Holographic light quark jet quenching at RHIC and LHC via the shooting strings
arXiv:1404.0935 · doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2014.07.019
Abstract
A new shooting string holographic model of jet quenching of light quarks in strongly coupled plasmas is presented to overcome the phenomenological incompatibilities of previous falling string holographic scenarios that emerged when confronted with the recent LHC data. This model is based on strings with finite momentum endpoints that start close to the horizon and lose energy as they approach the boundary. This framework is applied to compute the nuclear modification factor RAA of light hadrons at RHIC and LHC, showing that this model improves greatly the comparison with the recent light hadron suppression data. The effects of the Gauss-Bonnet quadratic curvature corrections to the AdS5 geometry further improve the agreement with the data.
4 pages, 1 figure. Proceedings of the Hard Probes 2013 Conference
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