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Measurement of high p_T isolated prompt photons in lead-lead collisions at sqrt(s_NN)=2.76 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
Prompt photons are a powerful tool to study heavy ion collisions. Their
production rates provide access to the initial state parton distribution
functions and also provide a means to calibrate the expected energy of jets
that are produced in the medium. The ATLAS detector measures photons with its
hermetic, longitudinally segmented calorimeter, which gives excellent spatial
and energy resolutions, and detailed information about the shower shape of each
measured photon. This provides significant rejection against the expected
background from the decays of neutral pions in jets. Rejection against jet
fragmentation products is further enhanced by requiring candidate photons to be
isolated. First results on the spectra of isolated prompt photons from a
dataset with an integrated luminosity of approximately 0.13 nb^-1 of lead-lead
collisions at sqrt(s_NN)=2.76 TeV are shown as a function of transverse
momentum and centrality. The measured spectra are compared to expectations from
perturbative QCD calculations.Comment: Proceedings for Hard Probes 2012, May 27 - June 1, 2012, Cagliari,
Sardinia, Ital
Thoughts on Heavy Quark Production
Various aspects of heavy flavor production in heavy ion collisions in the
context of elementary collisions are reviewed. The interplay between theory in
experiment in \epem and \pbarp data is been found to be non-trivial, even
with new NLO calculations. Quarkonium suppression in p+A and A+A show puzzling
features, apparently connected to features of inclusive particle production.
Open charm is found to scale as expected for a hard process, but strangeness is
also found to share these features. These features contribute to heavy flavor
as a interesting probe of strong interactions.Comment: 16 Pages, 17 figures, invited talk at Hot Quarks 2004, Taos, New
Mexico, July 18-24, 200
Global Observables at RHIC
The first three measurements from the RHIC program were results on global
observables: charged particle multiplicity (N_ch), transverse energy (E_T) and
elliptic flow (v_2). They offer a look at the large-scale features of particle
production in high-energy nuclear collisions, with particular insight into
entropy production and collective behavior. Results from all of the RHIC
experiments are discussed in light of data from lower energy nuclear collisions
as well as from high-energy hadronic collisions to test our current
understanding of the collision dynamics.Comment: 9 Pages, 12 Figures, for QM2001, Stony Broo
Systematics of Charged Particle Production in Heavy-Ion Collisions with the PHOBOS Detector at RHIC
The multiplicity of charged particles produced in Au+Au collisions as a
function of energy, centrality, rapidity and azimuthal angle has been measured
with the PHOBOS detector at RHIC. These results contribute to our understanding
of the initial state of heavy ion collisions and provide a means to compare
basic features of particle production in nuclear collisions with more
elementary systems.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures (in eps) talk given at XXXI International
Symposium on Multiparticle Dynamics, Sep. 1-7, 2001, Datong China URL
http://ismd31.ccnu.edu.cn
Bidirectional transport and pulsing states in a multi-lane ASEP model
In this paper, we introduce an ASEP-like transport model for bidirectional
motion of particles on a multi-lane lattice. The model is motivated by {\em in
vivo} experiments on organelle motility along a microtubule (MT), consisting of
thirteen protofilaments, where particles are propelled by molecular motors
(dynein and kinesin). In the model, organelles (particles) can switch
directions of motion due to "tug-of-war" events between counteracting motors.
Collisions of particles on the same lane can be cleared by switching to
adjacent protofilaments (lane changes).
We analyze transport properties of the model with no-flux boundary conditions
at one end of a MT ("plus-end" or tip). We show that the ability of lane
changes can affect the transport efficiency and the particle-direction change
rate obtained from experiments is close to optimal in order to achieve
efficient motor and organelle transport in a living cell. In particular, we
find a nonlinear scaling of the mean {\em tip size} (the number of particles
accumulated at the tip) with injection rate and an associated phase transition
leading to {\em pulsing states} characterized by periodic filling and emptying
of the system.Comment: 11 figure
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