title: Partonic energy loss and the Drell-Yan process.
abstract: We examine the current status of the extraction of the rate of partonic energy loss in nuclei from A-dependent data. The advantages and difficulties of using the Drell-Yan process to measure the energy loss of a parton traversing a cold nuclear medium are discussed. The prospects of using relatively low energy proton beams for a definitive measurement of partonic energy loss are presented.
authors.affiliation: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Garvey
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Peng