modification factor of open heavy mesons produced in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions.