Broken boost invariance in the Glasma via finite nuclei thickness
Feb 28, 20176 pages
Published in:
- Phys.Lett.B 771 (2017) 74-79
- Published: Aug 10, 2017
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- 1703.00017 [hep-ph]
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Abstract: (Elsevier)
We simulate the creation and evolution of non-boost-invariant Glasma in the early stages of heavy ion collisions within the color glass condensate framework. This is accomplished by extending the McLerran–Venugopalan model to include a parameter for the Lorentz-contracted but finite width of the nucleus in the beam direction. We determine the rapidity profile of the Glasma energy density, which shows deviations from the boost-invariant result. Varying the parameters both broad and narrow profiles can be produced. We compare our results to experimental data from RHIC and find surprising agreement.Note:
- 6 pages, 4 figures
- Heavy-ion collisions
- Color glass condensate
- Glasma
- Boost invariance
- Brookhaven RHIC Coll
- heavy ion: scattering
- nucleus nucleus: scattering
- nucleus: width
- width: finite
- quantum chromodynamics
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