15 research outputs found
MCSTHAR++, a Monte Carlo code for the microcanonical hadronization
MCSTHAR++ is a new Monte Carlo code implementing the Statistical
Hadronization Model. This model assumes that hadronization proceeds through the
microcanonical decay of massive extended clusters. Unlike other hadronization
models, in this approach very few free parameters are needed, as has been
demonstrated in previous studies. The tuning of the model and the comparison
with the data is ongoing.Comment: 3 pages; To appear in the proceedings of the conference IFAE 2010,
Roma, Italy, 7-9 April 201
A Monte-Carlo generator for statistical hadronization in high energy e+e- collisions
We present a Monte-Carlo implementation of the Statistical Hadronization
Model in e+e- collisions. The physical scheme is based on the statistical
hadronization of massive clusters produced by the event generator Herwig within
the microcanonical ensemble. We present a preliminary comparison of several
observables with measurements in e+e- collisions at the Z peak. Although a fine
tuning of the model parameters is not carried out, a general good agreement
between its predictions and data is found.Comment: 19 pages, 28 figures, 6 tables. v2: added sections on comparison
between the Statistical Hadronization Model and the Cluster Model and on the
interplay between Herwig cluster splitting algorithm and Statistical
Hadronization Model predictions. Fixed typos and references added. Version
accepted for publication in EPJ
The ideal relativistic spinning gas: polarization and spectra
We study the physics of the ideal relativistic rotating gas at
thermodynamical equilibrium and provide analytical expressions of the momentum
spectra and polarization vector for the case of massive particles with spin 1/2
and 1. We show that the finite angular momentum J entails an anisotropy in
momentum spectra, with particles emitted orthogonally to J having, on average,
a larger momentum than along its direction. Unlike in the non-relativistic
case, the proper polarization vector turns out not to be aligned with the total
angular momentum with a non-trivial momentum dependence.Comment: Final published version. Minor corrections to formula
The effects of angular momentum conservation in relativistic heavy ion collisions
The effects of angular momentum conservation in peripheral heavy ion collisions at very high energy are investigated. If a sufficiently large fraction of the initial angular momentum of the interaction region is converted into intrinsic angular momentum, the azimuthal anisotropy (elliptic flow) gets enhanced and the transverse momentum spectra turn out to be further broadened. A distinctive signature of the existence of spinning subregions in the plasma is the generation of a net polarization of the emitted hadrons with peculiar kinematical features. These phenomena might be possibly observed at LHC, where the initial angular momentum of the colliding ions will be about a factor 30 larger than at RHIC
Thermal Dileptons at LHC
We predict dilepton invariant-mass spectra for central 5.5 ATeV Pb-Pb
collisions at LHC. Hadronic emission in the low-mass region is calculated using
in-medium spectral functions of light vector mesons within hadronic many-body
theory. In the intermediate-mass region thermal radiation from the Quark-Gluon
Plasma, evaluated perturbatively with hard-thermal loop corrections, takes
over. An important source over the entire mass range are decays of correlated
open-charm hadrons, rendering the nuclear modification of charm and bottom
spectra a critical ingredient.Comment: 2 pages, 2 figures, contributed to Workshop on Heavy Ion Collisions
at the LHC: Last Call for Predictions, Geneva, Switzerland, 14 May - 8 Jun
2007 v2: acknowledgment include
Measurement of D*±, D± and Ds± meson production cross sections in pp collisions at âs=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
The production of Dâ±, D± and D±s charmed mesons has been measured with the ATLAS detector in pp collisions at âs= 7 TeV at the LHC, using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 280 nbâ1. The charmed mesons have been reconstructed in the range of transverse momentum 3.5 <pT(D) <100 GeV and pseudorapidity |η(D)| <2.1. The differential cross sections as a function of transverse momentum and pseudorapidity were measured for Dâ± and D± production. The next-to-leading-order QCD predictions are consistent with the data in the visible kinematic region within the large theoretical uncertainties. Using the visible D cross sections and an extrapolation to the full kinematic phase space, the strangeness-suppression factor in charm fragmentation, the fraction of charged non-strange D mesons produced in a vector state, and the total cross section of charm production at âs= 7 TeV were derived
Correlating Strangeness Enhancement and J/psi Suppression in Heavy Ion Collisions at = 17.2 GeV
It is shown that the strangeness enhancement and the J/psi anomalous suppression patterns observed in heavy ion collisions at top SPS energy, sqrt(s)_NN = 17.2 GeV, exhibit an interesting correlation if studied as a function of the transverse size of the interaction region. The onset of both phenomena seems to occur when the size exceeds \approx 4 fm. Strangeness enhancement is defined in terms of the strangeness undersaturation factor gamma_S and J/psi anomalous suppression in terms of the deviation from the absorption expected in a purely hadronic scenario