Hadron resonance gas and mean-field nuclear matter for baryon number fluctuations

I give an estimate for the skewness and the kurtosis of the baryon number distribution in two representative models; i.e., models of a hadron resonance gas and relativistic mean-field nuclear matter. I emphasize formal similarity between these two descriptions. The hadron resonance gas leads to a deviation from the Skellam distribution if quantum statistical correlation is taken into account at high baryon density, but this effect is not strong enough to explain fluctuation data seen in the beam-energy scan at RHIC/STAR. In the calculation of mean-field nuclear matter the density correlation with the vector $\omega$-field rather than the effective mass with the scalar $\sigma$-field renders the kurtosis suppressed at higher baryon density so as to account for the experimentally observed behavior of the kurtosis. We finally discuss the difference between the baryon number and the proton number fluctuations from correlation effects in isospin space. The numerical results suggest that such effects are only minor even in the case of complete randomization of isospin.Comment: 9 pages; 7 figures; updated to a published version; uncertainty estimates added on the plot

Spectral representation of the particle production out of equilibrium - Schwinger mechanism in pulsed electric fields

We develop a formalism to describe the particle production out of equilibrium in terms of dynamical spectral functions, i.e. Wigner transformed Pauli-Jordan's and Hadamard's functions. We take an explicit example of a spatially homogeneous scalar theory under pulsed electric fields and investigate the time evolution of the spectral functions. In the out-state we find an oscillatory peak in Hadamard's function as a result of the mixing between positive- and negative-energy waves. The strength of this peak is of the linear order of the Bogoliubov mixing coefficient, whereas the peak corresponding to the Schwinger mechanism is of the quadratic order. Between the in- and the out-states we observe a continuous flow of the spectral peaks together with two transient oscillatory peaks. We also discuss the medium effect at finite temperature and density. We emphasise that the entire structure of the spectral functions conveys rich information on real-time dynamics including the particle production.Comment: 15 pages, 5 figure

Evolving Glasma and Kolmogorov Spectrum

We present a pedagogical introduction to the theoretical framework of the Color Glass Condensate (CGC) and the McLerran-Venugopalan (MV) model. We discuss the application of the MV model to describe the early-time dynamics of the relativistic heavy-ion collision. Without longitudinal fluctuations the classical time evolution maintains the boost invariance, while an instability develops once fluctuations that break boost invariance are included. We show that this "Glasma instability" enhances rapidity-dependent variations as long as self-interactions among unstable modes stay weak and the system resides in the linear regime. Eventually the amplitude of unstable modes becomes so large that the growth of instability gets saturated. In this non-linear regime the numerical simulations of the Glasma lead to turbulent energy flow from low-frequency modes to higher-frequency modes, which results in a characteristic power-law spectrum. The power found in numerical simulation of the expanding Glasma system turns out to be consistent with Kolmogorov's -5/3 scaling.Comment: 19pages, 14figures; Lectures given at 51st Cracow School of Theoretical Physics; typos correcte