The energy evolution of average multiplicities of quark and gluon jets is studied in perturbative QCD. Higher order (3NLO) terms in the perturbative expansion of equations for the generating functions are found. First and second derivatives of average multiplicities are calculated. The mean multiplicity of gluon jets is larger than that of quark jets and evolves more rapidly with energy. It is shown which quantities are most sensitive to higher order perturbative and nonperturbative corrections. We define the energy regions where the corrections to different quantities are important. The latest experimental data are discussed.
Recent developments and results on the comparison of gluon to quark jets are discussed. A most important topic is the introduction of explicit energy scales of the jets. The scaling violation of the fragmentation function and the increase of the multiplicity with scale is shown to be directly proportional to the corresponding gluon or quark colour factor. The ratio of the hadron multiplicity in gluon to quark jets is understood to be smaller than the colour factor ratio due to differences in the fragmentation of the leading quark or gluon. Novel algorithms to reconstruct the colour portraits or the colour flow of an event are presented.
This is a summary of the latest results of the DELPHI Collaboration on the properties of identified quark and gluon jets. It covers the measurement of the fragmentation functions of gluons and quarks and their scaling violation behaviour as well as an analysis of the scale dependence of the multiplicities in gluon and quark jets. Further, a precision measurement of CA/CF from the multiplicities in symmetric three jet events is discussed.
We measure the subjet multiplicity M in jets reconstructed with a successive combination type of jet algorithm (kT). We select jets with 55<pT<100 GeV and |eta|<0.5. We compare similar samples of jets at sqrt(s)=1800 and 630 GeV. The HERWIG Monte Carlo simulation predicts that 59% of the jets are gluon jets at sqrt(s)=1800 GeV, and 33% at sqrt(s)=630 GeV. Using this information, we extract the subjet multiplicity in quark (Mq) and gluon (Mg) jets. We also measure the ratio R= (<Mg> -1)/(<Mq>-1)= 1.84 +- 0.15(stat) +0.22-0.18(sys).
We propose a system of evolution equations that describe in-medium time-evolution of transverse-momentum-dependent quark and gluon fragmentation functions. Furthermore, we solve this system of equations using Monte Carlo methods. We use the obtained solutions to construct observables that allow us to see different behaviour of quark and gluon initiated final-state radiation, i.e. the average transverse momentum $langle |k|rangle$ and energy contained in a cone. In particular, the later allows us to conclude that in the gluon-initiated processes there is less energy in a cone, so that the quark jet is more collimated.
We review free energy evolution of QGP (Quark-gluon plasma) under zero-loop, one loop and two loop corrections in the mean field potential. The free energies of QGP under the comparison of zero-loop and loop corrections of the interacting potential among the quarks, anti-quarks and gluons are shown. We observe that the formation of stable QGP droplet is dependent on the loop corrections with the different parametrization values of fluid. With the increase in the parametrization value, stability of droplet formation increases with smaller size of droplet. This indicates that the formation of QGP droplet can be signified more importantly by the parametrization value like the Reynold number in fluid dynamics. It means that there may be different phenomenological parameter to define the stable QGP droplet when QGP fluid is studied under loop corrections.