Understanding the Effect of Conserved Charges on the Coalescence Sum Rule of Directed Flow

Recently, the rapidity-odd directed flow (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mi>v</mi><mn>1</mn></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula>) of...

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Main Authors: Kishora Nayak, Shu-Su Shi, Zi-Wei Lin
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1997/10/3/112
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description Recently, the rapidity-odd directed flow (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mi>v</mi><mn>1</mn></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula>) of produced hadrons (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msup><mi>K</mi><mo>−</mo></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi>ϕ</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mover><mi>p</mi><mo>¯</mo></mover></semantics></math></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mover><mo>Λ</mo><mo>¯</mo></mover></semantics></math></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msup><mover><mo>Ξ</mo><mo>¯</mo></mover><mo>+</mo></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msup><mo>Ω</mo><mo>−</mo></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula>, and <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msup><mover><mo>Ω</mo><mo>¯</mo></mover><mo>+</mo></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula>) has been studied. Several combinations of these produced hadrons, with very small mass differences but differences in the net electric charge (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>Δ</mo><mi>q</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>) and net strangeness (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>Δ</mo><mi>S</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>) on the two sides, have been considered. A difference in <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mi>v</mi><mn>1</mn></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula> between the two sides of these combinations (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>Δ</mo><msub><mi>v</mi><mn>1</mn></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>) has been proposed as a consequence of the electromagnetic field produced in relativistic heavy-ion collisions, especially if <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>Δ</mo><msub><mi>v</mi><mn>1</mn></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> increases with <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>Δ</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">q</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>. Our study is performed to understand the effect of the coalescence sum rule (CSR) on <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>Δ</mo><msub><mi>v</mi><mn>1</mn></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>. We point out that the CSR leads to <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>Δ</mo><msub><mi>v</mi><mn>1</mn></msub><mo>=</mo><msub><mi>c</mi><mi>q</mi></msub><mo>Δ</mo><mi>q</mi><mo>+</mo><msub><mi>c</mi><mi>S</mi></msub><mo>Δ</mo><mi>S</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, where the coefficients <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mi>c</mi><mi>q</mi></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mi>c</mi><mi>S</mi></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula> reflect the <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>Δ</mo><msub><mi>v</mi><mn>1</mn></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> of produced quarks. Equivalently, one can write <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>Δ</mo><msub><mi>v</mi><mn>1</mn></msub><mo>=</mo><msub><mi>c</mi><mi>q</mi></msub><mo>Δ</mo><mi>q</mi><mo>+</mo><msub><mi>c</mi><mi>B</mi></msub><mo>Δ</mo><mi>B</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, involving the difference in the net baryon number <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>Δ</mo><mi>B</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, where the CSR gives <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>c</mi><mi>B</mi></msub><mo>=</mo><mo>−</mo><mn>3</mn><msub><mi>c</mi><mi>S</mi></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>. We then propose two methods to extract the coefficients for the <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>Δ</mo><mi>q</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>Δ</mo><mi>S</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> dependences of <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>Δ</mo><msub><mi>v</mi><mn>1</mn></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>.
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spelling doaj.art-a96ef91bbedb42fc85c22ce56f2cf6e12024-03-27T14:06:37ZengMDPI AGUniverse2218-19972024-03-0110311210.3390/universe10030112Understanding the Effect of Conserved Charges on the Coalescence Sum Rule of Directed FlowKishora Nayak0Shu-Su Shi1Zi-Wei Lin2Department of Physics, Panchayat College, Sambalpur University, Bargarh 768028, IndiaKey Laboratory of Quark & Lepton Physics (MOE) and Institute of Particle Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, ChinaDepartment of Physics, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USARecently, the rapidity-odd directed flow (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mi>v</mi><mn>1</mn></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula>) of produced hadrons (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msup><mi>K</mi><mo>−</mo></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi>ϕ</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mover><mi>p</mi><mo>¯</mo></mover></semantics></math></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mover><mo>Λ</mo><mo>¯</mo></mover></semantics></math></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msup><mover><mo>Ξ</mo><mo>¯</mo></mover><mo>+</mo></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msup><mo>Ω</mo><mo>−</mo></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula>, and <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msup><mover><mo>Ω</mo><mo>¯</mo></mover><mo>+</mo></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula>) has been studied. Several combinations of these produced hadrons, with very small mass differences but differences in the net electric charge (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>Δ</mo><mi>q</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>) and net strangeness (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>Δ</mo><mi>S</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>) on the two sides, have been considered. A difference in <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mi>v</mi><mn>1</mn></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula> between the two sides of these combinations (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>Δ</mo><msub><mi>v</mi><mn>1</mn></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>) has been proposed as a consequence of the electromagnetic field produced in relativistic heavy-ion collisions, especially if <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>Δ</mo><msub><mi>v</mi><mn>1</mn></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> increases with <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>Δ</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">q</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>. Our study is performed to understand the effect of the coalescence sum rule (CSR) on <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>Δ</mo><msub><mi>v</mi><mn>1</mn></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>. We point out that the CSR leads to <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>Δ</mo><msub><mi>v</mi><mn>1</mn></msub><mo>=</mo><msub><mi>c</mi><mi>q</mi></msub><mo>Δ</mo><mi>q</mi><mo>+</mo><msub><mi>c</mi><mi>S</mi></msub><mo>Δ</mo><mi>S</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, where the coefficients <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mi>c</mi><mi>q</mi></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mi>c</mi><mi>S</mi></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula> reflect the <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>Δ</mo><msub><mi>v</mi><mn>1</mn></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> of produced quarks. Equivalently, one can write <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>Δ</mo><msub><mi>v</mi><mn>1</mn></msub><mo>=</mo><msub><mi>c</mi><mi>q</mi></msub><mo>Δ</mo><mi>q</mi><mo>+</mo><msub><mi>c</mi><mi>B</mi></msub><mo>Δ</mo><mi>B</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, involving the difference in the net baryon number <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>Δ</mo><mi>B</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, where the CSR gives <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>c</mi><mi>B</mi></msub><mo>=</mo><mo>−</mo><mn>3</mn><msub><mi>c</mi><mi>S</mi></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>. We then propose two methods to extract the coefficients for the <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>Δ</mo><mi>q</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>Δ</mo><mi>S</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> dependences of <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>Δ</mo><msub><mi>v</mi><mn>1</mn></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>.https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1997/10/3/112directed flowcoalescence sum rule
spellingShingle Kishora Nayak
Shu-Su Shi
Zi-Wei Lin
Understanding the Effect of Conserved Charges on the Coalescence Sum Rule of Directed Flow
Universe
directed flow
coalescence sum rule
title Understanding the Effect of Conserved Charges on the Coalescence Sum Rule of Directed Flow
title_full Understanding the Effect of Conserved Charges on the Coalescence Sum Rule of Directed Flow
title_fullStr Understanding the Effect of Conserved Charges on the Coalescence Sum Rule of Directed Flow
title_full_unstemmed Understanding the Effect of Conserved Charges on the Coalescence Sum Rule of Directed Flow
title_short Understanding the Effect of Conserved Charges on the Coalescence Sum Rule of Directed Flow
title_sort understanding the effect of conserved charges on the coalescence sum rule of directed flow
topic directed flow
coalescence sum rule
url https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1997/10/3/112
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