Pranjal Tambe, Debarati Chatterjee, Mark Alford, Alexander Haber
{"title":"Effect of Magnetic Fields on Urca Rates in Neutron Star Mergers","authors":"Pranjal Tambe, Debarati Chatterjee, Mark Alford, Alexander Haber","doi":"arxiv-2409.09423","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2409.09423","url":null,"abstract":"Isospin-equilibrating weak processes, called ``Urca\" processes, are of\u0000fundamental importance in astrophysical environments like (proto-)neutron\u0000stars, neutron star mergers, and supernovae. In these environments, matter can\u0000reach high temperatures of tens of MeVs and be subject to large magnetic\u0000fields. We thus investigate Urca rates at different temperatures and field\u0000strengths by performing the full temperature and magnetic-field dependent rate\u0000integrals for different equations of state. We find that the magnetic fields\u0000play an important role at temperatures of a few MeV, especially close to or\u0000below the direct Urca threshold, which is softened by the magnetic field. At\u0000higher temperatures, the effect of the magnetic fields can be overshadowed by\u0000the thermal effects. We observe that the magnetic field more strongly\u0000influences the neutron decay rates than the electron capture rates, leading to\u0000a shift in chemical equilibrium.","PeriodicalId":501573,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - Nuclear Theory","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142269886","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pion-nucleon scattering with decuplet contribution in heavy baryon SU(3) chiral perturbation theory","authors":"Jing Ou-Yang, Bo-Lin Huang","doi":"arxiv-2409.09388","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2409.09388","url":null,"abstract":"We calculate the complete $T$ matrices with decuplet contributions for\u0000pion-nucleon scattering to order $mathcal{O}(epsilon^3)$ in heavy baryon\u0000SU(3) chiral perturbation theory. The baryon mass in the chiral limit $M_0$ and\u0000the low-energy constants are determined by fitting to phase shifts of $pi N$,\u0000the experimental octet-baryon masses, and the value of $sigma_{pi N}$\u0000simultaneously. By using these constants, we obtain the accurate $KN$ $sigma$\u0000terms, $sigma_{KN}^{(1)}=(375.07pm33.02)$ MeV and\u0000$sigma_{KN}^{(2)}=(275.32pm32.24)$ MeV. An excellent description of the phase\u0000shifts is obtained for all partial waves. We also present results for\u0000scattering lengths and scattering volumes. In addition, the convergence of the\u0000approach is also discussed.","PeriodicalId":501573,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - Nuclear Theory","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142263020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
X. B. Wei, H. L. Wei, C. W. Ma, C. Y. Qiao, Y. F. Guo, J. Pu, K. X. Cheng, Y. T. Wang, Z. X. Wang, T. R. Zhou, D. Peng, S. T. Wang, S. W. Tang, Y. H. Yu, X. H. Zhang, Y. Z. Sun, S. Y. Jin, G. L. Zhang, X. Jiang, Z. Y. Li, Y. F. Xu, F. H. Lu, T. Q. Liu
{"title":"Multiple-models prediction for light neutron-rich isotopes cross section by $Q_g$ systematics in $^{40}$Ar projectile fragmentation reactions","authors":"X. B. Wei, H. L. Wei, C. W. Ma, C. Y. Qiao, Y. F. Guo, J. Pu, K. X. Cheng, Y. T. Wang, Z. X. Wang, T. R. Zhou, D. Peng, S. T. Wang, S. W. Tang, Y. H. Yu, X. H. Zhang, Y. Z. Sun, S. Y. Jin, G. L. Zhang, X. Jiang, Z. Y. Li, Y. F. Xu, F. H. Lu, T. Q. Liu","doi":"arxiv-2409.09367","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2409.09367","url":null,"abstract":"Precise predictions for nuclei near drip lines are crucial for experiments in\u0000new generation of rare isotope facilities. A multi-models investigation of the\u0000$Q_g$ systematics for fragments production cross sections, with $Q_g$ defined\u0000as the difference of mass excess (ME) between the projectile ($Z_{p}, A_{p}$)\u0000and the fragment ($Z_{f}, A_{f}$) nuclei $Q_{g}=ME(Z_{p}, A_{p})-ME(Z_{f},\u0000A_{f})$, has been performed to verify the model prediction abilities for light\u0000neutron-rich isotopes in measured $^{40}$Ar + $^9$Be projectile fragmentation\u0000reactions from 57$A$ MeV to 1$A$ GeV. The models used are the FRACS\u0000parametrizations and the newly developed Bayesian neural networks (BNN) model.\u0000%method The results show that FRACS, BNN, and $Q_g$ extrapolations are\u0000generally consistent, except for fragments near the nuclear mass of the\u0000projectile. Additionally, both measured data and model extrapolations provide\u0000evidence for a shell closure at $N=$ 16 in fluorine and neon, as well as the\u0000disappearance of the traditional magic number $N=$ 20 in neon, sodium and\u0000magnesium.","PeriodicalId":501573,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - Nuclear Theory","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142263064","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Patel, D. C. Cuong, K. B. Howard, U. Garg, Dao T. Khoa, H. Akimune, G. P. A. Berg, M. Fujiwara, M. N. Harakeh, M. Itoh, C. Iwamoto, T. Kawabata, K. Kawase, J. T. Matta, T. Murakami, M. Yosoi
{"title":"Optical model potentials for deuteron scattering off $^{24}$Mg, $^{28}$Si, $^{58}$Ni, $^{90}$Zr, $^{116}$Sn, and $^{208}$Pb at $sim$100 MeV/nucleon","authors":"D. Patel, D. C. Cuong, K. B. Howard, U. Garg, Dao T. Khoa, H. Akimune, G. P. A. Berg, M. Fujiwara, M. N. Harakeh, M. Itoh, C. Iwamoto, T. Kawabata, K. Kawase, J. T. Matta, T. Murakami, M. Yosoi","doi":"arxiv-2409.08517","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2409.08517","url":null,"abstract":"Angular distributions of the elastic and inelastic deuteron-nucleus\u0000scattering off $^{24}$Mg, $^{28}$Si, $^{58}$Ni, $^{90}$Zr, $^{116}$Sn, and\u0000$^{208}$Pb have been measured at a beam energy of 98 MeV/nucleon, with the goal\u0000of constraining the deuteron optical potential in this kinematical regime, and\u0000to extract the reduced transition probabilities for the ground-state\u0000transitions to low-lying excited states of these nuclei. Two potential models\u0000were used in the analysis of the measured $(d,d)$ and $(d,d')$ data within the\u0000optical model and the distorted-wave Born approximation: the phenomenological\u0000optical model potential associated with the collective model of nuclear\u0000scattering, and the semi-microscopic double-folding model of the\u0000deuteron-nucleus potential based on a realistic density-dependent M3Y\u0000interaction. The deuteron optical potential and inelastic $(d,d')$ scattering\u0000form factors were calculated using these two potential models, allowing for a\u0000direct comparison between the potential models as well as the validation of the\u0000deduced $Elambda$ transition rates.","PeriodicalId":501573,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - Nuclear Theory","volume":"213 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142269884","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dana Avramescu, Vincenzo Greco, Tuomas Lappi, Heikki Mäntysaari, David Müller
{"title":"Heavy flavor angular correlations as a direct probe of the glasma","authors":"Dana Avramescu, Vincenzo Greco, Tuomas Lappi, Heikki Mäntysaari, David Müller","doi":"arxiv-2409.10565","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2409.10565","url":null,"abstract":"We use classical equations of motion for heavy quarks to show that the\u0000pre-equilibrium glasma phase of a heavy ion collision has an extremely strong\u0000effect on heavy quark angular correlations. At the same time, the effect on the\u0000single inclusive spectrum is much more moderate. This suggests that\u0000$Doverline{D}$ meson angular correlations in future LHC measurements could\u0000provide direct experimental access to the physics of the pre-equilibrium stage.","PeriodicalId":501573,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - Nuclear Theory","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142263012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Domain-wall Skyrmion phase of QCD in magnetic field: Gauge field dynamics","authors":"Yuki Amari, Minoru Eto, Muneto Nitta","doi":"arxiv-2409.08841","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2409.08841","url":null,"abstract":"The ground state of QCD in sufficiently strong magnetic field at finite\u0000baryon density is an inhomogeneous state consisting of an array of solitons,\u0000called the chiral soliton lattice (CSL). It is, however, replaced in a region\u0000with higher density and/or magnetic field by the so-called domain-wall\u0000Skyrmion(DWSk) phase where Skyrmions are created on top of the CSL. This was\u0000previously proposed within the Bogomol'nyi-Prasad-Sommerfield (BPS)\u0000approximation neglecting a gauge field dynamics and taking into account its\u0000effect by a flux quantization condition. In this paper, by taking into account\u0000dynamics of the gauge field, we show that the phase boundary between the CSL\u0000and DWSk phases beyond the BPS approximation is identical to the one obtained\u0000in the BPS approximation. We also find that domain-wall Skyrmions are\u0000electrically charged with the charge one as a result of the chiral anomaly.","PeriodicalId":501573,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - Nuclear Theory","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142269883","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New insights into the analytic structure of correlation functions via kinetic theory","authors":"Robbe Brants","doi":"arxiv-2409.09022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2409.09022","url":null,"abstract":"The way a relativistic system approaches fluid dynamical behaviour can be\u0000understood physically through the signals that will contribute to its linear\u0000response to perturbations. What these signals are is captured in the analytic\u0000structure of the retarded correlation function. The non-analyticities can be\u0000grouped into three types based on their dimension in the complex frequency\u0000plane. In this paper, we will use kinetic theory to find how we can calculate\u0000their corresponding signals. In the most general case of a system with\u0000particles that have a continuum of thermalization rates, we find that a\u0000non-analytic region appears. To calculate its signal, we introduce the\u0000non-analytic area density that describes the properties of this region, and we\u0000construct a method to calculate it. Further, to take into account the ambiguity\u0000present in signal analysis, following from manipulations of the\u0000non-analyticities, we will identify two specific choices called pictures with\u0000interesting analytic properties and compare in what scenarios each picture is\u0000most useful.","PeriodicalId":501573,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - Nuclear Theory","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142263029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dana Avramescu, Vincenzo Greco, Tuomas Lappi, Heikki Mäntysaari, David Müller
{"title":"The impact of glasma on heavy flavor azimuthal correlations and spectra","authors":"Dana Avramescu, Vincenzo Greco, Tuomas Lappi, Heikki Mäntysaari, David Müller","doi":"arxiv-2409.10564","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2409.10564","url":null,"abstract":"We study the phenomenological impact of the pre-equilibrium glasma initial\u0000stage of heavy-ion collisions on heavy quark azimuthal correlations and\u0000spectra. Using our numerical solver, we simulate the transport of heavy quark\u0000test particles in an SU(3) glasma background field. The glasma field equations\u0000are formulated using classical real-time lattice gauge theory, and the heavy\u0000quark dynamics are described by classical transport equations numerically\u0000solved using the colored particle-in-cell method. For the first time, the\u0000effect of the glasma stage on the azimuthal correlations of $coverline{c}$ and\u0000$boverline{b}$ pairs is studied. The resulting azimuthal width\u0000$sigma_{Deltaphi}$ exhibits a large and quick decorrelation due to the\u0000strong glasma fields. Further, we evaluate how the $p_T$-broadening in the\u0000glasma affects heavy quark $p_T$-spectra, which are initialized according to\u0000the FONLL heavy quark production calculation. The nuclear modification factor\u0000$R_{AA}$ is extracted for $c$ and $b$ quarks in the glasma and additional\u0000nuclear PDF effects accounting for gluon shadowing are included.","PeriodicalId":501573,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - Nuclear Theory","volume":"104 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142263013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amine Chabane, Lisa Engel, Tom Reichert, Jan Steinheimer, Marcus Bleicher
{"title":"Resonance suppression during the hadronic stage from the FAIR to the intermediate RHIC energy regime","authors":"Amine Chabane, Lisa Engel, Tom Reichert, Jan Steinheimer, Marcus Bleicher","doi":"arxiv-2409.08639","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2409.08639","url":null,"abstract":"The energy and centrality dependence of the kaon resonance ratio\u0000$(K^{*0}+Bar{K}^{*0})/(K^+ + K^-)$ is explored in the RHIC-BES and CBM-FAIR\u0000energy regime. To this aim, the Ultra-relativistic Quantum Molecular Dynamics\u0000(UrQMD) model is employed to simulate reconstructable $K^{*}$ resonances in\u0000Au+Au and p+p collisions from $sqrt{s_{text{NN}}}=3-39$ GeV. We obtain a good\u0000description of the resonance yields and mean transverse momenta over the whole\u0000investigated energy range. The decrease of the $K^*/K$ ratio, with increasing\u0000centrality is in line with the available experimental data. We also observe the\u0000experimenatlly measured increase in $langle p_{text{T}}rangle$ with\u0000increasing centrality which is interpreted as a lower reconstruction\u0000probability of low-$p_{text{T}}$ $K^*$ due to the $p_{text{T}}$ dependent\u0000absorption of the decay daughter hadrons. We conclude that the observed\u0000suppression of reconstructable $K^{*}$ resonances provides a strong sign of an\u0000extended hadronic rescattering stage at all investigated energies. Its duration\u0000increases from peripheral to central reactions as expected. Following a method,\u0000suggested by the STAR experiment, the \"duration\" of the hadronic stage is\u0000extracted using the $K^*/K$ ratios at chemical and kinetic freeze-out. The\u0000resulting lifetimes are in good agreement with the experimental data, but much\u0000shorter than the actual lifetime of the hadronic phase in the transport\u0000simulation. This indicates that the experimental method to estimate the life\u0000time of the hadronic stage is too simplified.","PeriodicalId":501573,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - Nuclear Theory","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142269887","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ke Yang, Tianbo Liu, Peng Sun, Yuxiang Zhao, Bo-Qiang Ma
{"title":"First Extraction of Transverse Momentum Dependent Helicity Distributions","authors":"Ke Yang, Tianbo Liu, Peng Sun, Yuxiang Zhao, Bo-Qiang Ma","doi":"arxiv-2409.08110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2409.08110","url":null,"abstract":"We report on the first global analysis of transverse momentum dependent\u0000helicity distributions of the proton. The analysis is performed at\u0000next-to-leading order with the evolution factor at\u0000next-to-next-to-leading-logarithmic accuracy. Nonzero signals are determined\u0000for up and down quarks and their $k_T$-integrated polarization are consistent\u0000with analyses in collinear factorization, while the distributions of other\u0000flavors are loosely constrained by existing data. With increasing transverse\u0000momentum, quarks at large $x$ become less polarized while those at small $x$\u0000become more polarized.","PeriodicalId":501573,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - Nuclear Theory","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142206798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}