Chiral magnetic effect in isobaric collisions

We give a numerical simulation of the generation of the magnetic field and the charge-separation signal due to the chiral magnetic effect (CME) --- the induction of an electric current by the magnetic field in a parity-odd matter --- in the collisions of isobaric nuclei, \(^{96}_{44}\)Ru + \(^{96}_{...

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Published inarXiv.org
Main Authors Xu-Guang, Huang, Wei-Tian, Deng, Guo-Liang, Ma, Wang, Gang
Format Paper Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 14.04.2017
Subjects
Collisions
Computer simulation
Magnetic effects
Magnetic fields
Magnetic induction
Physics - Nuclear Experiment
Physics - Nuclear Theory
Zirconium
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Summary:We give a numerical simulation of the generation of the magnetic field and the charge-separation signal due to the chiral magnetic effect (CME) --- the induction of an electric current by the magnetic field in a parity-odd matter --- in the collisions of isobaric nuclei, \(^{96}_{44}\)Ru + \(^{96}_{44}\)Ru and \(^{96}_{40}\)Zr + \(^{96}_{40}\)Zr, at \(\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}=200\) GeV. We show that such collisions provide an ideal tool to disentangle the CME signal from the possible elliptic-flow driven background effects. We also discuss some other effects that can be tested by using the isobaric collisions.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1704.04382