scholarly journals Modeling the Dynamics of Heavy-Ion Collisions with a Hydrodynamic Model Using a Graphics Processor

Symmetry ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 507
Author(s):  
Marcin Słodkowski ◽  
Dominik Setniewski ◽  
Paweł Aszklar ◽  
Joanna Porter-Sobieraj
Keyword(s):  
Graphics Processing Units ◽  
Hadron Collider ◽  
Numerical Algorithms ◽  
Heavy Ion ◽  
Laboratory Frame ◽  
Final Particle ◽  
Particle Distributions ◽  
Ion Collisions ◽  
Hot Matter ◽  
Freeze Out

Dense bulk matter is formed during heavy-ion collision and expands towards a vacuum. It behaves as a perfect fluid, described by relativistic hydrodynamics. In order to study initial condition fluctuation and properties of jet propagation in dense hot matter, we assume a Cartesian laboratory frame with several million cells in a stencil with high-accuracy data volume grids. Employing numerical algorithms to solve hydrodynamic equations in such an assumption requires a lot of computing power. Hydrodynamic simulations of nucleus + nucleus interactions in the range of energies of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) are carried out using our program, which uses Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) and Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA). In this work, we focused on transforming hydrodynamic quantities into kinetic descriptions. We implemented the hypersurface freeze-out conditions using marching cubes techniques. We developed freeze-out procedures to obtain the momentum distributions of particles on the hypersurface. The final particle distributions, elliptic flow, and higher harmonics are comparable to the experimental LHC data.

scholarly journals Measurement of the Hadronic Resonance Production with ALICE at the CERN LHC

Universe ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 6
Author(s):  
Maria Vasileiou On behalf of the ALICE Collaboration
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Ion Collisions ◽  
Hadron Collider ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Heavy Ion ◽  
Resonance Production ◽  
Ion Collisions ◽  
Momentum Spectra ◽  
Transverse Momentum Spectra ◽  
Hadronic Resonances ◽  
Freeze Out

We present a comprehensive study of hadronic resonance production in pp, p-Pb and Pb-Pb collisions at different Large Hadron Collider (LHC) energies. In particular, the production of hadronic resonances, such as ρ(770)0, Κ*(892)0, φ(1020), Σ(1385)±, Λ(1520) and Ξ(1530)0 will be discussed in detail. In heavy-ion collisions, hadronic resonances are sensitive to the re-scattering and regeneration processes occurring between chemical freeze-out and kinetic freeze-out due to their short lifetimes. The measurements in pp and p-Pb collisions are used as a reference for heavy-ion collisions and to search for the onset of collective phenomena. We will report on the transverse momentum spectra, integrated yields, mean transverse momenta, particle ratios and nuclear modification factors of hadronic resonances. The results will be compared to those of other experiments, and to theoretical models and Monte Carlo generators.

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 Small System Collectivity in Relativistic Hadronic and Nuclear Collisions

2018 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 211-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
James L. Nagle ◽  
William A. Zajc
Keyword(s):  
Large Hadron Collider ◽  
Nuclear Matter ◽  
Hadron Collider ◽  
Heavy Ion ◽  
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider ◽  
Small System ◽  
Nuclear Collisions ◽  
Ion Collisions ◽  
Bulk Motion ◽  
Inviscid Hydrodynamics

The bulk motion of nuclear matter at the ultrahigh temperatures created in heavy ion collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider and the Large Hadron Collider is well described in terms of nearly inviscid hydrodynamics, thereby establishing this system of quarks and gluons as the most perfect fluid in nature. A revolution in the field is under way, spearheaded by the discovery of similar collective, fluid-like phenomena in much smaller systems including p+ p, p+ A, d+Au, and3He+Au collisions. We review these exciting new observations and their profound implications for hydrodynamic descriptions of small and/or out-of-equilibrium systems.

Freeze-out in relativistic heavy ion collisions at AGS energies

1995 ◽  
Vol 354 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 196-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.V. Bravina ◽  
I.N. Mishustin ◽  
N.S. Amelin ◽  
J.P. Bondorf ◽  
L.P. Csernai
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Ion Collisions ◽  
Heavy Ion ◽  
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions ◽  
Ion Collisions ◽  
Freeze Out

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.

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