67 research outputs found
Jet modification in three dimensional fluid dynamics at next-to-leading twist
The modification of the single inclusive spectrum of high transverse momentum
() pions emanating from an ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collision is
investigated. The deconfined sector is modelled using a full three dimensional
(3-D) ideal fluid dynamics simulation. Energy loss of high partons and
the ensuing modification of their fragmentation is calculated within
perturbative QCD at next-to-leading twist, where the magnitude of the higher
twist contribution is modulated by the entropy density extracted from the 3-D
fluid dynamics simulation. The nuclear modification factor () for pions
with a GeV as a function of centrality as well as with respect to
the reaction plane is calculated. The magnitude of contributions to the
differential within small angular ranges, from various depths in the
dense matter is extracted from the calculation and demonstrate the correlation
of the length integrated density and the from a given depth. The
significance of the mixed and hadronic phase to the overall magnitude of energy
loss are explored.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures, Revte
Possible Resolutions of the D-Paradox
We propose possible ways of explaining the net charge event-by-event
fluctuations in Au+Au collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider within
a quark recombination model. We discuss various methods of estimating the
number of quarks at recombination and their implications for the predicted net
charge fluctuations. We also discuss the possibility of diquark and
quark-antiquark clustering above the deconfinement temperature.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figure
Transverse Velocity Dependence of the Proton-Antiproton Ratio as a Signature of the QCD Critical Endpoint
The presence of a critical point in the QCD phase diagram can deform the
trajectories describing the evolution of the expanding fireball in the
phase diagram. If the average emission time of hadrons is a function
of transverse velocity, as microscopic simulations of the hadronic freeze-out
dynamics suggest, the deformation of the hydrodynamic trajectories will change
the transverse velocity () dependence of the proton-antiproton
ratio when the fireball passes in the vicinity of the critical point. An
unusual -dependence of the ratio in a narrow beam
energy window would thus signal the presence of the critical point.Comment: Final version accepted for publicatio
Elliptic flow of resonances at RHIC: probing final state interactions and the structure of resonances
We propose the measurement of the elliptic flow of hadron resonances at the
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider as a tool to probe the amount of hadronic final
state interactions for resonances at intermediate and large transverse momenta.
This can be achieved by looking at systematic deviations of the measured flow
coefficient from the scaling law given by the quark recombination
formalism. Our method can be generalized to explore the structure of exotic
particles, such as the recently found pentaquark .Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures; v2: accepted version for publication in Physical
Review C rapid communication
Hadronization in heavy ion collisions: Recombination and fragmentation of partons
We argue that the emission of hadrons with transverse momentum up to about 5
GeV/c in central relativistic heavy ion collisions is dominated by
recombination, rather than fragmentation of partons. This mechanism provides a
natural explanation for the observed constant baryon-to-meson ratio of about
one and the apparent lack of a nuclear suppression of the baryon yield in this
momentum range. Fragmentation becomes dominant at higher transverse momentum,
but the transition point is delayed by the energy loss of fast partons in dense
matter.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures; v2: reference [8] added; v3: Eq.(2) corrected,
two references added, version to appear in PR
Angular hadron correlations probing the early medium evolution
Hard processes are a well calibrated probe to study heavy-ion collisions.
However, the information to be gained from the nuclear suppression factor R_AA
is limited, hene one has to study more differential observables to do medium
tomography. The angular correlations of hadrons associated with a hard trigger
appear suitable as they show a rich pattern when going from low p_T to high
p_T. Of prime interest is the fate of away side partons with an in-medium
pathlength O(several fm). At high p_T the correlations become dominated by the
punchtrough of the away side parton with subsequent fragmentation. We discuss
what information about the medium density can be gained from the data.Comment: Talk given at the 19th International Conference on Ultrarelativistic
Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions: Quark Matter 2006 (QM 2006), Shanghai, China,
14-20 Nov 200
Systematic Comparison of Jet Energy-Loss Schemes in a 3D hydrodynamic medium
We utilize a 3D hydrodynamic model to provide the medium evolution for a
systematic comparison of jet energy-loss calculations in the BDMPS/ASW, HT and
AMY approaches. We find that the parameters of all three calculations can be
adjusted to provide a good description of inclusive data on versus
transverse momentum. However, we do observe slight differences in their
predictions for the azimuthal angular dependence of vs. . We also
note that the value of the transport coefficient needed in the three
approaches to describe the data differs significantly.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, proceedings of Quark Matter 200
Charge diffusion constant in hot and dense hadronic matter - A Hadro-molecular-dynamic calculation
We evaluate charge diffusion constant of dense and hot hadronic matter based
on the molecular dynamical method by using a hadronic collision generator which
describes nuclear collisions at energies 10 < E < 100 GeV/A and satisfies
detailed balance at low temperatures (T < 200 MeV). For the hot and dense
hadronic matter of the temperature range, 100 < T < 200 MeV and baryon number
density, 0.16 < nB < 0.32 fm^-3, charge diffusion constant D gradually
increases from 0.5 fm c to 2 fm c with temperature and is almost independent of
baryon number density. Based on the obtained diffusion constant we make simple
discussions on the diffusion of charge fluctuation in ultrarelativistic nuclear
collisions.Comment: 13 pages, 4 figure
Hard and soft probe - medium interactions in a 3D hydro+micro approach at RHIC
We utilize a 3D hybrid hydro+micro model for a comprehensive and consistent
description of soft and hard particle production in ultra-relativistic
heavy-ion collisions at RHIC. In the soft sector we focus on the dynamics of
(multi-)strange baryons, where a clear strangeness dependence of their
collision rates and freeze-out is observed. In the hard sector we study the
radiative energy loss of hard partons in a soft medium in the multiple soft
scattering approximation. While the nuclear suppression factor does
not reflect the high quality of the medium description (except in a reduced
systematic uncertainty in extracting the quenching power of the medium), the
hydrodynamical model also allows to study different centralities and in
particular the angular variation of with respect to the reaction
plane, allowing for a controlled variation of the in-medium path-length.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures, Quark Matter 2006 proceedings, to appear in
Journal of Physics
A Calculation of Baryon Diffusion Constant in Hot and Dense Hadronic Matter Based on an Event Generator URASiMA
We evaluate thermodynamical quantities and transport coefficients of a dense
and hot hadronic matter based on an event generator URASiMA (Ultra-Relativistic
AA collision Simulator based on Multiple Scattering Algorithm). The statistical
ensembles in equilibrium with fixed temperature and chemical potential are
generated by imposing periodic boundary condition to the simulation of URASiMA,
where energy density and baryon number density is conserved. Achievement of the
thermal equilibrium and the chemical equilibrium are confirmed by the common
value of slope parameter in the energy distributions and the saturation of the
numbers of contained particles, respectively. By using the generated ensembles,
we investigate the temperature dependence and the chemical potential dependence
of the baryon diffusion constant of a dense and hot hadronic matter.Comment: 15 pages, 5 figures, LaTeX2
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