Research summary
Reference [1] presents single-particle spectra of many hadron species from the first STAR run of the RHIC beam energy scan, used to infer kinetic and chemical freeze-out temperatures and the baryon chemical potential as functions of beam energy and centrality. The measurements enlarge the (T, μ_B) coverage of the QCD phase diagram in the search for a critical point. Reference [2] reports beam-energy and centrality dependence of the mean, standard deviation, skewness, and kurtosis of net-proton multiplicity distributions in Au+Au collisions at √s_NN = 7.7 to 200 GeV at midrapidity and 0.4 < p_T < 0.8 GeV/c. The moment products Sσ and κσ² are sensitive to the correlation length of the hot, dense medium and to thermodynamic susceptibilities relevant to the critical point. Reference [4] reports the analogous net-charge moments across the same energy scan, comparing to Poisson and negative binomial baselines and finding Sσ close to the negative binomial expectation while κσ² lies between the two. Reference [3] measures the global polarization of Λ hyperons in Au+Au collisions at √s_NN = 200 GeV at the level of a few tenths of a percent, with no significant difference between Λ and Λ̄. Combined with previous results at 7.7–62.4 GeV, the data indicate noticeable vorticity in non-central heavy-ion collisions. Reference [7] extends the polarization measurement along the beam direction at the same energy and finds a second-harmonic sine modulation with respect to the elliptic flow plane, consistent with a quadrupole vorticity pattern from elliptic flow, increasing in peripheral events. Reference [5] reports high-power deuterium-tritium fusion experiments at JET, reaching 16.1 MW of fusion power in an ELM-free H mode at 4.2 MA / 3.6 T with a transient fusion amplification factor of 0.95 ± 0.17. Reference [6] reports beam-energy dependence of rapidity-odd directed flow v1 for pions, protons, and antiprotons in Au+Au at seven energies, with the proton and net-proton slope showing a minimum between 11.5 and 19.6 GeV and two sign changes between 7.7 and 39 GeV. Reference [8] describes the Forward Physics Facility proposal at the High-Luminosity LHC, a facility several hundred metres from the ATLAS interaction point to host experiments probing forward Standard Model and beyond-Standard-Model physics.
Recent publications
- Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research
- Bulk properties of the medium produced in relativistic heavy-ion collisions from the beam energy scan programDOI
- Energy Dependence of Moments of Net-Proton Multiplicity Distributions at RHICDOI
- Global polarization of Λ hyperons in Au + Au collisions at sNN=200 GeVDOI
- Determination of the jet energy scale at the Collider Detector at FermilabDOI
- Beam Energy Dependence of Moments of the Net-Charge Multiplicity Distributions inAu+AuCollisions at RHICDOI
- High fusion performance from deuterium-tritium plasmas in JETDOI
- Beam-Energy Dependence of the Directed Flow of Protons, Antiprotons, and Pions in Au+Au CollisionsDOI
- Polarization of Λ (Λ¯) Hyperons along the Beam Direction in Au+Au Collisions at sNN=200 GeVDOI
- The Forward Physics Facility at the High-Luminosity LHCDOI
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