Proof of factorization of fragmentation function in non-equilibrium QCD

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2009.12.009MaRDI QIDQ2379288zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Gouranga C. Nayak

Publication date 19 March 2010

Published in Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0905.3931

zbMATH Keywords

background field method of QCDfactorization theoremfragmentation functionnon-equilibrium QCD

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Strong interaction, including quantum chromodynamics (81V05) Nuclear physics (81V35)

Abstract: In this paper we prove factorization of fragmentation function in non-equilibrium QCD by using Schwinger-Keldysh closed-time path integral formalism. We use the background field method of QCD in a pure gauge in path integral approach to prove factorization of fragmentation function in non-equilibrium QCD. Our proof is valid in any arbitrary gauge fixing parameter $alpha$. This may be relevant to study hadron production from quark-gluon plasma at high energy heavy-ion colliders at RHIC and LHC.

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