The thermal nature of high pT photons in high energy nuclear collisions
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The thermal nature of high p T photons in high energy nuclear collisions
We discuss the recent status of some penetrating electromagnetic probes of relativistic nuclear collisions, and the information contained in their measurement. We concentrate in turn on sources that produce high pT photons: those of purely thermal origin, those producing direct photons, those related to jet fragmentation, and those associated with the interaction of jets with the colored plasma...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nuclear Physics A
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0375-9474
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2006.11.137