Energy and System Size Dependence of Xi− and Xi+ Production in Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions at the CERN SPS

Energy and System Size Dependence of Xi− and Xi+ Production in Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions at the CERN SPS
Author: Michael Mitrovski
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2015-01-13
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3656874301

Doctoral Thesis / Dissertation from the year 2007 in the subject Physics - Nuclear Physics, grade: 1,0, University of Frankfurt (Main) (Institut für Kernphysik), language: English, abstract: Quarks sind die elementaren Bestandteile, aus denen Hadronen (Baryonen und Mesonen) aufgebaut sind. Zusammen mit den Leptonen und den Eichbosonen gelten sie heute als die fundamentalen Bausteine, aus denen alle Materie aufgebaut ist. Im Standardmodell der Teilchenphysik werden diese Ergebnisse zusammengefasst. Es gibt sechs verschiedene Quark-Arten (flavours): up, down, strange, charm, bottom und top. In der Natur kommen keine isolierten Quarks vor, sondern nur Kombinationen aus z.B. einem Quark-Antiquark Paar (Meson) oder aus drei Quarks (Baryon). Die Quantenchromodynamik (QCD) beschreibt die starke Wechselwirkung zwischen Quarks und Gluonen. Quarks bauen unter anderem Protonen und Neutronen auf. Gluonen vermitteln die Wechselwirkung zwischen den Quarks. Konzeptionell ist die QCD an die Quantenelektrodynamik (QED) angelehnt, die die Wechselwirkung elektrisch geladener Teilchen (z.B. Elektron oder Positron) durch den Austausch von Photonen beschreibt. Analog wirkt die Kraft, die durch den Austausch von Gluonen beschrieben wird, zwischen Teilchen, die eine Farbladung (rot, grün, blau) tragen. Im Vergleich zur QED, wo das Photon neutral ist, trägt das Gluon selbst Farbe und wechselwirkt daher mit anderen Gluonen. Bei kleinen Quarkabständen und hohen Energien bzw. hohen Impulsüberträgen, fällt die Kopplungskonstante der starken Wechselwirkung (αs) ab. Bei kleinem αs sind Quarks und Gluonen schwach gebunden (Asymptotische Freiheit). Bei grossen Abständen bzw. kleinen Impulsüberträgen ist αs gross. Die Zunahme von αs bewirkt, dass unendlich viel Energie benötigt wird, um Quarks aus Hadronen herauszulösen. Dies hat die Folge, dass es günstiger ist ein neues Quark-Antiquark Paar zu erzeugen. Das erklärt, warum Quarks immer in Hadronen (Mesonen und Baryonen) gebunden sind und nie isoliert beobachtet werden können (Confinement).Wenn Kernmaterie stark komprimiert wird, steigen Energiedichte und Temperatur, und möglicherweise erfährt die Kernmaterie einen Phasenübergang zu einem Zustand der als Quark Gluon Plasma (QGP) bezeichnet wird. Das QGP ist ein Zustand der Materie, in dem das Confinement der Quarks und Gluonen aufgehoben ist (Deconfinement). Dieser Zustand ist gekennzeichnet durch ein quasi-freies Verhalten der Quarks und Gluonen. Quarks und Gluonen in Hadronen ein. Im heutigen Universum existiert das QGP höchstens noch im Zentrum von Neutronensternen und explodierenden schwarzen Löchern.

Introduction to Relativistic Heavy Ion Physics

Introduction to Relativistic Heavy Ion Physics
Author: Jerzy Bartke
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2009
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9810212313

This book attempts to cover the fascinating field of physics of relativistic heavy ions, mainly from the experimentalist's point of view. After the introductory chapter on quantum chromodynamics, basic properties of atomic nuclei, sources of relativistic nuclei, and typical detector set-ups are described in three subsequent chapters. Experimental facts on collisions of relativistic heavy ions are systematically presented in 15 consecutive chapters, starting from the simplest features like cross sections, multiplicities, and spectra of secondary particles and going to more involved characteristics like correlations, various relatively rare processes, and newly discovered features: collective flow, high pT suppression and jet quenching. Some entirely new topics are included, such as the difference between neutron and proton radii in nuclei, heavy hypernuclei, and electromagnetic effects on secondary particle spectra.Phenomenological approaches and related simple models are discussed in parallel with the presentation of experimental data. Near the end of the book, recent ideas about the new state of matter created in collisions of ultrarelativistic nuclei are discussed. In the final chapter, some predictions are given for nuclear collisions in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), now in construction at the site of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva. Finally, the appendix gives us basic notions of relativistic kinematics, and lists the main international conferences related to this field. A concise reference book on physics of relativistic heavy ions, it shows the present status of this field.

Introduction to Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions

Introduction to Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions
Author: L. P. Csernai
Publisher:
Total Pages: 336
Release: 1994-05-10
Genre: Science
ISBN:

Introduction to Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions László P. Csernai University of Bergen, Norway Written for postgraduates and advanced undergraduates in physics, this clear and concise work covers a wide range of subjects from intermediate to ultra-relativistic energies, thus providing an introductory overview of heavy ion physics. The reader is introduced to essential principles in heavy ion physics through a variety of questions, with answers, of varying difficulty. This timely text is based on a series of well received lectures given by Professor L. Csernai at the University of Minnesota, and the University of Bergen, where the author is based.

The CBM Physics Book

The CBM Physics Book
Author: Bengt Friman
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 973
Release: 2011-03-10
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3642132928

This exhaustive survey is the result of a four year effort by many leading researchers in the field to produce both a readable introduction and a yardstick for the many upcoming experiments using heavy ion collisions to examine the properties of nuclear matter. The books falls naturally into five large parts, first examining the bulk properties of strongly interacting matter, including its equation of state and phase structure. Part II discusses elementary hadronic excitations of nuclear matter, Part III addresses the concepts and models regarding the space-time dynamics of nuclear collision experiments, Part IV collects the observables from past and current high-energy heavy-ion facilities in the context of the theoretical predictions specific to compressed baryonic matter. Part V finally gives a brief description of the experimental concepts. The book explicitly addresses everyone working or planning to enter the field of high-energy nuclear physics.

Principles Of Phase Structures In Particle Physics

Principles Of Phase Structures In Particle Physics
Author: Hildegard Meyer-ortmanns
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 702
Release: 2006-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9814496278

The phase structure of particle physics shows up in matter at extremely high densities and/or temperatures as they were reached in the early universe, shortly after the big bang, or in heavy-ion collisions, as they are performed nowadays in laboratory experiments. In contrast to phase transitions of condensed matter physics, the underlying fundamental theories are better known than their macroscopic manifestations in phase transitions. These theories are quantum chromodynamics for the strong interaction part and the electroweak part of the Standard Model for the electroweak interaction. It is their non-Abelian gauge structure that makes it a big challenge to predict the type of phase conversion between phases of different symmetries and different particle contents. The book is about a variety of analytical and numerical tools that are needed to study the phase structure of particle physics. To these belong convergent and asymptotic expansions in strong and weak couplings, dimensional reduction, renormalization group studies, gap equations, Monte Carlo simulations with and without fermions, finite-size and finite-mass scaling analyses, and the approach of effective actions as supplement to first-principle calculations.

Relativistic Fluid Dynamics In and Out of Equilibrium

Relativistic Fluid Dynamics In and Out of Equilibrium
Author: Paul Romatschke
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2019-05-09
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1108579353

The past decade has seen unprecedented developments in the understanding of relativistic fluid dynamics in and out of equilibrium, with connections to astrophysics, cosmology, string theory, quantum information, nuclear physics and condensed matter physics. Romatschke and Romatschke offer a powerful new framework for fluid dynamics, exploring its connections to kinetic theory, gauge/gravity duality and thermal quantum field theory. Numerical algorithms to solve the equations of motion of relativistic dissipative fluid dynamics as well as applications to various systems are discussed. In particular, the book contains a comprehensive review of the theory background necessary to apply fluid dynamics to simulate relativistic nuclear collisions, including comparisons of fluid simulation results to experimental data for relativistic lead-lead, proton-lead and proton-proton collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The book is an excellent resource for students and researchers working in nuclear physics, astrophysics, cosmology, quantum many-body systems and string theory.

Introduction To High-energy Heavy-ion Collisions

Introduction To High-energy Heavy-ion Collisions
Author: Cheuk-yin Wong
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 542
Release: 1994-09-30
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9814506850

Written primarily for researchers and graduate students who are new in this emerging field, this book develops the necessary tools so that readers can follow the latest advances in this subject. Readers are first guided to examine the basic informations on nucleon-nucleon collisions and the use of the nucleus as an arena to study the interaction of one nucleon with another. A good survey of the relation between nucleon-nucleon and nucleus-nucleus collisions provides the proper comparison to study phenomena involving the more exotic quark-gluon plasma. Properties of the quark-gluon plasma and signatures for its detection are discussed to aid future searches and exploration for this exotic matter. Recent experimental findings are summarised.

Quark--Gluon Plasma 3

Quark--Gluon Plasma 3
Author: Rudolph C. Hwa
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 786
Release: 2004
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9812795537

Annotation. Text reviews the major topics in Quark-Gluon Plasma, including: the QCD phase diagram, the transition temperature, equation of state, heavy quark free energies, and thermal modifications of hadron properties. Includes index, references, and appendix. For researchers and practitioners.