11542069
Observation of a critical gradient threshold for electron temperature fluctuations in the DIII-D Tokamak.
A critical gradient threshold has been observed for the first time in a systematic, controlled experiment for a locally measured turbulent quantity in the core of a confined high-temperature plasma. In an experiment in the DIII-D tokamak where L(T(e))(-1) = |∇T(e)|/T(e) and toroidal rotation were varied, long wavelength (k(θ)ρ(s) ≲ 0.4) electron temperature fluctuations exhibit a threshold in L(T(e))(-1): below, they change little; above, they steadily increase. The increase in δT(e)/T(e) is concurrent with increased electron heat flux and transport stiffness. Observations were insensitive to rotation. Accumulated evidence strongly enforces the identification of the experimentally observed threshold with ∇T(e)-driven trapped electron mode turbulence.
119068540
Spherical-Harmonic Expansion Solution of Classical Transport Equations of Quark
The spherical-harmonic method of solving classical transport equation of quark is investigated. The hydrodynamics description of QGP as well as the relation between diffusion approximation and collective flow in nuclear collisions are discussed.
118659719
Statistical and dynamical fluctuations in the ratios of higher cumulants in relativistic heavy ion collisions
With the help of transport and statistical models, we find that the ratios of higher net-proton cumulants measured at RHIC are dominated by the statistical fluctuations. Future measurements should focus on the dynamical fluctuations, which are relevant to the underlying mechanisms of particle production, the critical phenomena in particular. We also demonstrate that a proton-antiproton correlation directly show if protons and antiprotons are emitted independently.
122537214
Search for local parity violation with STAR ZDC-SMD
Parity-odd domains are predicted to lead to charge separation of quarks along the orbital momentum of the system created in non-central relativistic heavy ion collisions. A signal consistent with several of the theoretical expectations has been detected by STAR, with a three particle azimuthal correlator which is a -even observable, but still sensitive to the charge separation effect. In this correlator, the first two particles are used to reveal the physics of interest, and the third particle serves as a reference for the reaction plane. In this work, to minimize the non-parity correlation between the third particle and the first two, we utilize the spectator neutrons detected by STAR ZDC-SMDs to define the event plane. The 1st-order event plane thus obtained can also be used to study the global strong parity violation effect, and to provide further systematic checks for this analysis. We report measurements of both -even and -odd observables using the STAR ZDC-SMDs in Au+Au at 200 GeV. The results are presented as a function of collision centrality, particle separation in rapidity and transverse momentum (pT). Systematic checks on the impact from the directed flow will also be discussed.
123111872
Statistical and dynamical fluctuations in the ratios of higher net-proton cumulants in relativistic heavy-ion collisions
With the help of transport and statistical models, we find that the ratios of higher net-proton cumulants measured at RHIC are dominated by Poisson-like statistical fluctuations. A way to eliminate this statistical fluctuation is suggested. The obtained dynamical ratios of higher net-proton cumulants are demonstrated to be more relevant to the underlying physics, i.e. the correlations between proton and antiproton, or the critical fluctuations.
119253082
Non-photonic electron-hadron correlations and non-photonic electron v2 at STAR/RHIC
Abstract Non-photonic electrons ( p T > 3 GeV / c ) represent the directions of the parent heavy quarks, and their angular correlations with charged hadrons provide a good tool to study the relative contributions from D and B meson decays in p+p collisions, as well as the flavor-dependence of the energy loss mechanism in A+A collisions. We review the disentanglement of charm and bottom contributions to non-photonic electrons in p+p collisions at s = 200 GeV at RHIC. B decay contribution is approximately 50% at the electron transverse momentum of p T > 5 GeV / c from STAR results. Incorporating the energy loss ( R AA ) information of non-photonic electrons, the result indicates a B meson suppression at high p T in heavy ion collisions. We also present non-photonic electron-hadron correlations in d+Au collisions as a baseline reference for the investigation of the heavy quark energy loss in A+A collisions. The interactions between heavy quarks and the QCD medium can lead to a non-zero “elliptic flow” parameter ( v 2 ) of D and B mesons which can be studied through v 2 of non-photonic electrons. Preliminary v 2 measurements for non-photonic electrons are shown to be lower than v 2 of charged hadrons (or K S 0 , Λ ) for 200 GeV Au+Au collisions.
112824375
Energy Recovery Transport Design for Peking University FEL
A free-electron laser based on a superconducting linac is under construction in Peking University. To increase FEL output power, energy recovery is chosen as one of the most potential and popular ways. The design of a beam transport system for energy recovery is presented, which is suitable for the Peking University construction area. Especially, a chicane structure is chosen to change path length at ±20 degree and M56 in the arc is adjusted for fully bunch compression.
117632548
Studies of beam dynamics for eRHIC
We present our studies on various aspects of the beam dynamics in 'racetrack' design of the first stage electron-ion collider at RHIC (eRHIC), including transverse beam break up instabilities, energy loss due to wakefields, electron beam emittance growth and energy loss due to synchrotron radiation, electron beam losses due to Touschek effects and residue gas scattering, beam-beam effects at the interaction region and emittance growth of ion beam due to electron bunch to bunch noises. For all effects considered above, no showstopper has been found.
37012340
Status of R&D energy recovery LINAC at Brookhaven National Laboratory
In this paper we present status and plans for the 20- MeV R&D energy recovery linac (ERL), which is under construction at Collider Accelerator Department at BNL. The facility is based on high current (up to 0.5 A of average current) super-conducting 2.5 MeV RF gun,single-mode super-conducting 5-cell RF linac and about 20-m long return loop with very flexible lattice. The R&D ERL, which is planned for commissioning in early 2009, aims to address many outstanding questions relevant for high current, high brightness energy-recovery linacs.
115151673
Identification of baryon resonances in central heavy-ion collisions at energies between 1 and 2 AGeV

Abstract. The mass distributions of baryon resonances populated in near-central collisions of Au on Au and Ni on Ni are deduced by defolding the pt spectra of charged pions by a method which does not depend on a specific resonance shape. In addition the mass distributions of resonances are obtained from the invariant masses of (p, π±) pairs. With both methods the deduced mass distributions are shifted by an average value of −60 MeV/c2 relative to the mass distribution of the free Δ(1232) resonance, the distributions descent almost exponentially towards mass values of 2000 MeV/c2. The observed differences between (p, π−) and (p, π+) pairs indicate a contribution of isospin I = 1/2 resonances. The attempt to consistently describe the deduced mass distributions and the reconstructed kinetic energy spectra of the resonances leads to new insights about the freeze out conditions, i.e. to rather low temperatures and large expansion velocities.
118687006
Transverse Energy and Charged Particle Multiplicity in 14.6 Gev/c Proton-Nucleus Collisions.