Event-by-event distribution of magnetic field energy over initial fluid energy density in sNN\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}= 200 GeV Au-Au collisions

Aug 15, 2015
9 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.C 92 (2015) 064902
  • Published: Dec 3, 2015
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Abstract: (arXiv)
We estimate the event-by-event (e-by-e) distribution of the ratio (σ\sigma) of the magnetic field energy to the fluid energy density in the transverse plane of Au-Au collisions at sNN\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}} = 200 GeV. A Monte-Carlo (MC) Glauber model is used to calculate the σ\sigma in the transverse plane for impact parameter b=0, 12 fm at time τi\tau_i\sim0.5 fm. The fluid energy density is obtained by using Gaussian smoothing with two different smoothing parameter σg\sigma_g=0.25 , 0.5 fm. For b=0 fmb=0~\rm fm collisions σ\sigma is found to be \ll 1 in the central region of the fireball and σ\sigma\gtrsim 1 at the periphery. For b=12 fm collisions σ\sigma\gtrsim 1. The e-by-e correlation between σ\sigma and the fluid energy density (ε\varepsilon) is studied. We did not find strong correlation between σ\sigma and ε\varepsilon at the centre of the fireball, whereas they are mostly anti-correlated at the periphery of the fireball.
Note:
  • 9 pages, 12 figures
  • magnetic field: energy
  • energy: density
  • heavy ion: scattering
  • model: Glauber
  • hydrodynamics
  • fireball
  • correlation
  • transverse
  • fluid
  • impact parameter