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, 9644Ru + 9644Ru and 9640Zr + 964...

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Published inNuclear physics. A Vol. 967; no. C; pp. 736 - 739
Main Authors Huang, Xu-Guang, Deng, Wei-Tian, Ma, Guo-Liang, Wang, Gang
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier B.V 01.11.2017
Elsevier
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Chiral magnetic effect
isobaric collisions
NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
isobaric collisions
Chiral magnetic effect
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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, 9644Ru + 9644Ru and 9640Zr + 9640Zr, at sNN=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.
Bibliography:FG02-88ER40424
USDOE
ISSN:0375-9474
DOI:10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2017.05.071