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Simulations of ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions
Recent development in simulation of ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions is reviewed. Hard and semihard collisions on the parton level are shown to play important roles both in particle production and initial thermalization of the dense matter. Various nuclear and medium effects are studied some of which in turn can provide unique signatures of the quark gluon plasma formation.
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Role of multiple minijets in high-energy hadronic reactions.
The multiplicity distributions of charged particles in high-energy hadron collisions including the production of multiple minijets are considered in the framework of the eikonal formalism. Large-multiplicity events at high energies are found to be dominated by the production of many jets with 2{le}{ital P}{sub {ital T}}{le}4 GeV. The contributions from larger-{ital P}{sub {ital T}} minijets become prevailing for high-multiplicity fluctuations in narrow rapidity intervals.
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Heavy quark production in pp collisions
A systematic study of the inclusive single heavy quark and heavy-quark pair production cross sections in pp collisions is presented for RHIC and LHC energies. We compare with existing data when possible. The dependence of the rates on the renormalization and factorization scales is discussed. Predictions of the cross sections are given for two different sets of parton distribution functions.
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Multiple Parton Scattering in Nuclei: Modified DGLAP Evolution for Fragmentation Functions
Within the framework of generalized factorization of higher-twist contributions to semi-inclusive cross section of deeply inelastic scattering off a large nucleus, multiple parton scattering leads to an effective medium-modified fragmentation function and the corresponding medium-modified DGLAP evolution equations. We extend the study to include gluon multiple scattering and induced quarkantiquark production via gluon fusion . We numerically solve these medium-modified DGLAP (mDGLAP) evolution equations and study the scale (Q), energy (E), length (L) and jet transport parameter (q̂) dependence of the modified fragmentation functions for a jet propagating in a uniform medium with finite length (a “brick” problem). We also discuss the concept of parton energy loss within such mDGLAP evolution equations and its connection to the modified fragmentation functions. With a realistic Wood-Saxon nuclear geometry, we calculate the modified fragmentation functions and compare to experimental data of DIS off large nuclei. The extracted jet transport parameter at the center of a large nucleus is found to be q̂0 = 0.024 ± 0.008 GeV /fm.
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Probe initial parton density and formation time via jet quenching
Medium modification of jet fragmentation function due to multiple scattering and induced gluon radiation leads directly to jet quenching or suppression of leading particle distribution from jet fragmentation. One can extract an effective total parton energy loss which can be related to the total transverse momentum broadening. For an expanding medium, both are shown to be sensitive to the initial parton density and formation time. Therefore, one can extract the initial parton density and formation time from simultaneous measurements of parton energy loss and transverse momentum broadening. Implication of the recent experimental data on effects of detailed balance in parton energy loss is also discussed.
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Dynamical screening and radiative parton energy loss in a quark-gluon plasma
Abstract Dynamical screening in the magnetic part of the one-gluon exchange interaction is included in the study of radiative energy loss of a fast parton propagating inside a quark-gluon plasma. As a result the final radiative energy loss is about twice as large as when only the electric part of one-gluon exchange interaction is considered. A non-perturbative magnetic screening mass is also used in the estimate of the mean-free-path of parton scattering in a hot QCD matter.
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Study on the temperature dependence of BGO light yield
The temperature dependence of BGO coupled with photomultiplier tube R5610A-01 was studied in the range of −30–30°C. The temperature coefficient of the BGO and R5610A as a whole was tested to be −1.82%/°C. And the temperature coefficient of the gain of the R5610A is −0.44%/°C which was tested in the same situation using a blue LED. Thus the temperature coefficient of BGO’s light yield can be evaluated as −1.38%/°C.
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Longitudinal Double Spin Asymmetries in Heavy Flavor Production in Polarized p+p Collisions at s = 200 GeV
One of the main goals of the RHIC spin program is to determine the contribution of gluons to the proton spin. At RHIC energies, heavy quark (charm and beauty) production is expected to be dominated by gluon‐gluon interactions, so a measurement of the double longitudinal spin asymmetry ALL in heavy quark production in polarized p+p collisions directly probes the polarized gluon distribution inside the proton. We present the latest results on an ALL measurement for J/Ψ and open charm production measured by the PHENIX detector.
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A Study of Longitudinal Coherent Effects of Unbunched Beams Near Transition in the Fermilab Accumulator
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ELECTROMAGNETIC PARAMETERS STUDY OF MICROWAVE- ABSORBING MATERIAL FeSiAl FOR COLLINEAR LOAD OF LINAC*
Microwave-absorbing material is an essential part of LINAC collinear load. It is coated on the inner walls of several trailing accelerating cavities to transform the remnant microwave power into heat. Fe-85%Si-9.6%Al5.4% alloy, which reveals low outgassing rate and high attenuation, is selected for collinear load R&D. To measure the permittivity and permeability of FeSiAl at 2856 MHz, the coaxial transmission-reflection method is adopted. The system is firstly examined by testing the hollow coaxial fixture and comparing the results with the electromagnetic parameters of the air. Measurements of two PTFE rings show that the air gaps between the fixture and samples influence the test results seriously. CST is utilized to simulate the effects on the FeSiAl measurements. Eventually a scheme of molding the samples of FeSiAl powder mixed with paraffin to form a wax mold is proposed and the permittivity and permeability of FeSiAl are derived from the electromagnetic parameters equivalent formulas of mixed medium. INTRODUCTION In order to ensure LINAC running safely, the remnant microwave power has to be absorbed at the end of the accelerator tube. Waveguide load is regularly adopted, but the structures would make it difficult to miniaturize the LINAC. Collinear load is a new structure of LINAC load, which consists of several accelerating cavities coaxially extending the normal accelerating tube with efficient microwave-absorbing material coated on the inner walls. The remnant power is dissipated and transformed into heat, which is carried out through cavity walls by external cooling water. Without output coupler, the structure not only brings about simplification on focusing coils installation, but also makes the construction compact and the quality of beam current improved [1]. Absorbing material is an essential part of the collinear load and its absorbing capability depends on its electromagnetic parameters [2], which would be significant to the performance of the collinear load. There are two types of electromagnetic measurement methods for microwaveabsorbing materials: the network parameters method and the resonance cavity method. The resonance cavity method is fit for low loss materials, while the network parameter method is more suitable for higher loss materials. The latter consists of coaxial transmissionreflection method [3], free space method and so on. In this paper, coaxial transmission-reflection method is used to test the FeSiAl alloy which is an efficient absorbing material and prepared by Institute of Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. THEORY OF TRANSMISSIONREFLECTION METHOD The transmission line is a reciprocal two-port network when the sample is a homogeneous, linear and isotropic medium. As shown in Fig. 1, the electromagnetic wave transmits and reflects back and forth in the medium. 1 R 2 (1 ) R T R 2 2 (1 ) R R T 3 2 4 (1 ) R R T 5 2 6 (1 ) R R T 7 2 8 (1 ) R R T 2 2 3 (1 ) R R T 8 2 9 (1 ) R R T 6 2 7 (1 ) R R T 4 2 5 (1 ) R R T 1 .... ..... .... .... 11 S 21 S Figure 1: The electromagnetic wave reflection and transmission in medium. Supposing that the reflection coefficient of the airmedium interface (A) is R, reflection coefficient of the medium-air interface (B) is -R and the transmission coefficient of the medium is T with the length of L, the complex number S11 of reflection sum in the A interface and S21 of transmission sum in the B interface will be
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Spatial anisotropy: a method to study anisotropic flow in heavy ion collisions
We introduce a method to study anisotropic flow parameter vn as a collective probe to Quark Gluon Plasma in relativistic heavy ion collisions. The emphasis is put on the use of the Fourier expansion of initial spatial azimuthal distributions of participant nucleons in the overlapped region. The coefficients n of Fourier expansion are called the spatial anisotropy parameter for the n-th harmonic. We propose that collective dynamics can be studied by vn/n. In this paper, we will discuss in particular the second (n = 2) and the fourth (n = 4) harmonics.