Orientation dependence of center baryon density in central 0.52 GeV/n U-U collisions

With a relativistic transport model, We performed simulation for deformed UU collision with vast different orientation at CSR energy area corresponding to the high net-baryon density region in QCD phase diagram. By investigating the centrality and initial collision orientation dependence of the baryon density form, we found that those tip-tip like UU collisions with extended high density phase, which is very important for studying the nuclear EoS of high baryon density matter and the possible end-point of the phase boundary, are those events with small orientations (< 20°) in reaction plane and small impact parameter (< 2.4 fm). We have developed a measurable quantity that allows us to select those most interesting events (i.e. tip-tip like) in the experiment.     

Monte-Carlo Simulation and Study of Sideward Flow for 238U238U Collisions at CSR Energy Area

The ART(a Relativistic Transport) Model is applied for studying the UU collisions at a beam kinetic energy about 0.52GeV/nucleon. We discuss the time evolution and the centrality dependence for sideward flow of nucleons and pions at two extreme orientation UU collisions. It is found that the collective (side) flow is developed in the high density region and has a saturation in the expansion phase, so it is a sensitive probe for the reaction dynamics in the high density region. A distinct transition from pion flow to antiflow, which is relative to nucleons flow, occurs at the impact parameters of about 8fm and 2fm in tip-tip and body-body UU collisions, respectively. The pion flow is a result of the competition between the collective flow of baryon resonances and the shadowing of spectators through rescatterings and reabsorptions.     

CSR能区UU碰撞侧向流蒙特卡罗模拟与研究

应用ART模型研究了E_b=520MeV/u的UU碰撞. 探讨了在两种极端方位UU碰撞下, 核子和π在反应平面内的横向流的时间演化以及对碰撞中心度的依赖关系. 研究表明, 流在高密区域发展并且在膨胀相稳定, 因而它是高密区域反应动力学的一个敏感探针. 对头头和体体UU碰撞, 末态π相对于核子的横向流分别在大约b=9fm和b=2fm处存在明显的正向到负向的改变. π的这种行为是重子共振态和旁观者的遮蔽效应(再散射和再吸收)共同作用的结果.     

Surface Emission of Quark Gluon Plasma at RHIC and LHC

Within the framework of a factorization model, we study the behaviour of nuclear modification factor in Au Au collisions at RHIC and Pb-Pb collisions at LHC. We find that the nuclear modification factor is inversely proportional to the radius of the quark-gluon plasma and is dominated by the surface emission of hard jets. We predict the nuclear modification factor R^LHC AA - 0.15 in central Pb-Pb collisions at LHC. The study shows that the factorization model can be used to describe the centrality dependence of nuclear modification factor of the high transverse momentum particles produced in heavy ion collisions at both RHIC and LHC.     

Possible links between the liquid-gas and deconfinement-hadronization phase transitions

It is commonly accepted that strongly interacting matter has several phase transitions in different domains of temperature and baryon density. In this contribution I discuss two most popular phase transitions which, in principle, can be accessed in nuclear collisions. One of them, the liquid-gas phase transition, is well established theoretically and studied experimentally in nuclear multifragmentation reactions at intermediate energies. The other one, the deconfinement-hadronization phase transition, is at the focus of present and future experimental studies with relativistic heavy-ion beams at SPS, RHIC and LHC. Possible links between these two phase transitions are identified from the viewpoint of their manifestation in violent nuclear collisions.     

Molecular dynamics simulation for the baryon-quark phase transition at finite baryon density

We study the baryon-quark phase transition in the molecular dynamics (MD) of the quark degrees of freedom at finite baryon density. The baryon state at low baryon density, and the deconfined quark state at high baryon density are reproduced. We investigate the equations of state of matters with different u-d-s compositions. It is found that the baryon-quark transition is sensitive to the quark width.     

Equilibrium and non-equilibrium effects in nucleus–nucleus collisions

Local thermal and chemical equilibration is studied for central A+A collisions at 10.7–160 AGeV in the Ultrarelativistic Quantum Molecular Dynamics model (UrQMD). The UrQMD model exhibits strong deviations from local equilibrium at the high density hadron–string phase formed during the early stage of the collision. Equilibration of the hadron–resonance matter is established in the central cell of volume V=125 fm³ at later stages, t≥10 fm/c, of the resulting quasi-isentropic expansion. The thermodynamical functions in the cell and their time evolution are presented. Deviations of the UrQMD quasi-equilibrium state from the statistical mechanics equilibrium are found. They increase with energy per baryon and lead to a strong enhancement of the pion number density as compared to statistical mechanics estimates at SPS energies.     

钠原子团簇的碰撞动力学

采用紧密结合的分子动力学模型，对第一个满壳附近（ｎ＝８）钠原子团簇碰撞Ｎａｎ＋Ｎａｎ的动力学性质进行了系统性研究。对有限温度下的多次模拟事件，在各种碰撞参数与不同轰击能量时，双团簇（Ｎａｎ）２的稳定性进行了研究。并发现，当质心系单原子能量为０．０２５ｅＶ时，对中心碰撞，（Ｎａ８）２能够存在３０００ｆｓ，而对周边碰撞，（Ｎａ８）２能够存在１００００ｆｓ；不管对中心碰撞还是对周边碰撞，在较低的轰击能量下，这种暂态双团簇结构具有较长的寿命；在相同的单原子轰击能量和相同的碰撞参数，（Ｎａ８）２和（Ｎａ９）２的动力学寿命没有差别，只是（Ｎａ８）２比（Ｎａ９）２的温度更低。     

Effect of f0(975) and φ(1020) Mesons on Neutron Star Mater

In the RMF approach, considering the contributions of the σ^* and φ mesons and the hyperons in the baryon octet {N,P,Λ,∑^－,∑⁰,∑⁺,Ξ^－,Ξ⁰}, the properties of neutron star matter have been investigated. It is found that with the contributions of the σ^* and φ mesons, the critical baryon density of hyperon appearance decreases, the number of hyperons increases, the transition density ρ_0H of hyperon stars decreases, the equation of state turns soft, the maximum mass of neutron star decreases and the corresponding radius increases, the central density, the central energy density and the central pressure are all reduced.     

Effects of mean-field and softening of equation of state on elliptic flow in Au+Au collisions at (~SNN)~(1/2)=5 GeV from the JAM model

We perform a systematic study of elliptic flow(v_2) in Au+Au collisions at(~SNN)~(1/2) = 5 GeV by using a microscopic transport model, JAM. The centrality, pseudorapidity, transverse momentum and beam energy dependence of v_2 for charged as well as identified hadrons are studied. We investigate the effects of both the hadronic mean-field and the softening of equation of state(EoS) on elliptic flow. The softening of the EoS is realized by imposing attractive orbits in two body scattering, which can reduce the pressure of the system. We found that the softening of the EoS leads to the enhancement of v_2, while the hadronic mean-field suppresses v_2 relative to the cascade mode. It indicates that elliptic flow at high baryon density regions is highly sensitive to the EoS and the enhancement of v_2 may probe the signature of a first-order phase transition in heavy-ion collisions at beam energies of a strong baryon stopping region.     

Baryon deceleration and partonic plasma creation by strong chromofields in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions

Strong chromofields generated at early stages of ultrarelativistic nuclear collisions may explain not only creation of the quark-gluon plasma but also collective deceleration of net baryons. This is demonstrated by solving classical equations of motion for baryonic slabs under the action of a time-dependent chromofield. We have studied sensitivity of the slab trajectories and their final rapidities to the initial strength and decay time of the chromofield, as well as to the back reaction of the produced plasma. By proper choice of the initial chromofield energy density we can reproduce significant baryon stopping, an average rapidity loss of about two units, observed for Au + Au collisions at RHIC. Using a Bjorken-like hydrodynamical model with the particle production source, we also study the evolution of partonic plasma produced as the result of the chromofield decay. Due to the delayed formation and expansion of plasma its maximum energy density is significantly lower than the initial energy density of the chromofield. It is shown that the fluctuations of the chromofield due to the stochastic distribution of color charges help to populate the midrapidity region in the net-baryon distribution. To fit the midrapidity data we need the chromofields with initial energy densities in the range of 30 to 60 GeV/fm³. Predictions of baryon stopping for Pb + Pb collisions at LHC energies are made.     

Search for Hawking radiation in heavy ion collisions

The creation of “white holes” that decay by Hawking radiation has been proposed as one way to achieve the very early thermalization observed in heavy ion collisions at RHIC. The charartistic temperature of the radiations depends only on the ratio of the baryon number to the transverse energy. The yields of pions, kaons, protons and antiprotons measured by BRAHMS in central Au+Au collisions can be described within a thermal model where T drops with rapidity, and beam energy. We find that the chemical freeze-out temperature drops as the ratio of baryon number to energy increases but much more rapidly than predicted by the model.     

In-Medium Effective of Pentaquark Θ+ in the Density Dependent Relativistic Hadron Field Theory

The density dependent relativistic hadron field theory is extended to inclusions of pentaquark Θ⁺. We have investigated the mass modifications of nucleons and pentaquark Θ⁺ in the framework of relativistic mean field theory. We find that the effective mass, of either the nucleon or the pentaquark Θ⁺ decreases as baryon density increases. We have studied the effects of the fractions of Θ⁺ and neutron on the baryon masses. We also discussed the relations between scale density ρ_S and vector density ρ_B at different baryon fractions.     

Superdense matter

We review recent work on the phase structure of QCD at very high baryon density. We introduce the phenomenon of color superconductivity and discuss the use of weak coupling methods. We study the phase structure as a function of the number of flavors and their masses. We also introduce effective theories that describe low energy excitations at high baryon density. Finally, we comment on the possibility of kaon condensation at very large baryon density.     

Feynman scaling violation on baryon spectra in pp collisions at LHC and cosmic ray energies

A significant asymmetry in baryon/antibaryon yields in the central region of high energy collisions is observed when the initial state has nonzero baryon charge. This asymmetry is connected with the possibility of baryon charge diffusion in rapidity space. Such a diffusion should decrease the baryon charge in the fragmentation region and translate into the corresponding decrease of the multiplicity of leading baryons. As a result, a new mechanism for Feynman scaling violation in the fragmentation region is obtained. Another numerically more significant reason for the Feynman scaling violation comes from the fact that the average number of cut Pomerons increases with initial energy. We present the quantitative predictions of the Quark-Gluon String Model for the Feynman scaling violation at LHC energies and at even higher energies that can be important for cosmic ray physics.     

On the possibility of revealing the transition of a baryon pair state to a six-quark confinement state

Proton-proton collisions are considered to find favourable conditions for searching for the transition of a baryon pair state to a hexa-quark confinement state (3q) + (3q) → (6q)_cnf. It is admitted that central pp collisions in a definite range of the initial energy can lead to creation of an intermediate compound system where the hexa-quark dibaryon can be formed. Criteria for selection of central collision events and for manifestation of the quark-structure dibaryon production are proposed.     

Baryon recoil and the fragmentation regions in ultra-relativistic nuclear collisions

The maximum baryon and energy densities reached in the fragmentation regions of nuclear collisions are estimated with a new hydrodynamical model. Unlike previous models where recoil is included as a source term for the baryon current, in our model the baryon current is strictly conserved. The parameters of the model are furthermore adjusted to take into account the large baryon rapidity shifts observed recently in p + A → p + X. The implications for the production of high baryon density quark-gluon plasmas are discussed.     

Multiplicity density at mid-rapidity in <Emphasis Type="Italic">AA</Emphasis> collisions: Effect of meson cloud

We study the influence of the meson cloud of the nucleon on predictions of the Monte Carlo Glauber model for the charged particle multiplicity density at mid-rapidity in AA collisions. We find that for central AA collisions the meson cloud can increase the multiplicity density by ~16–18%. The meson–baryon Fock component reduces the required fraction of the binary collisions by a factor of ~2 for Au + Au collisions at \(\sqrt s = 0.2TeV\) and ~1.5 for Pb + Pb collisions at \(\sqrt s = 2.78TeV\).     

Baryon flow at SIS energies and beyond

We calculate the baryon flow P_x/A(y) in the energy range from 0.25 to 4.0A GeV in a relativistic transport model for Ni + Ni and Au + Au collisions employing various models for the baryon self-energies. We find that to describe the flow data of the FOPI Collaboration above 1A GeV the strength of the vector potential has to be reduced at high relative momentum or at high density. The latter phenomenon leads to a softening of the nuclear equation of state at high density.