Beam-Energy Dependence of Charge Separation Along the Magnetic Field in Au + Au Collisions at RHIC
Author(s)
Stevens, Justin; van Nieuwenhuizen, Gerrit J
DownloadAdamczyk-2014-Beam-energy dependence.pdf (784.9Kb)
PUBLISHER_POLICY
Publisher Policy
Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use.
Terms of use
Metadata
Show full item recordAbstract
Local parity-odd domains are theorized to form inside a quark-gluon plasma which has been produced in high-energy heavy-ion collisions. The local parity-odd domains manifest themselves as charge separation along the magnetic field axis via the chiral magnetic effect. The experimental observation of charge separation has previously been reported for heavy-ion collisions at the top RHIC energies. In this Letter, we present the results of the beam-energy dependence of the charge correlations in Au + Au collisions at midrapidity for center-of-mass energies of 7.7, 11.5, 19.6, 27, 39, and 62.4 GeV from the STAR experiment. After background subtraction, the signal gradually reduces with decreased beam energy and tends to vanish by 7.7 GeV. This implies the dominance of hadronic interactions over partonic ones at lower collision energies.
Date issued
2014-07Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear ScienceJournal
Physical Review Letters
Publisher
American Physical Society
Citation
Adamczyk, L., J. K. Adkins, G. Agakishiev, M. M. Aggarwal, Z. Ahammed, I. Alekseev, J. Alford, et al. “Beam-Energy Dependence of Charge Separation Along the Magnetic Field in Au + Au Collisions at RHIC.” Physical Review Letters 113, no. 5 (July 2014). © 2014 American Physical Society
Version: Final published version
ISSN
0031-9007
1079-7114