QCD and the Space-time Evolution of High Energy Ee−, P Anti P, and Heavy Ion Collisions

QCD and the Space-time Evolution of High Energy Ee−, P Anti P, and Heavy Ion Collisions
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We begin with a discussion of ee− annihilation into hadrons, a process blessed with well-known elements of simplicity. We consider the opposite extreme of highly relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions. Here a space-time description has its own elements of simplicity, elements which might conceivably be applicable in hadron-hadron collisions. We also address the more immediate issues of how these ideas relate to present-day observations, especially high-energy hadron-hadron collisions. 40 references.

Non-equilibrium QCD of High-energy Multi-gluon Dynamics

Non-equilibrium QCD of High-energy Multi-gluon Dynamics
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Release: 1996
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A non-equilibrium QCD description of multiparticle dynamics in space-time is of both fundamental and phenomenological interest. Here the authors discusses an attempt to derive from first principles, a real-time formalism to study the dynamical interplay of quantum and statistical-kinetic properties of non-equilibrium multi-parton systems produced in high-energy QCD processes. The ultimate goal (from which one is still far away) is to have a practically applicable description of the space-time evolution of a general initial system of gluons and quarks, characterized by some large energy or momentum scale, that expands, diffuses and dissipates according to the self- and mutual-interactions, and eventually converts dynamically into final state hadrons. For example, the evolution of parton showers in the mechanism of parton-hadron conversion in high-energy hadronic collisions, or, the description of formation, evolution and freezeout of a quark-gluon plasma, in ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions.

Qcd And Multiparticle Production - Proceedings Of The Xxix International Symposium On Multiparticle Dynamics

Qcd And Multiparticle Production - Proceedings Of The Xxix International Symposium On Multiparticle Dynamics
Author: Ina Sarcevic
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 542
Release: 2000-07-05
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ISBN: 9814542938

This volume concentrates on three main areas of current research in high energy physics: (1) multiparticle and diffractive production in perturbative and nonperturbative QCD, (2) confinement-deconfinement mechanism and the RHIC physics, and (3) interface between high-energy collisions and cosmic-ray/astro-physics. The specific topics covered include: QCD at high energies, diffractive production, and small-x physics, multiparticle production and systematics: correlations and fluctuations, hadronic final states in e+e-, lepton-hadron and hadron-hadron collisions, relativistic heavy ion collisions, interface between high-energy collisions and cosmic-ray physics, and recent development in deconfinement.

Properties of QCD Matter at High Baryon Density

Properties of QCD Matter at High Baryon Density
Author: Xiaofeng Luo
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2023-01-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9811944415

This book highlights the discussions by renown researchers on questions emerged during transition from the relativistic heavy-ion collider (RHIC) to the future electron ion collider (EIC). Over the past two decades, the RHIC has provided a vast amount of data over a wide range of the center of mass energies. What are the scientific priorities, after RHIC is shut down and turned to the future EIC? What should be the future focuses of the high-energy nuclear collisions? What are thermodynamic properties of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) at large baryon density? Where is the phase boundary between quark-gluon-plasma and hadronic matter at high baryon density? How does one make connections from thermodynamics learned in high-energy nuclear collisions to astrophysical topics, to name few, the inner structure of compact stars, and perhaps more interestingly, the dynamical processes of the merging of neutron stars? While most particle physicists are interested in Dark Matter, we should focus on the issues of Visible Matter! Multiple heavy-ion accelerator complexes are under construction: NICA at JINR (4 ~ 11 GeV), FAIR at GSI (2 ~ 4.9 GeV SIS100), HIAF at IMP (2 ~ 4 GeV). In addition, the heavy-ion collision has been actively discussed at the J-PARC. The book is a collective work of top researchers from the field where some of the above-mentioned basic questions will be addressed. We believe that answering those questions will certainly advance our understanding of the phase transition in early universe as well as its evolution that leads to today's world of nature.

Status of the Theory of QCD Plasma

Status of the Theory of QCD Plasma
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Release: 1984
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There is mounting evidence, based on many theoretical approaches, that color is deconfined and chiral symmetry is restored at temperatures greater than about 200 MeV. Reasonable estimates of the energy density to be expected in high energy heavy ion collisions suggest that QCD plasma may be formed in the laboratory. Proposed experimental signals may allow us to infer such quantities as the temperature, the quark dispersion relation, the space-time evolution and, perhaps, even the order of the phase transition. 52 references.

Soft and Hard Probes of QCD Topological Structures in Relativistic Heavy-ion Collisions

Soft and Hard Probes of QCD Topological Structures in Relativistic Heavy-ion Collisions
Author: Shuzhe Shi
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Release: 2019
Genre: Heavy ion collisions
ISBN: 9783030254834

This thesis makes significant advances in the quantitative understanding of two intrinsically linked yet technically very different phenomena in quantum chromodynamics (QCD). Firstly, the thesis investigates the soft probe of strong interaction topological fluctuations in the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) which is made possible via the anomalous chiral transport effects induced by such fluctuations. Here, the author makes contributions towards establishing the first comprehensive tool for quantitative prediction of the chiral magnetic effect in the QGP that is produced in heavy ion collision experiments. Secondly, the thesis deals with the hard probe of strongly coupled QGP created in heavy-ion collisions. In particular, this study addresses the basic question related to the nonperturbative color structure in the QGP via jet energy loss observables. The author further develops the CUJET computational model for jet quenching and uses it to analyze the topological degrees of freedom in quark-gluon plasma. The contributions this thesis makes towards these highly-challenging problems have already generated widespread impacts in the field of quark-gluon plasma and high-energy nuclear collisions.