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Title: Status of the chiral magnetic effect and collisions of isobars

Journal Article · · Chinese Physics. C, High Energy Physics and Nuclear Physics
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  1. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Nuclear Science Division
  2. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States). Dept. of Physics
  3. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). RIKEN Research Center
  4. Wayne State Univ., Detroit, MI (United States)
  5. Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
  6. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). RIKEN Research Center; Univ. of Illinois, Chicago, IL (United States). Dept. of Physics

© 2017 Chinese Physical Society and the Institute of High Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and IOP Publishing Ltd. In this review, we examine the current theoretical and experimental status of the chiral magnetic effect. We discuss possible future strategies for resolving uncertainties in interpretation including recommendations for theoretical work, recommendations for measurements based on data collected in the past five years, and recommendations for beam use in the coming years of RHIC. We specifically investigate the case for colliding nuclear isobars (nuclei with the same mass but different charge) and find the case compelling. We recommend that a program of nuclear isobar collisions to isolate the chiral magnetic effect from background sources be placed as a high priority item in the strategy for completing the RHIC mission.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). RIKEN Research Center; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0012704; AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1399665
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1408442
Report Number(s):
BNL-114358-2017-JA; TRN: US1702848
Journal Information:
Chinese Physics. C, High Energy Physics and Nuclear Physics, Vol. 41, Issue 7; ISSN 1674-1137
Publisher:
IOP PublishingCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 79 works
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