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-- Search for the partonic EOS at RHIC-- Search for the partonic EOS at RHIC
Nu Xu
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Many Thanks to OrganizersProf. Weiqing Chao
Jinghua Fu, Yugang Ma, Enke Wang
J. Castillo, X. Dong, H. Huang, H.G. Ritter, K. Schweda, P. Sorensen, A. Tai, Z. Xu
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OutlineOutline
Introduction
Bulk properties - ∂PQCD
- hadron spectra- elliptic flow v2
Summary and Outlook
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PPhase diagram of strongly hase diagram of strongly interacting matterinteracting matter
CERN-SPS, RHIC, LHC: high temperature, low baryon density
AGS, GSI (SIS200): moderate temperature, high baryon density
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High-energy Nuclear CollisionsHigh-energy Nuclear Collisions
Initial Condition - initial scatterings - baryon transfer - ET production - parton dof
System Evolves - parton interaction - parton/hadron expansion
Bulk Freeze-out - hadron dof - interactions stop
jets
J/D
K, K*
p
d, HBT
elliptic flow velliptic flow v22
radial radial flowflowTT
Q2
time
partonic scatterings?early thermalization?
TTCC
TTchch
TTfofo
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Identify and study the properties of matter with partonic degrees of freedom.
Penetrating probes Bulk probes - direct photons, leptons - spectra, v1, v2 …
- “jets” and heavy flavor - partonic collectivity - fluctuations
jets - observed high pT hadrons (at RHIC, pT(min) > 3 GeV/c) collectivity - collective motion of observed hadrons, not necessarily reached
thermalization among them.
Physics Goals at RHIC
HydrodynamicFlow
CollectivityLocal
Thermalization=
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Equation of State
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∂μTμν = 0
∂μ jμ = 0 j μ (x) = n(x)uμ (x)
T μν = ε(x) + p(x)[ ]uμuν − gμν ∗p(x)
Equation of state:
- EOS I : relativistic ideal gas: p = /3- EOS H: resonance gas: p ~ /6- EOS Q: Maxwell construction:
Tcrit= 165 MeV, B1/4 = 0.23 GeV
lat=1.15 GeV/fm3
P. Kolb et al., Phys. Rev. C62, 054909 (2000).
With given degrees of freedom, the EOS - the system response to the changes of the thermal condition - is fixed by its p and T or .
Energy density GeV/fm3
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Collision Geometry
x
z
Non-central Collisions
Number of participants: number of incoming nucleons in the overlap regionNumber of binary collisions: number of inelastic nucleon-nucleon collisions
Charged particle multiplicity collision centralityReaction plane: x-z plane
Au + Au sNN = 200 GeV
beam
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Charged Hadron Density19.6 GeV 130 GeV 200 GeV
Charged hadron pseudo-rapidity
1) High number of Nch indicates initial high density;2) Mid-y, Nch Npart nuclear collisions are not incoherent;3) Saturation model works
Initial high parton density at RHICPRL 85, 3100 (00); 91, 052303 (03); 88, 22302(02); 91,
052303 (03)
PHOBOS Collaboration
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Suppression and Correlation
In central Au+Au collisions: hadrons are suppressed and back-to-back ‘jets’ are disappeared. Different from p+p and d+Au collisions.
Energy density at RHIC: > 5 GeV/fm3 ~ 300
Parton energy loss: Bjorken 1982(“Jet quenching”) Gyulassy & Wang 1992…
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Energy Loss and Equilibrium
Leading hadrons
Medium
In Au +Au collision at RHIC: - Suppression at the intermediate pT region - energy loss
- The energy loss leads to progressive equilibrium in Au+Au collisions STAR: nucl-ex/0404010
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Energy Loss
(1) Measured spectra show evidence of suppression up to pT ~ 6 GeV/c; (2) Jet-like behavior observed in correlations: - hard scatterings in AA collisions
- disappearance of back-to-back correlations
“Partonic” Energy loss process leads to progressive equilibrium in the medium
Next step: fix the partonic Equation of State, bulk properties
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Pressure, Flow, …
dd = dU + pdV = dU + pdV – entropy; p – pressure; U – energy; V – volume
= kBT, thermal energy per dof
In high-energy nuclear collisions, interaction among constituents and density distribution will lead to: pressure gradient pressure gradient collective flow collective flow
number of degrees of freedom (dof) Equation of State (EOS) No thermalization is needed – pressure gradient only depends on the density gradient and interactions. Space-time-momentum correlations!
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Transverse Flow Observables
As a function of particle mass:• Directed flow (v1) – early• Elliptic flow (v2) – early• Radial flow – integrated over whole evolution
Note on collectivity:1) Effect of collectivity is accumulative – final effect is the sum of all processes. 2) Thermalization is not needed to develop collectivity - pressure gradient depends on density gradient and interactions.
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Hadron Spectra from RHICmid-rapidity, p+p and Au+Au collisions at 200 GeVmid-rapidity, p+p and Au+Au collisions at 200 GeV
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Results from BRAHMS, PHENIX, and STAR experiments
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Compare with Model Results
Model results fit to , K, p spectra well, but over predicted <pT> for multi-strange hadrons - Do they freeze-out earlier?
Phys. Rev. C69 034909 (04); Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 112301(04); 92, 182301(04); P. Kolb et al., Phys. Rev. C67 044903(03)
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Thermal model fitThermal model fit
Source is assumed to be:– Local thermal equilibrated– Boosted radially
random
boostedE.Schnedermann, J.Sollfrank, and U.Heinz, Phys. Rev. C48, 2462(1993)
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α = 0.5,1,2
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Thermal fits: Tfo vs. < >
1) 1) , , KK, and , and pp change change smoothly from peripheral smoothly from peripheral to central collisions.to central collisions.
2) At the most central2) At the most central collisions, <collisions, <TT> reaches> reaches
0.6c.0.6c.
3) Multi-strange particles 3) Multi-strange particles ,, are found at higher Tare found at higher Tfofo
(T~T(T~Tchch) and lower <) and lower <TT>>
Sensitive to early Sensitive to early partonic stage!partonic stage!
How about vHow about v22??
STAR: NPA715, 458c(03); PRL 92, 112301(04); 92, 182301(04).
200GeV Au + Au collisions200GeV Au + Au collisions
Chemical Freeze-out: inelastic interactions stopKinetic Freeze-out: elastic interactions stop
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y
x
py
px
coordinate-space-anisotropy momentum-space-anisotropy
Anisotropy Parameter vAnisotropy Parameter v22
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py
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Initial/final conditions, EoS, degrees of freedom
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v2 at Low pT
- At low pT, hydrodynamic model fits well for minimum bias events indicating early thermalization in Au+Au collisions at RHIC!- More theoretical work needed to understand details: v2 centrality dependence; consistency between v2 and spectra…
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v2 at All pT
v2, the spectra of multi-strange hadrons, and thescaling of the number ofconstituent quarks
Partonic collectivity has been attained at RHIC! Deconfinement, model dependently, has been attained at RHIC!
Next question is thethermalization of lightflavors at RHIC:- v2 of charm hadrons- J/ distributions !!
PHENIX: PRL91, 182301(03) STAR: PRL92, 052302(04)Models: Greco et al, PRC68, 034904(03)
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Nuclear Modification Factor
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dydpNNd
dydpNNdpR
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peripheral
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central
TCP = 1) Baryon vs. meson effect!
2) Hadronization via coalescence
3) Parton thermalization (model)- (K0, ): PRL92, 052303(04); NPA715, 466c(03); - Greco et al, PRC68,034904(03);PRL90, 202102(03) - R. Fries et al, PRC68, 044902(03); ), Hwa, nucl-th/0406072
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Bulk Freeze-out Systematics
The additional increase in T is likely due to partonic pressureat RHIC.
1) v2 self-quenching, hydrodynamic model works at low pT
2) Multi-strange hadron freeze-out earlier, Tfo~ Tch
3) Multi-strang hadron show strong v2
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Partonic Collectivity at RHIC
1) Copiously produced hadrons freeze-out: Tfo = 100 MeV, T = 0.6 (c) > T(SPS)
2)* Multi-strange hadrons freeze-out: Tfo = 160-170 MeV (~ Tch), T = 0.4 (c)
3)** Multi-strange v2: Multi-strange hadrons and flow!
4)*** Constituent Quark scaling: Seems to work for v2 and RAA (RCP)
Partonic (u,d,s) collectivity at RHIC!
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Summary & OutlookSummary & Outlook
(1) Charged multiplicity - high initial density
(2) Parton energy loss - QCD at work
(3) Collectivity - pressure gradient ∂PQCD
Deconfinement and Partonic collectivity
Open issues - partonic (u,d,s) thermalization - heavy flavor v2 and spectra - di-lepton and thermal photon spectra
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CERN-SPS, RHIC, LHC: high temperature, low baryon density
AGS, GSI (SIS200): moderate temperature, high baryon density
PPhase diagram of strongly hase diagram of strongly interacting matterinteracting matter
GSIGSI
RHICRHICLHCLHC
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Future readings:Future readings:
- http://qm2004.lbl.gov/
- Quark Matter conference proceedings 2002 Nucl.Phys. A715, 1c(2003).
- Quark Matter conference proceedings 2001 Nucl.Phys. A698, 1c(2002).
- “Introduction to High Energy Heavy Ion Collisions’’ - By C.Y. Wong (Oak Ridge),. 1995. Singapore, Singapore: World Scientific (1994) 516 p.
- “Introduction to Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions’’ - By L.P. Csernai (Bergen U.),. 1994.
Chichester, UK: Wiley (1994) 310 p.
- Recent discussions on the QGP discovery http://www.bnl.gov/riken/May14-152004workshop.htm