Towards a spacetime description of hard parton evolution in the quark gluon plasma

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dc.contributor.advisorHorowitz, Williamen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMeiring, Benjamin Wallaceen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-10T07:40:47Z
dc.date.available2016-06-10T07:40:47Z
dc.date.issued2015en_ZA
dc.description.abstractTypical energy loss calcuations in AdS/CFT simulations use an initial condition of off-shell pairs of quarks placed back-to-back in the QGP, but a precise and theoretically motivated description of configuration does not exist. Quark virtuality can have noticeable effects on the rate of energy loss so a first principles calculation is needed for the early time behaviour of virtual particles soon after production. We use the Schwinger Keldysh formalism to calculate a perturbative expression for the Energy Momentum Tensor of hard partons created before the formation of the Quark Gluon Plasma. We propose this as a foundational model to use as an initial condition in jet energy loss calculations.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMeiring, B. W. (2015). <i>Towards a spacetime description of hard parton evolution in the quark gluon plasma</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Physics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20007en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMeiring, Benjamin Wallace. <i>"Towards a spacetime description of hard parton evolution in the quark gluon plasma."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Physics, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20007en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMeiring, B. 2015. Towards a spacetime description of hard parton evolution in the quark gluon plasma. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Meiring, Benjamin Wallace AB - Typical energy loss calcuations in AdS/CFT simulations use an initial condition of off-shell pairs of quarks placed back-to-back in the QGP, but a precise and theoretically motivated description of configuration does not exist. Quark virtuality can have noticeable effects on the rate of energy loss so a first principles calculation is needed for the early time behaviour of virtual particles soon after production. We use the Schwinger Keldysh formalism to calculate a perturbative expression for the Energy Momentum Tensor of hard partons created before the formation of the Quark Gluon Plasma. We propose this as a foundational model to use as an initial condition in jet energy loss calculations. DA - 2015 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - Towards a spacetime description of hard parton evolution in the quark gluon plasma TI - Towards a spacetime description of hard parton evolution in the quark gluon plasma UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20007 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/20007
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMeiring BW. Towards a spacetime description of hard parton evolution in the quark gluon plasma. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Physics, 2015 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20007en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Physicsen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherTheoretical Physicsen_ZA
dc.titleTowards a spacetime description of hard parton evolution in the quark gluon plasmaen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMScen_ZA
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