Light-Cone QCD Plasma
arXiv:1106.5486 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.86.034005
Abstract
We deduce the maximum-entropy state of partons created in proton-proton and nucleus-nucleus collisions. This state is characterized by a distribution function n(x,pT) depending on the light-cone fraction x and the transverse momentum pT of forward or backward particles, respectively. The mean transverse momentum <pT> determines the single parameter of the maximum entropy distribution which is constrained by the sum of all light-cone momentum fractions being unity. The total multiplicity is related to the transverse area of the colliding Lorentz-contracted hadrons. Assuming parton-hadron duality we can compare the model to data from RHIC and LHC.
8 pages, 7 figures, as published in Phys. Rev. D
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