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Charm elliptic flow at RHIC
Charm elliptic flow in heavy ion collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion
Collider (RHIC) is studied in a multiphase transport model. Assuming that the
cross section for charm quark scattering with other light quarks is the same as
that between light quarks, we find that both charm and light quark elliptic
flows are sensitive to the value of the cross section. Compared to that of
light quarks, the elliptic flow of charm quarks is smaller at low transverse
momentum but approaches comparable values at high transverse momentum. Similar
features are seen in the elliptic flow of charmed mesons as well as that of the
electrons from their semileptonic decays when the charmed mesons are produced
from quark coalescence during hadronization of the partonic matter. To describe
the large electron elliptic flow observed in available experimental data
requires a charm quark scattering cross section that is much larger than that
given by the perturbative QCD
Hadronization via Coalescence
We review the quark coalescence model for hadronization in relativistic heavy
ion collisions and show how it can explain the observed large baryon to meson
ratio at intermediate transverse momentum and scaling of the elliptic flows of
identified hadrons. We also show its predictions on higher-order anisotropic
flows and discuss how quark coalescence applied to open- and hidden-charm
mesons can give insight to charm quark interactions in the quark-gluon plasma
and production in heavy ion collisions.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures, Proceedings of 20th Winter Workshop on Nuclear
Dynamics, Trelawny Beach, Jamaica, March 15--20, 200
Parker-Jeans Instability of Gaseous Disks Including the Effect of Cosmic Rays
We use linear analysis to examine the effect of cosmic rays (CRs) on the
Parker-Jeans instability of magnetized self-gravitating gaseous disks. We adopt
a slab equilibrium model in which the gravity (including self-gravity) is
perpendicular to the mid-plane, the magnetic field lies along the slab. CR is
described as a fluid and only along magnetic field lines diffusion is
considered. The linearised equations are solved numerically. The system is
susceptible to Parker-Jeans instability. In general the system is less unstable
when the CR diffusion coefficient is smaller (i.e., the coupling between the
CRs and plasma is stronger). The system is also less unstable if CR pressure is
larger. This is a reminiscence of the fact that Jeans instability and Parker
instability are less unstable when the gas pressure is larger (or temperature
is higher). Moreover, for large CR diffusion coefficient (or small CR
pressure), perturbations parallel to the magnetic field are more unstable than
those perpendicular to it. The other governing factor on the growth rate of the
perturbations in different directions is the thickness of the disk or the
strength of the external pressure on the disk. In fact, this is the determining
factor in some parameter regimes.Comment: 19pages, 14figures submitted to Ap
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