自旋与手征动力学的输运模拟研究

自旋相关的物理是多个研究领域的热门课题。核子和夸克都是自旋为1/2的费米子,在非对心重离子碰撞中受到自旋-轨道相互作用以及磁场的影响,会产生有趣的自旋动力学,特别是在垂直于反应平面方向上会出现自旋极化。在相对论重离子碰撞中,由于产生了极端的高温高密环境,夸克可以近似看作无质量粒子,此时自旋动力学过渡为手征动力学。在外界电磁场、涡旋场作用下以及在电荷与手征荷不对称的条件下,会产生一系列手征反常效应。本文介绍我们课题组基于输运模拟在自旋与手征动力学方面开展的一系列研究工作,包括中能重离子碰撞及相对论重离子碰撞中粒子的自旋极化、理想体系及相对论重离子碰撞中的手征磁波等。     

Effects of the mean-field dynamics and the phase-space geometry on the cluster formation

A model allowing to simulate the production of clusters is developed and applied to heavy-ion reactions at intermediate energies. The model investigates the geometrical properties of the dynamically generated one-body phase space. The collision process is entirely governed by the Landau-Vlasov model, which provides the time evolution of the one-body phase-space distribution. Particles emitted during successive time intervals of the dynamics are gathered together into subensembles to which a clusterization procedure is applied. Comparison with the experimental data for the Ar(65 MeV/nucleon) + Al reaction shows that the average behaviour of particle-dependent global observables is correctly reproduced within this framework. These results point out that the studied global properties of heavy-ion collisions greatly rely on the dynamical effects of the primary non-steady stage of the nuclear reaction.     

Recent progress and new challenges in isospin physics with heavy-ion reactions

The ultimate goal of studying isospin physics via heavy-ion reactions with neutron-rich, stable and/or radioactive nuclei is to explore the isospin dependence of in-medium nuclear effective interactions and the equation of state of neutron-rich nuclear matter, particularly the isospin-dependent term in the equation of state, i.e., the density dependence of the symmetry energy. Because of its great importance for understanding many phenomena in both nuclear physics and astrophysics, the study of the density dependence of the nuclear symmetry energy has been the main focus of the intermediate-energy heavy-ion physics community during the last decade, and significant progress has been achieved both experimentally and theoretically. In particular, a number of phenomena or observables have been identified as sensitive probes to the density dependence of nuclear symmetry energy. Experimental studies have confirmed some of these interesting isospin-dependent effects and allowed us to constrain relatively stringently the symmetry energy at sub-saturation densities. The impact of this constrained density dependence of the symmetry energy on the properties of neutron stars have also been studied, and they were found to be very useful for the astrophysical community. With new opportunities provided by the various radioactive beam facilities being constructed around the world, the study of isospin physics is expected to remain one of the forefront research areas in nuclear physics. In this report, we review the major progress achieved during the last decade in isospin physics with heavy ion reactions and discuss future challenges to the most important issues in this field.     

High energy nuclear collisions: Theory overview

We review some basic concepts of relativistic heavy-ion physics and discuss our understanding of some key results from the experimental program at the relativistic heavy-ion collider (RHIC). We focus in particular on the early time dynamics of nuclear collisions, some result from lattice QCD, hard probes and photons.     

Isospin effects in nuclear fragmentation

The availability of radioactive heavy-ion beams has driven a large interest in studies of nuclear structure of unstable nuclei. Some essential information in this field can come from investigations of charge asymmetry effects on nonequilibrium dynamics. It is therefore very important to understand the properties of the symmetry term in the nuclear matter equation of state. The purpose of this work is to extract valuable information about the symmetry term in the nuclear equation of state by studying the multifragmentation processes occurring during intermediate-energy heavy-ion reactions. We will concentrate on those observables in fragment production that are particularly sensitive to the symmetry term. The calculations are performed within the semiclassical Boltzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck approach with the inclusion of nuclear density fluctuations. We consider neutron-poor and neutron-rich Sn + Sn reactions at 50 MeV/A, with the N/Z ratio varying from 1.24 to 1.48. Both central and peripheral collisions are investigated. Some comparison with the experimental data obtained in the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory at Michigan State University is presented.     

Neck dynamics

Intermediate-energy heavy-ion reactions produce a mid-rapidity region or neck, mostly in the semiperipheral collisions. Brief theory and experiment surveys are presented. General properties of the mid-rapidity zone are reviewed and discussed in the framework of reaction dynamics. Hierarchy effect, neutron enrichment, isospin diffusion are all new neck phenomena which are surveyed. The main neck observables are also examined, mainly in the context of the symmetry term of the nuclear equation of state.     

相对论重离子碰撞中的软探针和硬探针

简要回顾了高能核碰撞中夸克胶子等离子体的软探针和硬探针的一些最新进展,主要内容集中在相对论重离子对撞机和大型强子对撞机实验中各向异性集体流和喷注淬火的理论和唯象研究,对小系统中集体流的来源也做了简要的讨论。对于软探针,讨论了初态三维涨落和碰撞几何各向异性、相对论流体力学演化、末态各向异性集体流以及集体流的涨落、关联和纵向去关联等。通过与实验数据作系统的比较,可以探测重离子碰撞中夸克胶子等离子体的动力演化和各种输运性质。对于硬探针,集中讨论了部分子能量损失和喷注淬火对部分子味道的依赖性、重味夸克在夸克胶子等离子体中的强子化、整体喷注在核介质中的演化以及核介质对喷注的响应等。细致分析相关的观测量,可以帮助我们更全面地了解相对论核碰撞中喷注与核介质的相互作用以及重味粒子的生成。对于小系统,讨论初态和末态效应在解释小系统中轻强子和重味强子的集体流方面的贡献,这有助于我们理解大碰撞系统中集体流的起源成因。     

Systematics of fragment observables

Multifragmentation is observed in many reaction types: light-ion-induced reactions at large incident energies (in the GeV region), central heavy-ion collisions from 30 to 100MeV/u, and peripheral heavy-ion collisions between 30 and 1000MeV/u or above. When nucleus-nucleus collisions are considered, another entrance channel parameter is the corresponding mass asymmetry. The first question which is addressed in this contribution is: do we observe similar reactions in each case? Multifragmentation may be related to a phase transition of nuclear matter. Some others features indicate that dynamical features are dominant. It is a priori possible that the underlying mechanisms are different in proton- and nucleus-induced reactions, in central and in peripheral collisions, at limited and at large bombarding energies. In order to see to what extent they can reflect similar behaviour, it is useful to compare the results of various reactions. The observables can be the fragment multiplicity, the mass distributions or the kinematical properties. In this contribution, we are looking for such general features. We will limit the discussion to the observations themselves, rather than the interpretation, which is the subject of numerous entries in this volume. The experimental results indicate that multifragmentation exhibits at the same time universal and entrance-channel-dependent properties.     

Properties of spin–orbit-coupled Bose–Einstein condensates

The experimental and theoretical research of spin–orbit-coupled ultracold atomic gases has advanced and expanded rapidly in recent years. Here, we review some of the progress that either was pioneered by our own work, has helped to lay the foundation, or has developed new and relevant techniques. After examining the experimental accessibility of all relevant spin–orbit coupling parameters, we discuss the fundamental properties and general applications of spin–orbit-coupled Bose–Einstein condensates (BECs) over a wide range of physical situations. For the harmonically trapped case, we show that the ground state phase transition is a Dicke-type process and that spin–orbit-coupled BECs provide a unique platform to simulate and study the Dicke model and Dicke phase transitions. For a homogeneous BEC, we discuss the collective excitations, which have been observed experimentally using Bragg spectroscopy. They feature a roton-like minimum, the softening of which provides a potential mechanism to understand the ground state phase transition. On the other hand, if the collective dynamics are excited by a sudden quenching of the spin–orbit coupling parameters, we show that the resulting collective dynamics can be related to the famous Zitterbewegung in the relativistic realm. Finally, we discuss the case of a BEC loaded into a periodic optical potential. Here, the spin–orbit coupling generates isolated flat bands within the lowest Bloch bands whereas the nonlinearity of the system leads to dynamical instabilities of these Bloch waves. The experimental verification of this instability illustrates the lack of Galilean invariance in the system.     

Fourier analysis of nonself-averaging quasiperiodic oscillations in the excitation functions of dissipative heavy-ion collisions: quantum chaos in dissipative heavy-ion collisions?

We employ stochastic modelling of statistical reactions with memory to study quasiperiodic oscillations in the excitation functions of dissipative heavy-ion collisions. The Fourier analysis of excitation function oscillations is presented. It suggests that S-matrix spin and parity decoherence, damping of the coherent nuclear rotation and quantum chaos are sufficient conditions to explain the nonself-averaging of quasiperiodic oscillations in the excitation functions of dissipative heavy-ion collisions.     

Globally polarized quark-gluon plasma in noncentral A + A collisions

Produced partons have a large local relative orbital angular momentum along the direction opposite to the reaction plane in the early stage of noncentral heavy-ion collisions. Parton scattering is shown to polarize quarks along the same direction due to spin-orbital coupling. Such global quark polarization will lead to many observable consequences, such as left-right asymmetry of hadron spectra and global transverse polarization of thermal photons, dileptons, and hadrons. Hadrons from the decay of polarized resonances will have an azimuthal asymmetry similar to the elliptic flow. Global hyperon polarization is studied within different hadronization scenarios and can be easily tested.     

Distinctive features of heavy ton dissipative collisions

Examples of experimental angular, charge (mass) and energy distributions of reaction products from damped heavy-ion reactions are presented. Correlations between these observables, as well as with the associated light particles emitted in the deexcitation stage, are illustrated and shown to give important insights into the reaction mechanism of dissipative collisions. Comparisons of experimental results with dynamical transport calculations based on one-body nucleon exchange give strong evidence that stochastic exchange of independent nucleons account for the dominant part of the dissipative and fluctuative phenomena observed in damped reactions.     

Charmonium and bottomonium in heavy-ion collisions

We review the present status in the theoretical and phenomenological understanding of charmonium and bottomonium production in heavy-ion collisions. We start by recapitulating the basic notion of “anomalous quarkonium suppression” in heavy-ion collisions and its recent amendments involving regeneration reactions. We then survey in some detail concepts and ingredients needed for a comprehensive approach to utilize heavy quarkonia as a probe of hot and dense matter. The theoretical discussion encompasses recent lattice QCD computations of quarkonium properties in the Quark-Gluon Plasma, their interpretations using effective potential models, inelastic rate calculations and insights from analyses of electromagnetic plasmas. We illustrate the powerful techniques of thermodynamic Green functions (T-matrices) to provide a general framework for implementing microscopic properties of heavy quarkonia into a kinetic theory of suppression and regeneration reactions. The theoretical concepts are tested in applications to heavy-ion reactions at SPS, RHIC and LHC. We outline perspectives for future experiments on charmonium and bottomonium production in heavy-ion collisions over a large range of energies (FAIR, RHIC-II and LHC). These are expected to provide key insights into hadronic matter under extreme conditions using quarkonium observables.     

Modelization of the EOS

This paper summarizes theoretical predictions for the density and isospin dependence of the nuclear mean field and the corresponding nuclear equation of state. We compare predictions from microscopic and phenomenological approaches. An application to heavy-ion reactions requires to incorporate these forces into the framework of dynamical transport models. Constraints on the nuclear equation of state derived from finite nuclei and from heavy-ion reactions are discussed.     

强磁场与涡旋场中的夸克胶子物质

相对论重离子碰撞可以产生高温的夸克胶子物质,同时也产生极强的电磁场和流体涡旋。在强电磁场和涡旋场中的夸克胶子物质呈现出新奇的宏观量子现象,比如手征磁效应、手征涡效应、手征分离效应、手征电分离效应、自旋极化现象等。它们一方面给我们提供了可以探测高温下量子色动力学的非平庸规范场拓扑结构、强相互作用的宇称破坏、夸克胶子物质中的自旋动力学等的实验手段,另一方面也与物理学其他分支,比如粒子物理、凝聚态物理、天体物理、冷原子物理等发生紧密联系,形成新的交叉研究领域。本文旨在对这些宏观量子现象的产生机制以及它们在相对论重离子碰撞中的探测等做一回顾和展望。特别地,我们揭示出重离子碰撞的磁场强度可以达到$10^{18}\sim 10^{20}$ G,流体涡旋可以达到$10^{22}$ s–1;这是我们已知当前宇宙中最强的磁场和流体涡旋。我们定量地对同量素碰撞实验做了分析,发现即便背景比例达到93%以上,当前的同量素碰撞实验仍然可在大约$3\sigma$的显著性水平上判断是否有手征磁效应的发生。我们系统地给出了满足因果律的自旋流体力学方程,并推导了其中的集体激发模式,这将有助于理解超子自旋极化中出现的符号问题。     

重离子核反应中丰中子余核产额的标度规律

在重离子碰撞（HICs）的实验数据和动力学模拟的反应中发现了丰中子余核产额的标度现象。在这种标度现象中,两个同位旋不同的炮弹碎裂反应产生的余核中,不同中子丰度差的余核的信息熵不确定度的差具有一致的分布。利用反对称化分子动力学模型（AMD）模拟并联合退激发模型（GEMINI）模拟了140 AMeV 58,64Ni+9Be碰撞体系中余核的产额,并展示了实验测量的余核已经理论模拟得到的余核的标度现象。由于信息熵方法对反应系统是否处于平衡状态没有要求,不仅可以用于处于平衡态系统的核物质研究,也可以用于动力学变化过程中的核物质性质研究。信息熵方法将为HICs中的核物质演化研究提供新的理论分析方法。A scaling phenomena has been discovered for fragments produced in heavy-ion collisions both in the measured experiments and in the simulated reactions by transport model. In this scaling phenomena, the information entropy uncertainty difference between isobars with different neutron-excess has a uniform distribution between two reactions. The simulated reactions of 140 AMeV 58,64Ni+9Be by using the asymmetric molecular dynamics(AMD) model plus the sequential decay code GEMINI are analyzed to show the scaling phenomena of fragments. Since the application of information entropy theory does not require the system to be in equilibrium, it can be used both in the analysis of transport model and thermodynamics models. The advantage of the information entropy theory provides a new method to study the dynamical evolution of nuclear matter inheavy-ion collisions.     

核物质对称能的高密行为研究

同位旋物理的主要任务之一是通过放射性核束引起的核反应来探索介质中有效核子-核子相互作用的同位旋依赖性,尤其是同位旋相关的核物质状态方程, 即密度依赖的核物质对称能。由于对称能,尤其是其高密行为,对核物理学和天体物理学具有重要意义,密度依赖的对称能在过去10年一直是中能重离子物理研究领域的主要焦点之一。近年来,低密对称能的研究已经取得了重要进展, 而对称能的高密行为仍然很不确定。在理论方面,人们提出了许多对高密对称能敏感的观测量。 实验方面, 关于对称能高密行为研究的实验计划已经展开,世界各地正在建造的放射性核束装置为对称能的高密行为研究提供了新的机遇。基于IBUU输运模型综述了研究对称能高密行为的一些敏感观测量及其最新进展, 以及所面临的挑战与机遇。One of the major tasks of studying isospin physics via heavy ion collisions with neutron rich nuclei, is to explore the isospin dependence of in medium nuclear effective interactions and the equation of state of neutron rich nuclear matter, i.e., the density dependence of nuclear symmetry energy. Because of its great importance for understanding many phenomena in both nuclear physics and astrophysics, the study of the density dependence of nuclear symmetry energy has been the main focus of the intermediate energy heavy ion physics community during the last decade. Nowadays significant progress has been achieved in studying the low density behavior of nuclear symmetry energy, but the high density behavior of nuclear symmetry energy is still very uncertain. Theoretically, a number of observables have been proposed as sensitive probes to the high density behavior of nuclear symmetry energy. With new opportunities provided by the various radioactive beam facilities being constructed around the world, studies of the high density behavior of nuclear symmetry energy is expected to be one of the main forefront research areas in nuclear physics in the near future. In this report, based on the transport model IBUU we have reviewed the major progress achieved in studying the high density behavior of nuclear symmetry energy and discussed future challenges in this field.