Probing the Incompressibility of Dense Hadronic Matter near the QCD Phase Transition in Relativistic Heavy-ion Collisions

Based on the extended hadronic transport model,we investigate the incompressibility of dense hadronic matter formed in relativistic Au+Au heavy-ion collisions at√SNN=3 GeV.By comparing various experimental observ-ables,such as proton directed ow,production yields of strange hadronsϕ,K−as well as their ratioϕ/K−and proton high-order cumulants with our model calculations,we nd that hadronic interactions play a dominant role in these collisions.

Electromagnetic fields in ultra-peripheral relativistic heavy-ion collisions

Ultra-peripheral heavy-ion collisions(UPCs)offer unique opportunities to study processes under strong electromagnetic fields.In these collisions,highly charged fast-moving ions carry strong electromagnetic fields that can be effectively treated as photon fluxes.The exchange of photons can induce photonuclear and two-photon interactions and excite ions.This excitation of the ions results in Coulomb dissociation with the emission of photons,neutrons,and other particles.Additionally,the electromagnetic fields generated by the ions can be sufficiently strong to enforce mutual interactions between the two colliding ions.Consequently,the two colliding ions experience an electromagnetic force that pushes them in opposite directions,causing a back-to-back correlation in the emitted neutrons.Using a Monte Carlo simulation,we qualitatively demonstrate that the above electromagnetic effect is large enough to be observed in UPCs,which would provide a clear means to study strong electromagnetic fields and their effects.

Properties of collective flow and pion production in intermediate-energy heavy-ion collisions with a relativistic quantum molecular dynamics model

The relativistic mean-field approach was implemented in the Lanzhou quantum molecular dynamics transport model(LQMD.RMF). Using the LQMD.RMF, the properties of collective flow and pion production were investigated systematically for nuclear reactions with various isospin asymmetries. The directed and elliptic flows of the LQMD.RMF are able to describe the experimental data of STAR Collaboration. The directed flow difference between free neutrons and protons was associated with the stiffness of the symmetry energy, that is, a softer symmetry energy led to a larger flow difference. For various collision energies, the ratio between the π^(-) and π^(+) yields increased with a decrease in the slope parameter of the symmetry energy. When the collision energy was 270 MeV/nucleon, the single ratio of the pion transverse momentum spectra also increased with decreasing slope parameter of the symmetry energy in both nearly symmetric and neutron-rich systems.However, it is difficult to constrain the stiffness of the symmetry energy with the double ratio because of the lack of threshold energy correction on the pion production.

The study of intelligent algorithm in particle identification of heavy-ion collisions at low and intermediate energies

Traditional particle identification methods face timeconsuming,experience-dependent,and poor repeatability challenges in heavy-ion collisions at low and intermediate energies.Researchers urgently need solutions to the dilemma of traditional particle identification methods.This study explores the possibility of applying intelligent learning algorithms to the particle identification of heavy-ion collisions at low and intermediate energies.Multiple intelligent algorithms,including XgBoost and TabNet,were selected to test datasets from the neutron ion multi-detector for reaction-oriented dynamics(NIMROD-ISiS)and Geant4 simulation.Tree-based machine learning algorithms and deep learning algorithms e.g.TabNet show excellent performance and generalization ability.Adding additional data features besides energy deposition can improve the algorithm’s performance when the data distribution is nonuniform.Intelligent learning algorithms can be applied to solve the particle identification problem in heavy-ion collisions at low and intermediate energies.

Novel quantum phenomena induced by strong magnetic fields in heavy-ion collisions

The relativistic heavy-ion collisions create both hot quark–gluon matter and strong magnetic fields, and provide an arena to study the interplay between quantum chromodynamics and quantum electrodynamics. In recent years, it has been shown that such an interplay can generate a number of interesting quantum phenomena in hadronic and quark–gluon matter. In this short review, we first discuss some properties of the magnetic fields in heavy-ion collisions and then give an overview of the magnetic fieldinduced novel quantum effects. In particular, we focus on the magnetic effect on the heavy flavor mesons, the heavyquark transports, and the phenomena closely related to chiral anomaly.

Recent development of hydrodynamic modeling in heavy-ion collisions

We present a concise review of the recent development of relativistic hydrodynamics and its applications to heavy-ion collisions.Theoretical progress on the extended formulation of hydrodynamics toward out-ofequilibrium systems is addressed,with emphasis on the socalled attractor solution.Moreover,recent phenomenological improvements in the hydrodynamic modeling of heavy-ion collisions with respect to the ongoing beam energy scan program,the quantitative characterization of transport coefficients in three-dimensionally expanding quark–gluon plasma,the fluid description of small colliding systems,and certain other interdisciplinary connections are discussed.

Anomalous chiral transports and spin polarization in heavy-ion collisions

Relativistic heavy-ion collisions create hot quark–gluon plasma as well as very strong electromagnetic(EM)and fluid vortical fields.The strong EM field and vorticity can induce intriguing macroscopic quantum phenomena such as chiral magnetic,chiral separation,chiral electric separation,and chiral vortical effects as well as the spin polarization of hadrons.These phenomena provide us with experimentally feasible means to study the nontrivial topological sector of quantum chromodynamics,the possible parity violation of strong interaction at high temperature,and the subatomic spintronics of quark–gluon plasma.These studies,both in theory and in experiments,are strongly connected with other subfields of physics such as condensed matter physics,astrophysics,and cold atomic physics,and thus form an emerging interdisciplinary research area.We give an introduction to the aforementioned phenomena induced by the EM field and vorticity and an overview of the current status of experimental research in heavy-ion collisions.We also briefly discuss spin hydrodynamics as well as chiral and spin kinetic theories.

Study on open charm hadron production and angular correlation in high-energy nuclear collisions

We study the production and angular correlationof charm hadrons in hot and dense matter produced in high-energy nuclear-nuclear collisions within a multiphasetransport model(AMPT).By triggering additional charm-anticharm quark pair production in the AMPT,the modeldescribes the D^0 nuclear modification factor in the low andintermediate pr regions in Au+Au collisions at√VSNN=200 GeV reasonably well.Further exploration of the D^0 pair azimuthal angular correlation for different centralitiesshows clear evolution from low-multiplicity to high-mul-tiplicity events,which is associated with the number ofcharm quark interactions with medium partons duringAMPT transport.

Recent developments in chiral and spin polarization effects in heavy-ion collisions

We give a brief overview of recent theoretical and experimental results on the chiral magnetic effect and spin polarization effect in heavy-ion collisions.We present updated experimental results for the chiral magnetic effect and related phenomena.The time evolution of the magnetic fields in different models is discussed.The newly developed quantum kinetic theory for massive fermions is reviewed.We present theoretical and experimental results for the polarization of K hyperons and the q00 value of vector mesons.

Transverse momentum balance of dijets in Xe+Xe collisions at the LHC

We present a theoretical study of the medium modifications of the p_(T)balance (x_(J)) of dijets in Xe+Xe collisions at■.The initial production of dijets was carried out using the POWHEG+PYTHIA8 prescription,which matches the next-toleading-order (NLO) QCD matrix elements with the parton shower (PS) effect.The SHELL model described the in-medium evolution of nucleus–nucleus collisions using a transport approach.The theoretical results of the dijet xJin the Xe+Xe collisions exhibit more imbalanced distributions than those in the p+p collisions,consistent with recently reported ATLAS data.By utilizing the Interleaved Flavor Neutralisation,an infrared-and-collinear-safe jet flavor algorithm,to identify the flavor of the reconstructed jets,we classify dijets processes into three categories:gluon–gluon (gg),quark–gluon (qg),and quark–quark (qq),and investigated the respective medium modification patterns and fraction changes of the gg,qg,and qq components of the dijet sample in Xe+Xe collisions.It is shown that the increased fraction of qg component at a small x_(J)contributes to the imbalance of the dijet;in particular,the q_(1)g_(2)(quark-jet-leading) dijets experience more significant asymmetric energy loss than the g_(1)q_(2)(gluon-jet-leading) dijets traversing the QGP.By comparing the■of inclusive,■ dijets in Xe+Xe collisions,we observe■.Moreover,ρ_(Xe),P_(b),the ratios of the nuclear modification factors of dijets in Xe+Xe to those in Pb+Pb,were calculated,which indicates that the yield suppression of dijets in Pb+Pb is more pronounced than that in Xe+Xe owing to the larger radius of the lead nucleus.

Effects of sequential decay on collective flows and nuclear stopping power in heavy-ion collisions at intermediate energies

In this study, the rapidity distribution, collective flows, and nuclear stopping power in ^(197)Au+^(197)Au collisions at intermediate energies were investigated using the ultrarelativistic quantum molecular dynamics(UrQMD) model with GEMINI++ code. The UrQMD model was adopted to simulate the dynamic evolution of heavy-ion collisions, whereas the GEMINI++ code was used to simulate the decay of primary fragments produced by UrQMD. The calculated results were compared with the INDRA and FOPI experimental data. It was found that the rapidity distribution, collective flows, and nuclear stopping power were affected to a certain extent by the decay of primary fragments, especially at lower beam energies. Furthermore, the experimental data of the collective flows and nuclear stopping power at the investigated beam energies were better reproduced when the sequential decay effect was included.

Effect of relaxation time on the squeezed correlations of bosons for evolving sources in relativistic heavy-ion collisions

The squeezed back-to-back correlation(SBBC)of a boson-antiboson pair is sensitive to the time distribution of the particle-emitting source,and the SBBC function for an evolving source is expected to be affected by the relaxation time of the system.In this study,we investigated the effect of relaxation time on the SBBC function.We propose a method for calculating the SBBC function with relaxation-time approximation for evolving sources.SBBC functions of D^(0)D^(-0)in relativistic heavy-ion collisions were investigated using a hydrodynamic model.We found that the relaxation time reduces the amplitudes of the SBBC functions.This becomes apparent for long relaxation times and large initial relative deviations of the chaotic and squeezed amplitudes from their equilibrium values in the temporal steps.

Squeezed Back-to-Back Correlation of D^0~0 in Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions

We investigate the squeezed back-to-back correlation（BBC） of D^0~0 in relativistic heavy-ion collisions, using the in-medium mass modification calculated with a self-energy in hot pion gas and the source space-time distributions provided by the viscous hydrodynamic code VISH2＋1. It is found that the squeezed BBC of D^0~0 is significant in peripheral Au＋Au collisions at the relativistic heavy ion collider energy. A possible way to detect the squeezed BBC in an experiment is presented.

Dependence of Long Range Correlation on Width of Rapidity Gap in High Energy Hadron-Hadron Collisions

The dependence of long range correlation in high energy hadron-hadron collisions on the width of rapidity gap is studied,It is shown that the result from a model with only one particle source does not fit the experimental data.In order to get the experimental dependence of long range correlation on the width of rapidity gap at least three particle sources are needed.

An Explanation of a Phenomenon in Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions

The multi-source pion interferometry in relativistic heavy-ion collisions is presented and two-source models for hadron gas and hadron gas plus quark-gluon plasma are proposed. The models can resolve the HBT puzzle. For the same q and different direction of q, the two-pion correlation functions show characteristic oscillation behaviors, which may be used to distinguish the two-source models. Our research also showes that the multi-source pion correlations can resolve the HBT puzzle.

Rapidity and Pseudorapidity Distributions of theVarious Hadron-Species Produced in High EnergyNuclear Collisions: A Systematic Approach

With the help of a phenomenological approach outlined in the text in some detail, we have dealt here with the description of the plots on rapidity and pseudorapidity spectra of some hadron-secondaries produced in various nucleus-nucleus interactions at high energies. The agreement between the measured data and the attempted fits are, on the whole, modestly satisfactory excepting a very narrow central region in the vicinity of y = η = 0. At last, hints to how the steps suggested in the main body of the text to proceed with the description of the measured data given in the plots could lead finally to a somewhat systematic methodology have also been made.

2-16 Symmetry Energy Extraction and Emitting Source Properties in Intermediate Heavy-ion Collisions

In Eq. (1), A?? and Nln(N/A)+Zln(Z/A) originate from the increases of the entropy and the mixing entropy at the time of the fragment formation, respectively. n (p) is the neutron (proton) chemical potential. is the critical exponent. In this work, the value of =2.3 is adopted from the previous studies[1]. In general coefficients, av, as, asym, ac, ap and the chemical potentials are temperature and density dependent.

Characteristics of Strange Hadron Production in Some High Energy Collisions and the Role of Power Laws

Studies on “strange” particle production have always occupied a very important space in the domain of Particle Physics. This was and is so, just because of some conjectures about specially abundant or excess production of “strange” particles, at certain stages and under certain conditions arising out of what goes by the name of “Standard” model in Particle Physics. With the help of Hagedornian power laws we have attempted to understand and interpret here the nature of the pT-spectra for the strange particle production in a few high energy nuclear collisions, some interesting ratio-behaviors and the characteristics of the nuclear modification factors that are measured in laboratory experiments. After obtaining and analysing the final results we do not confront any peculiarities or oddities or extraneous excesses in the properties of the relevant observables with no left-over problems or puzzles. The model(s) used by us work(s) quite well for explaining the measured data.

Further developments of a multi-phase transport model for relativistic nuclear collisions

A multi-phase transport(AMPT)model was constructed as a self-contained kinetic theory-based description of relativistic nuclear collisions as it contains four main components:the fluctuating initial condition,a parton cascade,hadronization,and a hadron cascade.Here,we review the main developments after the first public release of the AMPT source code in 2004 and the corre-sponding publication that described the physics details of the model at that time.We also discuss possible directions for future developments of the AMPT model to better study the properties of the dense matter created in relativistic collisions of small or large systems.

Anisotropy flows in Pb-Pb collisions at LHC energies from parton scatterings with heavy quark trigger

By implementing an additional heavy quark-antiquark pair production trigger in a multiphase transport(AMPT)model,we study the effect on anisotropy flows of identified particles with a focus on charged particles and quarkonium(J/ΨandΥ).A systematic increase in the collision rate for active partons in the AMPT model with such an implementation has been observed.It leads to a slight increase of identified particles anisotropy flows as a function of transverse momentum(pT)and rapidity,and gives a better description of the experimental data of elliptic flow toward larger pT.Our approach provides an efficient way to study the heavy quark dynamics in the AMPT model at LHC energies.