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Title: Production of photons in relativistic heavy-ion collisions

Abstract

In this work it is shown that the use of a hydrodynamical model of heavy-ion collisions which incorporates recent developments, together with updated photon emission rates, greatly improves agreement with both ALICE and PHENIX measurements of direct photons, supporting the idea that thermal photons are the dominant source of direct photon momentum anisotropy. The event-by-event hydrodynamical model uses the impact parameter dependent Glasma model (IP-Glasma) initial states and includes, for the first time, both shear and bulk viscosities, along with second-order couplings between the two viscosities. Furthermore, the effect of both shear and bulk viscosities on the photon rates is studied, and those transport coefficients are shown to have measurable consequences on the photon momentum anisotropy.

Authors:
;  [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [2];  [2]
  1. McGill Univ., Montreal, QC (Canada); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
  2. McGill Univ., Montreal, QC (Canada)
  3. Univ. de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela (Galicia-Spain); Univ. de Sao Paulo, Sao Paul (Brazil)
  4. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
OSTI Identifier:
1295210
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1247905
Report Number(s):
BNL-112400-2016-JA
Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9985
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC00112704; SC0012704; AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review C
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 93; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9985
Publisher:
APS
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS

Citation Formats

Jean -Francois Paquet, Denicol, Gabriel S., Shen, Chun, Luzum, Matthew, Schenke, Bjorn, Jeon, Sangyong, and Gale, Charles. Production of photons in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.93.044906.
Jean -Francois Paquet, Denicol, Gabriel S., Shen, Chun, Luzum, Matthew, Schenke, Bjorn, Jeon, Sangyong, & Gale, Charles. Production of photons in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.93.044906
Jean -Francois Paquet, Denicol, Gabriel S., Shen, Chun, Luzum, Matthew, Schenke, Bjorn, Jeon, Sangyong, and Gale, Charles. Mon . "Production of photons in relativistic heavy-ion collisions". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.93.044906. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1295210.
@article{osti_1295210,
title = {Production of photons in relativistic heavy-ion collisions},
author = {Jean -Francois Paquet and Denicol, Gabriel S. and Shen, Chun and Luzum, Matthew and Schenke, Bjorn and Jeon, Sangyong and Gale, Charles},
abstractNote = {In this work it is shown that the use of a hydrodynamical model of heavy-ion collisions which incorporates recent developments, together with updated photon emission rates, greatly improves agreement with both ALICE and PHENIX measurements of direct photons, supporting the idea that thermal photons are the dominant source of direct photon momentum anisotropy. The event-by-event hydrodynamical model uses the impact parameter dependent Glasma model (IP-Glasma) initial states and includes, for the first time, both shear and bulk viscosities, along with second-order couplings between the two viscosities. Furthermore, the effect of both shear and bulk viscosities on the photon rates is studied, and those transport coefficients are shown to have measurable consequences on the photon momentum anisotropy.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevC.93.044906},
journal = {Physical Review C},
number = 4,
volume = 93,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Apr 18 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Mon Apr 18 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}

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