Magnetohydrodynamics, charged currents, and directed flow in heavy ion collisions
The hot QCD matter produced in any heavy ion collision with a nonzero impact parameter is produced within a strong magnetic field. We study the imprint that these fields leave on the azimuthal distributions and correlations of the produced charged hadrons. The magnetic field is time dependent and th...
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| author | Gürsoy, Umut Kharzeev, Dmitri Rajagopal, Krishna |
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| description | The hot QCD matter produced in any heavy ion collision with a nonzero impact parameter is produced within a strong magnetic field. We study the imprint that these fields leave on the azimuthal distributions and correlations of the produced charged hadrons. The magnetic field is time dependent and the medium is expanding, which leads to the induction of charged currents owing to the combination of Faraday and Hall effects. We find that these currents result in a charge-dependent directed flow v1 that is odd in rapidity and odd under charge exchange. It can be detected by measuring correlations between the directed flow of charged hadrons at different rapidities, v1±(y1) v1±(y2). © 2014 American Physical Society. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1153112022-09-23T09:30:56Z Magnetohydrodynamics, charged currents, and directed flow in heavy ion collisions Gürsoy, Umut Kharzeev, Dmitri Rajagopal, Krishna Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics Rajagopal, Krishna The hot QCD matter produced in any heavy ion collision with a nonzero impact parameter is produced within a strong magnetic field. We study the imprint that these fields leave on the azimuthal distributions and correlations of the produced charged hadrons. The magnetic field is time dependent and the medium is expanding, which leads to the induction of charged currents owing to the combination of Faraday and Hall effects. We find that these currents result in a charge-dependent directed flow v1 that is odd in rapidity and odd under charge exchange. It can be detected by measuring correlations between the directed flow of charged hadrons at different rapidities, v1±(y1) v1±(y2). © 2014 American Physical Society. United States. Department of Energy (Agreement DE-FG0205ER41360) Netherlands. Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science 2018-05-11T14:04:52Z 2018-05-11T14:04:52Z 2014-03 2018-05-08T15:29:15Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0556-2813 1089-490X http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/115311 Gürsoy, Umut, et al. “Magnetohydrodynamics, Charged Currents, and Directed Flow in Heavy Ion Collisions.” Physical Review C, vol. 89, no. 5, May 2014. © 2014 American Physical Society https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5812-8718 http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVC.89.054905 Physical Review C Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Physical Society (APS) APS |
| spellingShingle | Gürsoy, Umut Kharzeev, Dmitri Rajagopal, Krishna Magnetohydrodynamics, charged currents, and directed flow in heavy ion collisions |
| title | Magnetohydrodynamics, charged currents, and directed flow in heavy ion collisions |
| title_full | Magnetohydrodynamics, charged currents, and directed flow in heavy ion collisions |
| title_fullStr | Magnetohydrodynamics, charged currents, and directed flow in heavy ion collisions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Magnetohydrodynamics, charged currents, and directed flow in heavy ion collisions |
| title_short | Magnetohydrodynamics, charged currents, and directed flow in heavy ion collisions |
| title_sort | magnetohydrodynamics charged currents and directed flow in heavy ion collisions |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/115311 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5812-8718 |
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