120871108
Can charge correlations be used to signal the formation of a quark-gluon plasma?
We investigate short-range charge anticorrelations in nucleus-nucleus collisions whose suppresion could signal the presence of a quark-gluon plasma. We compute the charge correlations under some minimal assumptions about model parameters, and find that the results are not very sensitive to different parameters of the model.
119431013
A precise determination of T_c in QCD from scaling
Existing lattice data on the QCD phase transition are analyzed in renormalized perturbation theory. In quenched QCD it is found that T_c scales for lattices with only 3 time slices, and that T_c/Lambda_msbar=1.15 \pm 0.05. A preliminary estimate in QCD with two flavours of dynamical quarks shows that this ratio depends on the quark mass. For realistic quark masses we estimate T_c/Lambda_msbar=0.49 \pm 0.02. We also investigate the equation of state in quenched QCD at 1-loop order in renormalised perturbation theory.
121387686
Hybrid Monte Carlo simulations of a two-dimensional gauge theory
Through a study of the dynamics of the two-dimensional U(1) pure gauge theory we find exponential slowing down in barrier penetration problems. We verify that the dynamical critical exponent in HMC can be tuned exactly to 1, and that normal and gauge fixed updates have equal cost.
17443615
Lattice QCD for RHIC
I briefly introduce the methods by which lattice QCD predictions for RHIC are obtained. Next I deal with lattice determinations of strangeness production and event-to-event fluctuations of conserved quantities. I also present a new diagrammatic method for computing derivatives with respect to chemical potentials, and conclude with discussions of some tests of thermal perturbation theory which follow.
122166973
The phase diagram of QCD: methods and logic of the comparison of experiments and theory
Abstract A small review of the phase diagram of QCD is presented. This is followed by a discussion of the conditions under which experimental data on the fluctuations of conserved quantities in heavy-ion collisions can be treated in the grand canonical ensemble. A robust method for detecting the presence of a nearby critical point in experiments is given. There is a short discussion of the need for non-Gaussian error analysis.
123004962
Flavour degrees of freedom and the transition temperature in QCD
We study the finite temperature transition in QCD with four flavours of dynamical quarks. Our simulation is performed on an 8×16 3 lattice for quarks of mass ma=0.01. At the coupling β c =5.15, we find long-lived metastable states, as well as an abrupt change in the entropy density, suggesting a first order phase transition. Using presently available results from corresponding calculations of the hadron masses and the chiral condensate, this gives us a transition temperature T c ≅100 MeV, which is a factor two lower than the transition temperature found in quenched QCD.
118691839
Model for hypernucleus production in heavy ion collisions
We estimate the production cross sections of hypernuclei in projectile-like fragments (PLFs) in heavy ion collisions. The discussed scenario for the formation cross section of a LAMBDA hypernucleus is (a) LAMBDA particles are produced in the participant region but have a considerable rapidity spread and (b) LAMBDA with rapidity close to that of the PLF and total momentum (in the rest system of the PLF) up to Fermi motion can then be trapped and produce hypernuclei. Process (a) is considered here within the heavy ion jet interaction generator (HIJING/BB) model, and process (b) in the canonical thermodynamic model (CTM). We estimate the production cross sections for a hypernucleus {sub L}AMBDA{sup A}{sub F}Z where Z=1, 2, 3, and 4 for C + C at total nucleon-nucleon center of mass (c.m.) energy sq root(s{sub NN})=3.7 GeV, and for Ne + Ne and Ar + Ar collisions at sq root(s{sub NN})=5.0 GeV. By taking into account explicitly the impact parameter dependence of the colliding systems, it is found that the cross section is different from that predicted by the coalescence model, and large discrepancy is obtained for {sub L}AMBDA{sup 6}He and {sub L}AMBDA{sup 9}Be hypernuclei.
39289287
Model of multifragmentation, equation of state, and phase transition
We consider a soluble model of multifragmentation which is similar in spirit to many models which have been used to fit intermediate energy heavy ion collision data. We draw a p-V diagram for the model and compare with a p-V diagram obtained from a mean-field theory. We investigate the question of chemical instability in the multifragmentation model. Phase transitions in the model are discussed.
119107758
Peccei-Quinn violating minimal supergravity and a 126 GeV Higgs boson
In a Peccei-Quinn extension of supergravity the h --> \gamma\gamma detection rate can be significantly enhanced due to the reduction of the total Higgs decay width. To assess the viability of various Peccei-Quinn extensions of minimal supergravity we perform a Bayesian analysis on three such scenarios. The main constraints on these models come from the currently observed Higgs boson like state by the Large Hadron Collider and from the WMAP observation of dark matter abundance. Our comparative study reveals that under these constraints the PQ violating scenarios with axino dark matter are clearly preferred over the minimal supegravity model with the lightest neutralino as a dark matter candidate.
121995970
A check on the geometrical assumptions in models of relativistic heavy ion collisions
Abstract The results of a recent experiment can be used to test clearly the geometrical assumptions of a variety of models for heavy ion collisions. Frequently used models are seen to fail quantitatively; the data show the need for incorporating nuclear transparency; both multiple and clean knockout collisions are needed.
120395006
ONE-GRAVITON EXCHANGE INTERACTION OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
The interaction of elementary particles of several different spins due to the exchange of a graviton is investigated. The exact one-graviton exchange potentials are obtained, and then simplified by making various approximations. The gravitational interaction is found to be independent of the spins of the particles, provided that the distance between them is large compared with their Compton wavelengths. I t is pointed out that the spin-dependent interaction terms, whose range is of the order of the Compton wavelength, may be of interest in the theory of gravitational collapse. I t is also shown that the gravitational particle-antiparticle interaction differs from the corresponding particle-particle interaction only by contact interaction terms.