/home/vkoch/Desktop/INT2010/ parity_talk.odp 1 Have we seen Local Parity Violation at RHIC? ● Introduction ● What the present data tell us ● Alternative observable Based on: Adam Bzdak, VK and Jinfeng Liao, PRC81 031901(R) (2010), [arXiv:0912.5050] J. Liao, VK, and Adam Bzdak, in preparation
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Have we seen Local Parity Violation at RHIC?
● Introduction
● What the present data tell us
● Alternative observable
Based on: Adam Bzdak, VK and Jinfeng Liao, PRC81 031901(R) (2010), [arXiv:0912.5050] J. Liao, VK, and Adam Bzdak, in preparation
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CPT is in good shape
C
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onjecture
ress Release
hink
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J. Liao, BNL workshop, April 2010
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The basic observable
X (in-plane)
Y (out-of-plane) Py (out-of-plane)
Charge Separation orElectric Dipole in Pt Space(along out-of-plane direction)
Complications:• hard to identify direction of magnetic field (reaction plane)P. E-by-E• Direction of dipole either parallel OR anti-parallel to magnetic field
Px (in-plane)
Momentum space
Coordinate space
Bcurrent
→ only variance of parity-odd operator can be observed
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The STAR measurement(which everybody discusses)
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The STAR measurement(a closer look)
Py(out-of-
plane)
Px(in-
plane)
+
Concentrate on same sign pairs for the moment
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Set
Py(out-of-
plane)
Px(in-
plane)
++
for both configurations
How to distinguish?
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The STAR measurement(which not so many discuss)
Py(out-of-
plane)
Px(in-
plane)
++
Py(out-of-
plane)
Px(in-
plane)
++
Data favor in-plane back-to-back correlation
Add to the mix
same sign
opp. sign.
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The bottom line
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Using simple math
STAR measures for same sign pairs in Au+Au:
Therefore:
No out-of-plane correlation for same charge pairs
Opposite charge:
in-plane
in-plane
out-of-plane
out-of-plane
Same Charge
opp. Charge
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Saving the chiral magnetic effect...
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The argument in the STAR papers:B
out, B
in = Background (in and out of plane)
P = Parity violating signal
Thus:
The data show
Thus existence of CME would require:
●“Juuuuust right scenario” a.k.a fine tuning !!!●We need to understand the background●We need differential information on
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Do we understand the background
NO!
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How realistic is the assumption ?
Two particle density:
Prominent example: HBT with respect to the reaction plane
Implies: “background” correlations are independent of reaction plane
Reaction plane dependence always enters via v2 !
Pt –
and eta dependence of v2 needs to be taken into account
Sources discussed in context of CME: Clusters (STAR, F. Wang), Resonances (STAR), .Anomaly (Asakawa et al)...