Equilibrium distribution of heavy quarks in Fokker-Planck dynamics

被引:141
作者
Walton, DB [1 ]
Rafelski, J
机构
[1] Univ Arizona, Program Appl Math, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
[2] Univ Arizona, Dept Phys, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.31
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We obtain an explicit generalization, within Fokker-Planck dynamics, of Einstein's relation between drag, diffusion, and the equilibrium distribution for a spatially homogeneous system, considering both the transverse and longitudinal diffusion for dimension n > 1. We provide a complete characterization of the equilibrium distribution in terms of the drag and diffusion transport coefficients. We apply this analysis to charm quark dynamics in a thermal quark-gluon plasma for the case of collisional equilibration.
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