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Theory vs. data (I): final-state very dense medium

Medium properties according to “jet quenching” models:
- Initial gluon densities:

dNg/dy ~ 1100 [Vitev & Gyulassy]

Opacities:

<n> = L/≈ 3 – 4 [Levai et al.]

Transport coefficients:

<q 0> ~ 3.5 GeV/fm2 [BDMPS, F.Arleo ]

Plasma temperatures:

T ~ 0.4 GeV [G. Moore]

Medium-induced radiative
energy losses:

dE/dx ≈ 0.25 GeV/fm (expanding)

dE/dx|eff ≈ 14 GeV/fm (static source) [X.N.Wang]

Such large opacities imply:

(i) large rescattering: thermalization, (ii) energy densities εcrit QCD >> 1 GeV/fm3