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“Jet quenching” model vs. data (I)

Dense medium properties from pQCD+ final-state parton energy loss models:
- Initial gluon densities:

dNg/dy ~ 1100 [Vitev & Gyulassy]

Opacities:

<n> = L/≈ 3 – 4 [Levai et al.]

Transport coefficients:

<q 0> ~ 14 GeV/fm2

Medium-induced radiative
energy losses:

dE/dx ≈ 0.25 GeV/fm (expanding)

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

Large opacities imply fast thermalization.

All these values imply energy densities well above ecrit QCD (in thermalized syst.)