Scaling of pre-equilibrium dilepton production in QCD kinetic theory

IF 5 2区物理与天体物理 Q1 Physics and Astronomy

Physical Review D Pub Date : 2025-02-25 DOI:10.1103/physrevd.111.034036

Oscar Garcia-Montero, Philip Plaschke, Sören Schlichting

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Abstract

We use quantum chromodynamics (QCD) kinetic theory to compute dilepton production coming from the pre-equilibrium phase of the quark-gluon plasma created in high-energy heavy-ion collisions. We demonstrate that the dilepton spectrum exhibits a simple scaling in terms of the specific shear viscosity η/s and entropy density dS/dζ∼(Tτ1/3)∞3/2, which can be derived from dimensional analysis in the presence of a pre-equilibrium attractor. Based on this scaling we perform event-by-event calculations of in-medium dilepton production and determine the invariant mass range where the pre-equilibrium yield is the leading contribution.

Published by the American Physical Society

2025

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Physical Review D 物理-天文与天体物理

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9.20

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36.00%

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2 months

期刊介绍： Physical Review D (PRD) is a leading journal in elementary particle physics, field theory, gravitation, and cosmology and is one of the top-cited journals in high-energy physics. PRD covers experimental and theoretical results in all aspects of particle physics, field theory, gravitation and cosmology, including: Particle physics experiments, Electroweak interactions, Strong interactions, Lattice field theories, lattice QCD, Beyond the standard model physics, Phenomenological aspects of field theory, general methods, Gravity, cosmology, cosmic rays, Astrophysics and astroparticle physics, General relativity, Formal aspects of field theory, field theory in curved space, String theory, quantum gravity, gauge/gravity duality.