Estimate of a nonflow baseline for the chiral magnetic effect in isobar collisions at RHIC

Recently, STAR reported the isobar (4496Ru + 4496Ru, 4096Zr + 4096Zr4496Ru+4496Ru, 4096Zr +4096Zr) results for the chiral magnetic effect (CME) search. The Ru+Ru to Zr+Zr ratio of the CME-sensitive observable Δγ, normalized by elliptic anisotropy (υ2), is observed to be close to the inverse multipli...

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Main Author: Feng Yicheng
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Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2023-01-01
Series:EPJ Web of Conferences
Online Access:https://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/pdf/2023/02/epjconf_sqm2022_06013.pdf
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description Recently, STAR reported the isobar (4496Ru + 4496Ru, 4096Zr + 4096Zr4496Ru+4496Ru, 4096Zr +4096Zr) results for the chiral magnetic effect (CME) search. The Ru+Ru to Zr+Zr ratio of the CME-sensitive observable Δγ, normalized by elliptic anisotropy (υ2), is observed to be close to the inverse multiplicity (N) ratio. In other words, the ratio of the NΔγ/υ2 observable is close to the naive background baseline of unity. However, nonflow correlations are expected to cause the baseline to deviate from unity. To further understand the isobar results, we decompose the nonflow contributions to NΔγ/υ2 (isobar ratio) into three terms and quantify each term by using the nonflow in υ2 measurement, published STAR data, and HIJING simulation. From these studies, we estimate a nonflow baseline of the isobar ratio of NΔγ/υ2 for the CME and discuss its implications.
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spelling doaj.art-36bb7308aa1c448280d86eb6f93764a62023-03-09T12:03:02ZengEDP SciencesEPJ Web of Conferences2100-014X2023-01-012760601310.1051/epjconf/202327606013epjconf_sqm2022_06013Estimate of a nonflow baseline for the chiral magnetic effect in isobar collisions at RHICFeng Yicheng0Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue UniversityRecently, STAR reported the isobar (4496Ru + 4496Ru, 4096Zr + 4096Zr4496Ru+4496Ru, 4096Zr +4096Zr) results for the chiral magnetic effect (CME) search. The Ru+Ru to Zr+Zr ratio of the CME-sensitive observable Δγ, normalized by elliptic anisotropy (υ2), is observed to be close to the inverse multiplicity (N) ratio. In other words, the ratio of the NΔγ/υ2 observable is close to the naive background baseline of unity. However, nonflow correlations are expected to cause the baseline to deviate from unity. To further understand the isobar results, we decompose the nonflow contributions to NΔγ/υ2 (isobar ratio) into three terms and quantify each term by using the nonflow in υ2 measurement, published STAR data, and HIJING simulation. From these studies, we estimate a nonflow baseline of the isobar ratio of NΔγ/υ2 for the CME and discuss its implications.https://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/pdf/2023/02/epjconf_sqm2022_06013.pdf
spellingShingle Feng Yicheng
Estimate of a nonflow baseline for the chiral magnetic effect in isobar collisions at RHIC
EPJ Web of Conferences
title Estimate of a nonflow baseline for the chiral magnetic effect in isobar collisions at RHIC
title_full Estimate of a nonflow baseline for the chiral magnetic effect in isobar collisions at RHIC
title_fullStr Estimate of a nonflow baseline for the chiral magnetic effect in isobar collisions at RHIC
title_full_unstemmed Estimate of a nonflow baseline for the chiral magnetic effect in isobar collisions at RHIC
title_short Estimate of a nonflow baseline for the chiral magnetic effect in isobar collisions at RHIC
title_sort estimate of a nonflow baseline for the chiral magnetic effect in isobar collisions at rhic
url https://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/pdf/2023/02/epjconf_sqm2022_06013.pdf
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