De-confinement and clustering of color sources in nuclear collisions
MA Braun, JD de Deus, AS Hirsch, C Pajares… - Physics Reports, 2015 - Elsevier
A brief introduction of the relationship of string percolation to the Quantum Chromo
Dynamics (QCD) phase diagram is presented. The behavior of the Polyakov loop close to …
Dynamics (QCD) phase diagram is presented. The behavior of the Polyakov loop close to …
ALICE: physics performance report, volume II
B Alessandro, F Antinori, JA Belikov… - Journal of Physics G …, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
ALICE is a general-purpose heavy-ion experiment designed to study the physics of strongly
interacting matter and the quark–gluon plasma in nucleus–nucleus collisions at the LHC. It …
interacting matter and the quark–gluon plasma in nucleus–nucleus collisions at the LHC. It …
Thermodynamical string fragmentation
N Fischer, T Sjöstrand - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2017 - Springer
A bstract The observation of heavy-ion-like behaviour in pp collisions at the LHC suggests
that more physics mechanisms are at play than traditionally assumed. The introduction eg of …
that more physics mechanisms are at play than traditionally assumed. The introduction eg of …
Central rapidity densities of charged particles at RHIC and LHC
Predictions on central rapidity densities of charged particles at energies of the relativistic
heavy ion collider and the large hadron collider, for central collisions between the largest …
heavy ion collider and the large hadron collider, for central collisions between the largest …
Strangeness dynamics and transverse pressure in relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions
We investigate hadron production as well as transverse hadron spectra from proton-proton,
proton-nucleus, and nucleus-nucleus collisions from 2 A GeV to 21.3 A TeV within two …
proton-nucleus, and nucleus-nucleus collisions from 2 A GeV to 21.3 A TeV within two …
An experimental exploration of the QCD phase diagram: the search for the critical point and the onset of de-confinement
MM Aggarwal, Z Ahammed, AV Alakhverdyants… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2010 - arxiv.org
The QCD phase diagram lies at the heart of what the RHIC Physics Program is all about.
While RHIC has been operating very successfully at or close to its maximum energy for …
While RHIC has been operating very successfully at or close to its maximum energy for …
Correlations between multiplicities and average transverse momentum in the percolating color strings approach
Long range multiplicity-multiplicity, p T 2-multiplicity and p 2 Tp 2 T correlations are studied
in the percolating color string picture under different assumptions of the dynamics of the …
in the percolating color string picture under different assumptions of the dynamics of the …
Viscosity of a nonequilibrium hot and dense QCD drop formed at the LHC
We compute the bulk, ζ, and shear, η, viscosity over entropy density, s, for the QCD matter
formed in small collision systems at LHC. We consider a scenario of the string percolation …
formed in small collision systems at LHC. We consider a scenario of the string percolation …
Percolation of strings and the relativistic energy data on multiplicity and transverse momentum distributions
MA Braun, F Del Moral, C Pajares - Physical Review C, 2002 - APS
The dependence of the multiplicity on the number of collisions and the transverse
momentum distribution for central and peripheral Au-Au collisions are studied in the model …
momentum distribution for central and peripheral Au-Au collisions are studied in the model …
Interacting color strings as the origin of the liquid behavior of the quark-gluon plasma
We study the radial distribution function of the color sources (strings) formed in hadronic
collisions and the requirements to obtain a liquid. As a repulsive interaction is needed, we …
collisions and the requirements to obtain a liquid. As a repulsive interaction is needed, we …