The medium-temperature dependence of jet transport coefficient in high-energy nucleus-nucleus collisions

The medium-temperature T dependence of the jet transport coefficient̂q was studied via the nuclear modification factor RAA(p_(T))and elliptical flow parameter v_(2)(p_(T))for large transverse momentum p_(T) hadrons in high-energy nucleus-nucleus collisions.Within a next-to-leading-order perturbative QCD parton model for hard scatterings with modified fragmentation functions due to jet quenching controlled by q,we check the suppression and azimuthal anisotropy for large p_(T) hadrons,and extract q by global fits to RAA(pT)and v_(2)(pT)data in A+A collisions at RHIC and LHC,respectively.The numerical results from the best fits show that q∕T^(3) goes down with local medium-temperature T in the parton jet trajectory.Compared with the case of a constant q∕T^(3),the going-down T dependence of q∕T^(3) makes a hard parton jet to lose more energy near T_(c) and therefore strengthens the azimuthal anisotropy for large pT hadrons.As a result,v_(2)(p_(T))for large pT hadrons was enhanced by approximately 10%to better fit the data at RHIC/LHC.Considering the first-order phase transition from QGP to the hadron phase and the additional energy loss in the hadron phase,v_(2)(p_(T))is again enhanced by 5-10%at RHIC/LHC.

Study of the Parameters of a Magnetic DC Plasma Jet

A Magnetic DC plasma torch has been developed. Magnetic field distributions of solenoid coils have been calculated electrodynamically. For Ar +H2 plasma, the effects of an akial magnetic field and gas flow rate on the characttristics of the plasma jet were studied. Electron temperature, density and plasma velocity at 80 mm from the nozzle have been measured using a floating double probe and a Mach probe. The values of the heat fluxes to substrate were derived from experimental data.

Numerical Simulation of the Shaped Charge Jet Velocity Effected by Warhead Shell

The numerical simulation for the process of shaped charge jet produced with the shell of explosives is performed by means of the ANSYS/LS-DYNA 3D software. The effect of warhead shell on shaped charge jet velocity has been analyzed qualitatively in this paper. The numerical simulation results are creditable and in agreement well with that of the corresponding experiment. The research results show that the jet velocity of explosive with metal shell is higher than that without shell; when the shell thickness increases, jet＇ s head speed also increases; when the shell thickness increased to certain value, the jet velocity will not change any longer; with the same shell thickness, the bigger material density the higher jet＇s head velocity.

Characteristics of helium DC plasma jets at atmospheric pressure with multiple cathodes

A novel DC plasma torch with multiple cathodes is developed for generating laminar, transitional and turbulent plasma jets. The jet＇s characteristics, including jet appearance, voltage fluctuation, thermal efficiency, specific enthalpy, and distributions of temperature, pressure, and velocity, are experimentally investigated. The results show that as the gas flow rate increases, the plasma jet transforms first from the laminar state to the transitional state and second to the turbulent state. Compared with the transitional/turbulent jet, the laminar jet possesses not only a better stability and a longer hightemperature zone but also a higher average/core temperature and a higher specific enthalpy at the nozzle＇s outlet. With the change of jet states from the laminar to the turbulent flow, the core pressure and velocity at the nozzle＇s outlet increase,while the decaying rates of temperature/pressure/velocity along the jet＇s axial direction increase sharply. Furthermore, applications of laminar, transitional and turbulent jets for zirconia spray coating are described. The test results indicate that the long laminar jet is favorable for the deposition of a high-quality coating because the powder particles injected into the laminar jet may have better heating and lower kinetic energy.

Holographic energy loss near critical temperature in an anisotropic background

We study the energy loss of a quark moving in a strongly coupled quark gluon plasma under the influence of anisotropy.The heavy quark drag force,diffusion coefficient,and jet quenching parameter are calculated using the Einstein–Maxwell-dilaton model,where the anisotropic background is characterized by an arbitrary dynamical parameter A.Our findings indicate that as the anisotropic factor A increases,the drag force and jet quenching parameter both increase,while the diffusion coefficient decreases.Additionally,we observe that the energy loss becomes more significant when the quark moves perpendicular to the anisotropy direction in the transverse plane.The enhancement of the rescaled jet quenching parameters near critical temperature Tc,as well as drag forces for a fast-moving heavy quark is observed,which presents one of the typical features of quantum chromodynamics phase transition.

Jet quenching parameter from a soft wall AdS/QCD model

We study the effect of chemical potential and nonconformality on the jet quenching parameter in a holographic QCD model with conformal invariance broken by background dilaton.The presence of chemical potential and nonconformality both increase the jet quenching parameter,thus enhancing the energy loss,consistently with the findings of the drag force.