Quarkonium in a QCD medium with momentum-dependent relaxation time

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Abstract
In this paper, we explore the properties of quarkonia in a hot QCD medium using a newly proposed collision kernel that consistently incorporates the particle’s momentum dependence into the relaxation timescale of the medium. The longitudinal component of the gluon self-energy, along with the Debye screening mass, is computed within the one-loop hard thermal loop framework by incorporating nonequilibrium corrections. A modified kinetic theory with an extended relaxation time approximation is employed to model the nonequilibrium dynamics of the QCD medium. The sensitivity of the heavy quarkonia potential to the momentum dependence of the relaxation time is studied. Further, we studied the binding energy and thermal width of quarkonia states within this new kinetic theory. Sizable variations in the temperature behavior of these quantities are observed in comparison with the standard relaxation time approximation method due to the particle momentum dependence on the relaxation timescale of the QCD medium. Our findings highlight that accounting for the microscopic nature of the collision timescale is crucial for understanding the quarkonium behavior in a QCD medium.
Funding Information
  • National Science Foundation (PHY-2209470, PHY-2514933)
  • Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India
  • Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India (DST/INSPIRE/04/2024/001794)
  • Foundation for Rural Service (MISC 0240)
  • Indian Institute of Technology Madras

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