scholarly journals Alternative scenarios of relativistic heavy-ion collisions. II. Particle production

2013 ◽  
Vol 87 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu. B. Ivanov
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Ion Collisions ◽  
Particle Production ◽  
Heavy Ion ◽  
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions ◽  
Ion Collisions ◽  
Alternative Scenarios

scholarly journals Particle Production in Strong Electromagnetic Fields in Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirill Tuchin
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Electromagnetic Field ◽  
Electromagnetic Fields ◽  
Heavy Ion Collisions ◽  
Particle Production ◽  
Heavy Ion ◽  
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions ◽  
Ion Collisions ◽  
Strong Electromagnetic Field ◽  
Kinetic Coefficients

I review the origin and properties of electromagnetic fields produced in heavy-ion collisions. The field strength immediately after a collision is proportional to the collision energy and reaches ~mπ2at RHIC and ~10mπ2at LHC. I demonstrate by explicit analytical calculation that after dropping by about one-two orders of magnitude during the first fm/c of plasma expansion, it freezes out and lasts for as long as quark-gluon plasma lives as a consequence of finite electrical conductivity of the plasma. Magnetic field breaks spherical symmetry in the direction perpendicular to the reaction plane, and therefore all kinetic coefficients are anisotropic. I examine viscosity of QGP and show that magnetic field induces azimuthal anisotropy on plasma flow even in spherically symmetric geometry. Very strong electromagnetic field has an important impact on particle production. I discuss the problem of energy loss and polarization of fast fermions due to synchrotron radiation, consider photon decay induced by magnetic field, elucidateJ/ψdissociation via Lorentz ionization mechanism, and examine electromagnetic radiation by plasma. I conclude thatallprocesses in QGP are affected by strong electromagnetic field and call for experimental investigation.

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