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Larry McLerran
Other affiliations: Fermilab, Brookhaven College, Bielefeld University ...read more
Bio: Larry McLerran is an academic researcher from University of Washington. The author has contributed to research in topics: Color-glass condensate & Quantum chromodynamics. The author has an hindex of 70, co-authored 278 publications receiving 21977 citations. Previous affiliations of Larry McLerran include Fermilab & Brookhaven College.
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TL;DR: It is argued that the distribution functions for quarks and gluons are computable at small {ital x} for sufficiently large nuclei, perhaps larger than can be physically realized, and that weak coupling methods may be used.
Abstract: We argue that the distribution functions for quarks and gluons are computable at small $x$ for sufficiently large nuclei, perhaps larger than can be physically realized. For such nuclei, we argue that weak coupling methods may be used. We show that the computation of the distribution functions can be recast as a many-body problem with a modified propagator, a coupling constant which depends on the multiplicity of particles per unit rapidity per unit area, and for non-Abelian gauge theories, some extra media-dependent vertices. We explicitly compute the distribution function for gluons to lowest order, and argue how they may be computed in higher order.
1,676 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the chiral magnetic effect is proposed to separate charge in the presence of a background magnetic field, and the effect is observed experimentally in the case of heavy ion collisions.
1,666 citations
TL;DR: It is shown that the gluon distribution function for very large nuclei may be computed for small transverse momentum as correlation functions of an ultraviolet finite two-dimensional Euclidean field theory.
Abstract: We show that the gluon distribution function for very large nuclei may be computed for small transverse momentum as correlation functions of an ultraviolet finite two-dimensional Euclidean field theory. This computation is valid to all orders in the density of partons per unit area, but to lowest order in ${\ensuremath{\alpha}}_{s}$. The gluon distribution function is proportional to $\frac{1}{x}$, and the effect of the finite density of partons is to modify the dependence on the transverse momentum for small transverse momenta.
1,206 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a nonlinear evolution equation was proposed to describe the small-x-quantum hadronic physics in the regime of very high gluon density, which is a functional Fokker-Planck equation in terms of a classical random color source.
1,066 citations
TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that an equilibrated but strongly coupled quark-gluon plasma has been made in such collisions and that its source is a color glass condensate.
971 citations
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TL;DR: Wentzel and Jauch as discussed by the authors described the symmetrization of the energy momentum tensor according to the Belinfante Quantum Theory of Fields (BQF).
Abstract: To say that this is the best book on the quantum theory of fields is no praise, since to my knowledge it is the only book on this subject But it is a very good and most useful book The original was written in German and appeared in 1942 This is a translation with some minor changes A few remarks have been added, concerning meson theory and nuclear forces, also footnotes referring to modern work in this field, and finally an appendix on the symmetrization of the energy momentum tensor according to Belinfante Quantum Theory of Fields Prof Gregor Wentzel Translated from the German by Charlotte Houtermans and J M Jauch Pp ix + 224, (New York and London: Interscience Publishers, Inc, 1949) 36s
2,935 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the most important experimental results from the first three years of nucleus-nucleus collision studies at RHIC were reviewed, with emphasis on results of the STAR experiment.
2,750 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the results of the PHENIX detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) were examined with an emphasis on implications for the formation of a new state of dense matter.
2,572 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the temperature dependence of the screening radius, as obtained from lattice QCD, is compared with the J/ψ radius calculated in charmomium models, and the feasibility to detect this effect clearly in the dilepton mass spectrum is examined.
2,416 citations