A NLO analysis on azimuthal anisotropy of high p(T) hadron in heavy-ion collisions

作者:Zhang Hanzhong*; Wang Enke
来源:International Journal of Modern Physics E-Nuclear Physics, 2007, 16(10): 3185-3192.
DOI:10.1142/S021830130700918X

摘要

The azimuthal anisotropy of high PT hadron in high energy A + A collisions is studied within the next-to-leading order (NLO) perturbative QCD parton model. The effect of jet quenching is incorporated via a model for modified jet fragmentation functions due to radiative parton energy loss in dense medium. Because NLO contributions behave with stronger quenching effect than LO contributions, the NLO elliptic flow parameter is found to be larger than the LO in the medium PT region.