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| author | Djordjevic, Magdalena Ilic, Bojana Djordjevic, Marko |
| author_facet | Djordjevic, Magdalena Ilic, Bojana Djordjevic, Marko |
| contents | We derive a compact HTL-resummed expression for the leading-order jet collisional energy loss in a finite-size, finite-temperature QCD medium. Defining the jet energy inside a cone of radius $R$, we obtain the out-of-cone elastic energy loss with an explicit separation between contributions from the primary jet parton and recoiling medium partons. The result reproduces the known partonic limit as $R\!\to\!0$, vanishes for $R\!\to\!π$, and applies to both light- and heavy-flavor jets. Numerically, the elastic component shows a pronounced non-linear $R$ dependence relative to the radiative baseline, and its importance increases with $R$, becoming comparable to or exceeding the radiative contribution for sufficiently large jet radii. The path-length dependence remains close to linear for all $R$, while the medium-response contribution can exceed $10\%$ for realistic jet radii. |
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| spellingShingle | Cone-Dependent Jet Collisional Energy Loss in Finite QCD Medium Djordjevic, Magdalena Ilic, Bojana Djordjevic, Marko Nuclear Theory High Energy Physics - Phenomenology We derive a compact HTL-resummed expression for the leading-order jet collisional energy loss in a finite-size, finite-temperature QCD medium. Defining the jet energy inside a cone of radius $R$, we obtain the out-of-cone elastic energy loss with an explicit separation between contributions from the primary jet parton and recoiling medium partons. The result reproduces the known partonic limit as $R\!\to\!0$, vanishes for $R\!\to\!π$, and applies to both light- and heavy-flavor jets. Numerically, the elastic component shows a pronounced non-linear $R$ dependence relative to the radiative baseline, and its importance increases with $R$, becoming comparable to or exceeding the radiative contribution for sufficiently large jet radii. The path-length dependence remains close to linear for all $R$, while the medium-response contribution can exceed $10\%$ for realistic jet radii. |
| title | Cone-Dependent Jet Collisional Energy Loss in Finite QCD Medium |
| topic | Nuclear Theory High Energy Physics - Phenomenology |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.21655 |