scholarly journals Thermal production of sexaquarks in heavy-ion collisions

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (25) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Blaschke ◽  
Larissa Bravina ◽  
Kyrill Bugaev ◽  
Glennys R. Farrar ◽  
Boris Grinyuk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Heavy Ion Collisions ◽  
Hadron Collider ◽  
Heavy Ion ◽  
Dark Matter Candidate ◽  
Ion Collisions ◽  
Great Relevance ◽  
Age Of The Universe ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Universe

We present new results on the thermal production yield of a hypothetical state made of six quarks [Formula: see text] assuming its production in heavy-ion collisions at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC). A state with this quark content and mass low enough to be stable against decay in timescales of the order of the age of the Universe has been hypothesized by one of us (G. Farrar) and has been discussed as a possible dark matter candidate. In this work, we address for the first time the thermal production rate that can be expected for this state in heavy-ion collisions at colliders. For this estimate we use a thermal model which has been shown to describe accurately the production of hadrons and nuclei in heavy-ion collisions at LHC energy. This estimate is of great relevance for sexaquark searches at colliders as well as for its consideration as a dark matter candidate and for the composition of neutron stars.

scholarly journals ηQ Meson Photoproduction in Ultrarelativistic Heavy Ion Collisions

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gong-Ming Yu ◽  
Gao-Gao Zhao ◽  
Zhen Bai ◽  
Yan-Bing Cai ◽  
Hai-Tao Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Ion Collisions ◽  
Hadron Collider ◽  
Heavy Ion ◽  
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions ◽  
Heavy Quarkonium ◽  
Color Singlet ◽  
Initial State ◽  
Color Octet ◽  
Ion Collisions ◽  
The Matrix

The transverse momentum distributions for inclusive ηc,b meson described by gluon-gluon interactions from photoproduction processes in relativistic heavy ion collisions are calculated. We considered the color-singlet (CS) and color-octet (CO) components within the framework of Nonrelativistic Quantum Chromodynamics (NRQCD) in the production of heavy quarkonium. The phenomenological values of the matrix elements for the color-singlet and color-octet components give the main contribution to the production of heavy quarkonium from the gluon-gluon interaction caused by the emission of additional gluon in the initial state. The numerical results indicate that the contribution of photoproduction processes cannot be negligible for midrapidity in p-p and Pb-Pb collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) energies.

scholarly journals Correlation of Heavy and Light Flavors in Simulations

Universe ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 118
Author(s):  
Eszter Frajna ◽  
Róbert Vértesi
Keyword(s):  
Large Hadron Collider ◽  
Heavy Ion Collisions ◽  
Hadron Collider ◽  
D Meson ◽  
Heavy Ion ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Secondary Vertex ◽  
Alice Experiment ◽  
Ion Collisions ◽  
B Quarks

The ALICE experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) ring is designed to study the strongly interacting matter at extreme energy densities created in high-energy heavy-ion collisions. In this paper we investigate correlations of heavy and light flavors in simulations at LHC energies at mid-rapidity, with the primary purpose of proposing experimental applications of these methods. Our studies have shown that investigating the correlation images can aid the experimental separation of heavy quarks and help understanding the physics that create them. The shape of the correlation peaks can be used to separate the electrons stemming from b quarks. This could be a method of identification that, combined with identification in silicon vertex detectors, may provide much better sample purity for examining the secondary vertex shift. Based on a correlation picture it is also possible to distinguish between prompt and late contributions to D meson yields.

scholarly journals Aspects of Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions

Universe ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georg Wolschin
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Ion Collisions ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Hadron Collider ◽  
Heavy Ion ◽  
Charged Hadron ◽  
Distribution Functions ◽  
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions ◽  
Short Time Scale ◽  
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider ◽  
Ion Collisions

The rapid thermalization of quarks and gluons in the initial stages of relativistic heavy-ion collisions is treated using analytic solutions of a nonlinear diffusion equation with schematic initial conditions, and for gluons with boundary conditions at the singularity. On a similarly short time scale of t ≤ 1 fm/c, the stopping of baryons is accounted for through a QCD-inspired approach based on the parton distribution functions of valence quarks, and gluons. Charged-hadron production is considered phenomenologically using a linear relativistic diffusion model with two fragmentation sources, and a central gluonic source that rises with ln 3 ( s N N ) . The limiting-fragmentation conjecture that agrees with data at energies reached at the Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider (RHIC) is found to be consistent with Large Hadron Collider (LHC) data for Pb-Pb at s N N = 2.76 and 5.02 TeV. Quarkonia are used as hard probes for the properties of the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) through a comparison of theoretical predictions with recent CMS, ALICE and LHCb data for Pb-Pb and p-Pb collisions.

scholarly journals An Experimental Review on Elliptic Flow of Strange and Multistrange Hadrons in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shusu Shi
Keyword(s):  
Large Hadron Collider ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Heavy Ion Collisions ◽  
Hadron Collider ◽  
Elliptic Flow ◽  
Heavy Ion ◽  
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions ◽  
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider ◽  
Flow Measurements ◽  
Ion Collisions

Strange hadrons, especially multistrange hadrons, are good probes for the early partonic stage of heavy ion collisions due to their small hadronic cross sections. In this paper, I give a brief review on the elliptic flow measurements of strange and multistrange hadrons in relativistic heavy ion collisions at Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) and Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

scholarly journals Measurement of Open Heavy-Flavour Production in pp and p–Pb Collisions with ALICE at the LHC

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 1860019
Author(s):  
Renu Bala
Keyword(s):  
Cross Section ◽  
Production Cross Section ◽  
Heavy Ion Collisions ◽  
D Mesons ◽  
Production Cross ◽  
Hadron Collider ◽  
Heavy Ion ◽  
Nuclear Modification Factor ◽  
Ion Collisions ◽  
Modification Factor

The Large Hadron Collider at CERN allows us to study heavy-ion collisions at an un- precedented energy. ALICE, A Large Ion Collider Experiment, is the experiment ded- icated to the investigation of heavy-ion collisions. In this contribution, recent open heavy-flavour results from pp collisions at [Formula: see text]= 5.02, 7, 8 and 13 TeV and p–Pb collisions at [Formula: see text] = 5.02 TeV, collected with the ALICE detector during the LHC Run-1 and Run-2 are presented. The results include the production cross section, nuclear modification factor and multiplicity dependence studies of production of D mesons and electrons from heavy-flavour hadron decays at mid-rapidity and of muons from heavy-flavour hadron decays at forward rapidity. Charm production was measured down to [Formula: see text] = 0 GeV/[Formula: see text] in pp and p–Pb collisions. Recent measurements of the production cross section of heavy charmed baryons such as [Formula: see text] (in pp and p–Pb) and [Formula: see text] (in pp) are discussed. The results are compared with theoretical model predictions.

TWO-PROTON CORRELATION FUNCTION FOR THE pp → pp + η AND pp → pp + pions REACTIONS

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (03n04) ◽  
pp. 660-662
Author(s):  
◽  
PAWEŁ KLAJA ◽  
PAWEŁ MOSKAL
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Function ◽  
Heavy Ion Collisions ◽  
Meson Production ◽  
Heavy Ion ◽  
Ion Collisions ◽  
Peak Structure ◽  
Complete Measurement ◽  
First Time

For the very first time, the correlation femtoscopy method is applied to a kinematically complete measurement of meson production in the collisions of hadrons. The shape of the two-proton correlation function derived for the pp → ppη reaction differs from that for the pp → pp(pions) and both do not show a peak structure opposite to results determined for inclusive measurements of heavy ion collisions.

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