119271438
Search for Chiral Magnetic Effects in High-Energy Nuclear Collisions
Abstract We present measurements of pion elliptic flow ( ν 2 ) in Au + Au collisions at s N N = 200 , 62.4 , 39 , 27 and 19.6 GeV , as a function of event-by-event charge asymmetry ( A ± ) , based on data from the STAR experiment at RHIC. We find that π − ( π + ) elliptic flow linearly increases (decreases) with charge asymmetry for most centrality bins and for all the beam energies under study. The slope parameter ( r ) from ν 2 ( A ± ) difference between π − and π + shows a centrality dependency similar to calculations of the Chiral Magnetic Wave. The measurements of charge separation with respect to the reaction plane in search of Local Parity Violation and the Chiral Magnetic Effect are also presented for Au+Au collisions at s N N = 200 , 62.4 , 39 , 27 , 19.6 , 11.5 and 7.7 GeV , and for U + U collisions at 193 GeV.
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.
14494427
Highlights from STAR: probing the early medium in heavy ion collisions
Abstract We present highlights of recent results from the STAR Collaboration at RHIC, focusing on the properties of the early medium created in heavy ion collisions. We emphasize the strangeness production including the observation of a hypernucleus (the hypertriton), the observation of reaction-plane-dependent angular correlation of charged particles searching for local strong parity violation effects in heavy ion collisions, and the evaluation of the medium viscosity from measurements of elliptic flow. We discuss STAR's plan for the “Critical Point Search” program at RHIC.
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.
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.
17737818
Non-photonic electron–hadron correlations at STAR
We present STAR's measurements of azimuthal correlations between non-photonic electrons and charged hadrons in p+p, Cu+Cu and Au+Au collisions at GeV. In p+p collisions, from the non-photonic e?h correlation we have extracted the relative B meson semi-leptonic decay contributions to non-photonic electrons up to electron pt ~ 9 GeV/c. In central Cu+Cu and Au+Au collisions where a dense medium is created, we find that the e?h correlation on the away side of the trigger non-photonic electron has been modified in comparison with the expectation from PYTHIA simulations.
15992047
An analysis of the two-vortex case in the Chern-Simons Higgs model
Abstract. Extending work of Caffarelli-Yang and Tarantello, we present a variational existence proof for two-vortex solutions of the periodic Chern-Simons Higgs model and analyze the asymptotic behavior of these solutions as the parameter coupling the gauge field with the scalar field tends to 0.

119251875
Annihilation rate of 2++ charmonium and bottomonium
Abstract Two-photon annihilation rates of 2 + tensor charmonium and bottomonium up to third radial excited states are estimated in the relativistic Salpeter method. Full Salpeter equation for 2 + tensor state is solved with a well defined relativistic wave function and we calculated the annihilation amplitude using the Mandelstam formalism. Our estimates of the decay widths are: Γ ( χ c 2 → 2 γ ) = 501 eV , Γ ( χ c 2 ′ → 2 γ ) = 534 eV , Γ ( χ b 2 → 2 γ ) = 7.4 eV and Γ ( χ b 2 ′ → 2 γ ) = 7.7 eV . We also give total decay widths of the lowest states estimated by the two-gluon decay rates, and the results are: Γ tot ( χ c 2 ) = 2.64 MeV , Γ tot ( χ b 2 ) = 0.220 MeV and Γ tot ( χ b 2 ′ ) = 0.248 MeV .
96428988
On the transverse momentum distribution of strange hadrons produced in relativistic heavy ion collisions
Particles with strange quark content produced in the system 1.93A·GeV58Ni on58Ni have been investigated at GSI Darmstadt with the FOPI detector system. The correlation of these produced particles was analyzed with respect to the reaction plane.Λ baryons exhibit a very pronounced sideward flow pattern which is qualitatively similar to the proton flow. However, the kaon (K+,Ks0) flow patterns are significantly different from that of the protons, and their form may be useful to restrict theoretical models on the form of the kaon potential in the nuclear medium.
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.
108968904
LIFETIME MEASUREMENT WITH PSEUDO MOVEABLE SEPTUM IN NSLS X-RAY RING
The National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) is a state of the art 3 GeV third generation light source currently under construction at Brookhaven National Laboratory and starts to commission in 2014. The beam injection works with two septa and four fast kicker magnets in an injection section. To improve the injection stability and reproducibility, we plan to implement a slow local bump on top of the fast bump so that the fast kicker strength is reduced. This bump works as a pseudo movable septum. We can also use this 'movable' septum to measure the storage ring beam partial lifetime resulting from the septum edge and possibly increasing the lifetime by moving the stored beam orbit away from the edge. We demonstrate the feasibility of this idea, by implementing DC bump in NSLS X-ray ring. We report the results of beam lifetime measurements as a function of the amplitude of this bumped orbit relative to the septum and the idea of a slow bump that could reduce the fast bump magnet strengths.