Charge-dependent azimuthal correlations from AuAu to UU collisions

Nov 21, 2013
16 pages
Published in:
  • Nucl.Phys.A 939 (2015) 85-100
  • Published: Jul, 2015
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Abstract: (Elsevier)
We study the charge-dependent azimuthal correlations in relativistic heavy ion collisions, as motivated by the search for the Chiral Magnetic Effect (CME) and the investigation of related background contributions. In particular we aim to understand how these correlations induced by various proposed effects evolve from collisions with AuAu system to that with UU system. To do that, we quantify the generation of magnetic field in UU collisions at RHIC energy and its azimuthal correlation with the matter geometry using event-by-event simulations. Taking the experimental data for charge-dependent azimuthal correlations from AuAu collisions and extrapolating to UU with reasonable assumptions, we examine the resulting correlations to be expected in UU collisions and compare them with recent STAR measurements. Based on such analysis we discuss the viability for explaining the data with a combination of the CME-like and flow-induced contributions.
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  • 10 pages, 13 figures, final published version
  • Chiral magnetic effect
  • U+U collisions
  • Quark–gluon plasma
  • Charge-dependent two-particle correlation
  • U + U collisions
  • [formula omitted] collisions
  • angular correlation: charge dependence
  • magnetic field: chiral
  • effect: magnetic
  • matter: geometry