373 research outputs found
Is there elliptic flow without transverse flow?
Azimuthal anisotropy of final particle distributions was originally
introduced as a signature of transverse collective flow. We show that finite
anisotropy in momentum space can result solely from the shape of the particle
emitting source. However, by comparing the differential anisotropy to recent
data from STAR collaboration we can exclude such a scenario, but instead show
that the data favour strong flow as resulting from a hydrodynamical evolution.Comment: To appear in proceedings of Quark Matter 2001, 4 pages LaTeX, uses
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Effects of Minijets on Hadronic Spectra and Azimuthal Harmonics in Au-Au Collisions at 200 GeV
The production of hadrons in heavy-ion collisions at RHIC in the low
transverse-momentum () region is investigated in the recombination model
with emphasis on the effects of minijets on the azimuthal anisotropy. Since the
study is mainly on the hadronization of partons at late time, the fluid picture
is not used to trace the evolution of the system. The inclusive distributions
at low are determined as the recombination products of thermal partons.
The dependencies of both pion and proton have a common exponential factor
apart from other dissimilar kinematic and resonance factors, because they are
inherited from the same pool of thermal partons. Instead of the usual
description based on hydrodynamics, the azimuthal anisotropy of the produced
hadrons is explained as the consequence of the effects of minijets, either
indirectly through the recombination of enhanced thermal partons in the
vicinity of the trajectories of the semihard partons, or directly through
thermal-shower recombination. Although our investigation is focussed on the
single-particle distribution at midrapidity, we give reasons why a component in
that distribution can be identified with the ridge, which together with the
second harmonic is due to the semihard partons created near the medium
surface that lead to calculable anisotropy in . It is shown that the
higher azimuthal harmonics, , can also be well reproduced without
reference to flow. The and centrality dependencies of the higher
harmonics are prescribed by the interplay between TT and TS recombination
components. The implication of the success of this drastic departure from the
conventional approach is discussed.Comment: 28 pages and 8 figures, more discussions and references adde
Resolving the plasma profile via differential single inclusive suppression
The ability of experimental signatures to resolve the spatio-temporal profile
of an expanding quark gluon plasma is studied. In particular, the single
inclusive suppression of high momentum hadrons versus the centrality of a
heavy-ion collision and with respect to the reaction plane in non-central
collisions is critically examined. Calculations are performed in the higher
twist formalism for the modification of the fragmentation functions. Radically
different nuclear geometries are used. The influence of different initial gluon
distributions as well as different temporal evolution scenarios on the single
inclusive suppression of high momentum pions are outlined. It is demonstrated
that the modification versus the reaction plane is quite sensitive to the
initial spatial density. Such sensitivity remains even in the presence of a
strong elliptic flow.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures, RevTex
Rapid hydrodynamic expansion in relativistic heavy-ion collisions
Hydrodynamic expansion of the hot fireball created in relativistic Au-Au
collisions at 200GeV in 3+1-dimensions is studied. We obtain a simultaneous,
satisfactory description of the transverse momentum spectra, elliptic flow and
pion correlation radii for different collision centralities and different
rapidities. Early initial time of the evolution is required to reproduce the
interferometry data, which provides a strong indication of the early onset of
collectivity. We can also constraint the shape of the initial energy density in
the beam direction, with a relatively high initial energy density at the center
of the fireball.Comment: 10 pages, 13 fig
Relativistic hydrodynamics for heavy-ion collisions
Relativistic hydrodynamics is essential to our current understanding of
nucleus-nucleus collisions at ultrarelativistic energies (current experiments
at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, forthcoming experiments at the CERN
Large Hadron Collider). This is an introduction to relativistic hydrodynamics
for graduate students. It includes a detailed derivation of the equations, and
a description of the hydrodynamical evolution of a heavy-ion collisions. Some
knowledge of thermodynamics and special relativity is assumed.Comment: Lectures given at the Advanced School on Quark-Gluon Plasma, Indian
Institute of Technology, Bombay, 3-13 July, 200
Dynamical freeze-out condition in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions
We determine the decoupling surfaces for the hydrodynamic description of
heavy ion collisions at RHIC and LHC by comparing the local hydrodynamic
expansion rate with the microscopic pion-pion scattering rate. The pion
spectra for nuclear collisions at RHIC and LHC are computed by applying the
Cooper-Frye procedure on the dynamical-decoupling surfaces, and compared with
those obtained from the constant-temperature freeze-out surfaces. Comparison
with RHIC data shows that the system indeed decouples when the expansion rate
becomes comparable with the pion scattering rate. The dynamical decoupling
based on the rates comparison also suggests that the effective decoupling
temperature in central heavy ion collisions remains practically unchanged from
RHIC to LHC.Comment: 7 pages, 9 figure
Baryonic Strangeness and Related Susceptibilities in QCD
The ratios of off-diagonal to diagonal conserved charge susceptibilities
e.g., chi_{BS}/chi_{S}, chi_{QS}/chi_{S}, related to the quark flavor
susceptibilities, have proven to be discerning probes of the flavor carrying
degrees of freedom in hot strongly interacting matter. Various constraining
relations between the different susceptibilities are derived based on the
Gell-Mann-Nishijima formula and the assumption of isospin symmetry. Using
generic models of deconfined matter and results form lattice QCD, it is
demonstrated that the flavor carrying degrees of freedom at a temperature above
1.5T_c are quark-like quasiparticles. A new observable related by isospin
symmetry to C_{BS} = -3chi_{BS}/chi_{S} and equal to it in the baryon free
regime is identified. This new observable, which is blind to neutral and
non-strange particles, carries the potential of being measured in relativistic
heavy-ion collisions.Comment: 12 pages, 5 figures, RevTex
Early dissipation and viscosity
We consider dissipative phenomena due to the relaxation of an initial
anisotropic local pressure in the fireball created in relativistic heavy-ion
collisions, both for the Bjorken boost-invariant case and for the azimuthally
symmetric radial expansion with boost-invariance. The resulting increase of the
entropy can be counterbalanced by a suitable retuning of the initial
temperature. An increase of the transverse collective flow is observed. The
influence of the shear viscosity on the longitudinal expansion is also studied.
Viscosity reduces the cooling rate from the longitudinal work and counteracts
the pressure gradients that accelerate the longitudinal flow.Comment: Presented at Quark Matter 2008, February 4-10, 2008, Jaipur Indi
Emission angle dependent HBT at RHIC and beyond
We study the geometrical features of non-central heavy ion collisions
throughout their dynamical evolution from equilibration to thermal freeze-out
within a hydrodynamic picture. We discuss resulting observables, in particular
the emission angle dependence of the HBT radii and the relation of these
oscillations to the geometry at the final stage.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, proceedings for Quark Matter 200
Elliptic flow in Pb+Pb collisions at sqrt{s_{NN}} = 2.76 TeV: hybrid model assessment of the first data
We analyze the elliptic flow parameter v_2 in Pb+Pb collisions at
sqrt{s_{NN}} = 2.76 TeV and in Au+Au collisions at sqrt{s_{NN}} =200 GeV using
a hybrid model in which the evolution of the quark gluon plasma is described by
ideal hydrodynamics with a state-of-the-art lattice QCD equation of state, and
the subsequent hadronic stage by a hadron cascade model. For initial
conditions, we employ Monte-Carlo versions of the Glauber and the
Kharzeev-Levin-Nardi models and compare results with each other. We demonstrate
that the differential elliptic flow v_2(p_T) hardly changes when the collision
energy increases, whereas the integrated v_2 increases due to the enhancement
of mean transverse momentum. The amount of increase of both v_2 and mean p_T
depends significantly on the model of initialization.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figure
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