46 research outputs found
Non-Gaussian eccentricity fluctuations
We study the fluctuations of the anisotropy of the energy density profile
created in a high-energy collision at the LHC. We show that the anisotropy in
harmonic has generic non-Gaussian fluctuations. We argue that these
non-Gaussianities have a universal character for small systems such as p+Pb
collisions, but not for large systems such as Pb+Pb collisions where they
depend on the underlying non-Gaussian statistics of the initial density
profile. We generalize expressions for the eccentricity cumulants
and previously obtained within the
independent-source model to a general fluctuating initial density profile.Comment: 14 pages. Minor revisio
Continuous description of fluctuating eccentricities
We consider the initial energy density in the transverse plane of a high
energy nucleus-nucleus collision as a random field \rho(\x), whose
probability distribution , the only ingredient of the present
description, encodes all possible sources of fluctuations. We argue that it is
a local Gaussian, with a short-range 2-point function, and that the
fluctuations relevant for the calculation of the eccentricities that drive the
anisotropic flow have small relative amplitudes. In fact, this 2-point
function, together with the average density, contains all the information
needed to calculate the eccentricities and their variances, and we derive
general model independent expressions for these quantities. The short
wavelength fluctuations are shown to play no role in these calculations, except
for a renormalization of the short range part of the 2-point function. As an
illustration, we compare to a commonly used model of independent sources, and
recover the known results of this model
Correlations in the Monte Carlo Glauber model
Event-by-event fluctuations of observables are often modeled using the Monte
Carlo Glauber model, in which the energy is initially deposited in sources
associated with wounded nucleons. In this paper, we analyze in detail the
correlations between these sources in proton-nucleus and nucleus-nucleus
collisions. There are correlations arising from nucleon-nucleon correlations
within each nucleus, and correlations due to the collision mechanism, which we
dub twin correlations. We investigate this new phenomenon in detail. At the
RHIC and LHC energies, correlations are found to have modest effects on size
and eccentricity fluctuations, such that the Glauber model produces to a good
approximation a collection of independent sources.Comment: minor improvements, 14 pages, 9 figure
J/Psi suppression in central Pb-Pb collisions
We discuss the recent NA50 J/Psi production data in Pb--Pb collisions, in
particular the second drop at high transverse energies which correspond to the
most central collisions. Using a model which relates the J/Psi suppression to
the local energy density, we show that the data can be explained by taking into
account transverse energy fluctuations at a given impact parameter. Predictions
of this model for RHIC are briefly discussed.Comment: to appear in the Proceedings of Quark Matter'200
Transverse energy fluctuations and the pattern of J/Psi suppression in Pb-Pb collisions
The NA50 collaboration has recently observed that the J/psi production rate
in Pb-Pb collisions decreases more rapidly as a function of the transverse
energy for the most central collisions than for less central ones. We show that
this phenomenon can be understood as an effect of transverse energy
fluctuations in central collisions. A good fit of the data is obtained using a
model which relates J/psi suppression to the local energy density. Our results
suggest that the J/psi is completely suppressed at the highest densities
achieved in Pb-Pb collisions.Comment: v2, 4 pages, LaTeX, 3 eps figures include
Elliptic flow and incomplete equilibration at RHIC
We argue that RHIC data, in particular those on the anisotropic flow
coefficients v_2 and v_4, suggest that the matter produced in the early stages
of nucleus-nucleus collisions is incompletely thermalized. We interpret the
parameter (1/S)(dN/dy), where S is the transverse area of the collision zone
and dN/dy the multiplicity density, as an indicator of the number of collisions
per particle at the time when elliptic flow is established, and hence as a
measure of the degree of equilibration. This number serves as a control
parameter which can be varied experimentally by changing the system size, the
centrality of the collision, or the beam energy. We provide predictions for
Cu-Cu collisions at RHIC as well as for Pb-Pb collisions at the LHC.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures, minor correction
Detecting a First-Order Transition in the QCD Phase Diagram with Baryon-Baryon Correlations
We suggest baryon-baryon correlations as an experimentally accessible
signature for a first-order phase transition between a baryon-rich phase, like
quarkyonic, and a baryon-suppressed hadronic phase in the QCD phase diagram. We
examine the consequences of baryon-rich bubble formation in an expanding medium
and show how the two-particle correlations vary in the transverse and
longitudinal direction depending on the strength of the radial flow, the bubble
temperature, and the time when the baryons are emitted.Comment: Revised published version, 6 pages in PL
Signals of the quark-gluon plasma in nucleus-nucleus collisions
This talk is a brief overview of the present status of our understanding of
nucleus-nucleus collisions at high energy and the search for signals of the
quark-gluon plasma.Comment: flatex qm99.tex, 2 files XIV International Conference on
`Ultra-Relativistic Nucleon-Nucleon Collisions' Torino, Italie 1999-05-10
1999-05-15 May 10-15, 1999 [SPhT-T99/103
Collective fermionic excitations in systems with a large chemical potential
We study fermionic excitations in a cold ultrarelativistic plasma. We
construct explicitly the quantum states associated with the two branches which
develop in the excitation spectrum as the chemical potential is raised. The
collective nature of the long wavelength excitations is clearly exhibited.
Email contact: [email protected]: Saclay-T93/018 Email: [email protected]
Particle dependence of elliptic flow in Au+Au collisions at 200 GeV
The elliptic flow parameter () for and
has been measured at mid-rapidity in Au + Au collisions at
GeV by the STAR collaboration. The values for both
and saturate at moderate , deviating
from the hydrodynamic behavior observed in the lower region. The
saturated values and the scales where the deviation begins are
particle dependent. The particle-type dependence of shows features
expected from the hadronization of a partonic ellipsoid by coalescence of
co-moving quarks. These results will be discussed in relation to the nuclear
modification factor () which has also been measured for and
by the STAR collaboration.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures, Strange Quark Matter 2003 Conference (SQM 2003):
updated with 2 figures from original talk that did not appear in the journa