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.
119169539
Elliptic flow in the Gaussian model of eccentricity fluctuations
Abstract We discuss a specific model of elliptic flow fluctuations due to Gaussian fluctuations in the initial spatial x and y eccentricity components { 〈 ( σ y 2 − σ x 2 ) / ( σ x 2 + σ y 2 ) 〉 , 〈 2 σ x y / ( σ x 2 + σ y 2 ) 〉 } . We find that in this model v 2 { 4 } , elliptic flow determined from 4-particle cumulants, exactly equals the average flow value in the reaction plane coordinate system, 〈 v RP 〉 , the relation which, in an approximate form, was found earlier by Bhalerao and Ollitrault in a more general analysis, but under the same assumption that v 2 is proportional to the initial system eccentricity. We further show that in the Gaussian model all higher order cumulants are equal to v 2 { 4 } . Analysis of the distribution in the magnitude of the flow vector, the Q -distribution, reveals that it is totally defined by two parameters, v 2 { 2 } , the flow from 2-particle cumulants, and v 2 { 4 } , thus providing equivalent information compared to the method of cumulants. The flow obtained from the Q -distribution is again v 2 { 4 } = 〈 v RP 〉 .
119180431
Empirical constraints on parton energy loss in nucleus–nucleus collisions at RHIC
Abstract We present empirical features of parton energy loss in nucleus–nucleus collisions at RHIC through studies of the spectra and nuclear modification factors ( R A A ) for charged hadrons, neutral pions ( π 0 ) and non-photonic electrons. The flat distribution of R A A at high transverse momentum ( p T ) for a given collision centrality is consistent with a scenario where parton energy loss Δ p T is proportional to p T . The centrality dependence of the parton energy loss indicates the absence of path length dependence in the magnitude of energy loss. The lack of strong path length dependence suggests a dynamical picture where the dense partonic medium undergoes rapid expansion and the density of the medium falls rapidly in the first a few Fermi interval, which may be much shorter than the full path length. Implications of the empirical constraints on the parton energy loss will also be discussed.
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.
121637512
Quark Transport Properties in the Region of Coexistence of Both Hadronic and QGP Phases
The physical picture of coexistence of both hadronic and QGP phases is given by Friedberg and T.D. Lee's nontopology soliton model. The transport properties of quark in color space and spin space in a system of two-phase coexistence are investigated from both quantum and classical theories.
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.
120103449
Determination of average kinetic energy (μ2π) of a heavy quark inside a heavy vector meson using a relativistic method
The average kinetic energy of a heavy quark inside a heavy vector meson was computed using a relativistic Salpeter method. It was found through computation that significant relativistic corrections result in different values of μ2π for pseudoscalar and vector mesons, and μ2π ≈ 0.41 ± 0.07(B*0, B*±), 0.31 ± 0.06(D*0, D*±), 0.48 ± 0.09(B*s), 0.36 ± 0.07(D*s), 0.96 ± 0.17(B*c), 0.62 ± 0.11(J/Ψ) GeV2 for vector mesons.
16553318
V(cs) from pure leptonic decays of D(s) with radiative corrections
The radiative corrections to the pure leptonic decay $D_s{\longrightarrow} {\ell}{{\nu}}_{\ell}$ up-to one-loop order is presented. We find the virtual photon loop corrections to $D_s{\longrightarrow} {\tau}{{\nu}}_{\tau}$ is negative and the corresponding branching ratio is larger than $3.51\times 10^{-3}$. Considering the possible experimental resolutions, our prediction of the radiative decay $D_s{\longrightarrow} {\tau}{{\nu}}_{\tau}\gamma$ is not so large as others, and the best radiative channel to determine the $V_{cs}$ or $f_{D_s}$ is $D_s{\longrightarrow} {\mu}{{\nu}}_{\mu}{\gamma}$.
119956852
Energy quantization and intermittency in multiparticle production
We propose a simple model to describe the multiparticle production in high-energy hadronic interactions. As a result of energy quantization of the excitation system formed in collisions, the model naturally explains the intermittency phenomenon as well as other properties in multiparticle productions.
123145784
OZI-ALLOWED TWO BODY ϒ DECAYS IN THE 3P0 MODEL WITH THE RELATIVISTIC WAVE FUNCTIONS
We combine the Bethe–Salpeter method with the 3P0 model to describe OZI-allowed two body meson decays. In this combined method, the relativistic wave functions defined in the Salpeter equation show up in the decay amplitude of the 3P0 model automatically. We apply the method to OZI-allowed ϒ(4S, 5S, 6S) two body decays. The results are roughly consistent with the experimental data and the predictions of ϒ(6S) decays are given.