scholarly journals Cumulants and correlation functions of net-proton, proton, and antiproton multiplicity distributions in Au+Au collisions at energies available at the BNL Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider

2021 ◽  
Vol 104 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. S. Abdallah ◽  
J. Adam ◽  
L. Adamczyk ◽  
J. R. Adams ◽  
J. K. Adkins ◽  
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2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hua-Rong Wei ◽  
Ya-Hui Chen ◽  
Li-Na Gao ◽  
Fu-Hu Liu

The transverse momentum spectrums of final-state products produced in nucleus-nucleus and proton-proton collisions at different center-of-mass energies are analyzed by using a multicomponent Erlang distribution and the Lévy distribution. The results calculated by the two models are found in most cases to be in agreement with experimental data from the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) and the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The multicomponent Erlang distribution that resulted from a multisource thermal model seems to give a better description as compared with the Lévy distribution. The temperature parameters of interacting system corresponding to different types of final-state products are obtained. Light particles correspond to a low temperature emission, and heavy particles correspond to a high temperature emission. Extracted temperature from central collisions is higher than that from peripheral collisions.


2018 ◽  
Vol 171 ◽  
pp. 11001
Author(s):  
Néstor Armesto

Many observables measured at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider and the Large Hadron Collider show a smooth transition between proton-proton and protonnucleus collisions (small systems), and nucleus-nucleus collisions (large systems), when represented versus some variable like the multiplicity in the event. In this contribution I review some of the physics mechanisms, named cold nuclear matter effects, that may lead to a collective-like behaviour in small systems beyond the macroscopic description provided by relativistic hydrodynamics. I focus on the nuclear modification of parton densities, single inclusive particle production and correlations.


2016 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 1660016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emanuele R. Nocera

I review the current status of the determination of helicity-dependent, or polarized, parton distribution functions from a comprehensive analysis of experimental data in perturbative quantum chromodynamics. I illustrate the latest achievements driven by new measurements in polarized proton-proton collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, namely the first evidence of a sizable polarized light sea quark asymmetry and of a positive polarized gluon distribution in the proton. I discuss which are the open issues in the determination of polarized distributions, and how these may be addressed in the future by ongoing, planned and proposed experimental programs.


2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Ye-Yin Zhao ◽  
Ya-Hui Chen ◽  
Ya-Qin Gao ◽  
Fu-Hu Liu

The inclusive particle productions in proton-proton (pp) and deuton-gold (d+Au) collisions at forward rapidity at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) energy are studied in the framework of the color glass condensate (CGC) theory by using two different initial conditions: AAMQS (Albacete-Armesto-Milhano-Quiroga-Salgado) and quartic action. Then, the results obtained by the two different initial conditions in illustrating the effect of valence color charges in high-energy proton-nucleus (pA) collisions at forward energy are compared. Meanwhile, the inclusive particle productions inpAcollisions at forward rapidity at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) energies are predicted. The main dynamical input in our calculations is the use of solutions of the running coupling Balitsky-Kovchegov equation tested in electron-proton (ep) collision data. Particle production is computed via the hybrid formalisms to obtain spectra and yields. These baseline predictions are useful for testing the current understanding of the dynamics of very strong color fields against the upcoming LHC data.


2016 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 1660056 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dmitry Svirida

Precise measurements of transverse spin asymmetries in proton-proton elastic scattering at very small values of four-momentum transfer squared, [Formula: see text], have been performed using the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) polarized proton beams. The measurements of both single and double spin asymmetries were made at the center-of-mass energy [Formula: see text] GeV and in the region [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text], which was accessed using Roman Pot devices incorporated into the STAR experimental setup. The obtained set of asymmetries is sensitive to the poorly known hadronic contribution to the spin-flip amplitudes and provide significant constraints for the theoretical descriptions of the reaction mechanism of proton-proton elastic scattering at high energies.


2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (32) ◽  
pp. 5299-5335 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. TANNENBAUM

Results from the PHENIX experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) in nucleus–nucleus and proton–proton collisions at c.m. energy [Formula: see text] are presented in the context of the methods of single and two-particle inclusive reactions which were used in the discovery of hard-scattering in p–p collisions at the CERN ISR in the 1970's. These techniques are used at RHIC in A + A collisions because of the huge combinatoric background from the large particle multiplicity. Topics include J/Ψ suppression, jet quenching in the dense medium (sQGP) as observed with π0 at large transverse momentum, thermal photons, collective flow, two-particle correlations, suppression of heavy quarks at large pT and its possible relation to Higgs searches at the LHC. The differences and similarities of the measurements in p–p and A + A collisions are presented. The two discussion sessions which followed the lectures on which this article is based are included at the end.


2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (07) ◽  
pp. 1642007
Author(s):  
Eleazar Cuautle Flores

Collective phenomena in ion–ion collisions are well-known, but the research in small systems, like proton–proton and proton-lead, is starting both from the experimental and theoretical side. In this paper, we present a short review of the most important observables related to flow, as well as phenomenological results to explain the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider and Large Hadron Collider results. Different variables and their relations to collectivity in small systems are discussed.


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