Charm Quark Energy Loss In Infinite QCD Matter Using A Parton Cascade Model

Mohammed Younus, Christopher E. Coleman-Smith, Steffen A. Bass, Dinesh K. Srivastava

Published 2013-09-05, updated 2015-01-27Version 3

We utilize the Parton Cascade Model to study the evolution of charm quarks propagating through a thermal brick of QCD matter. We determine the energy loss and the transport coefficient '$\hat{q}$' for charm quarks. The calculations are done at a constant temperature of 350 MeV and the results are compared to analytical calculations of heavy quark energy loss in order to validate the applicability of using a Parton Cascade Model for the study of heavy quarks dynamics in hot and dense QCD matter.