Electromagnetic effects on meson production: a new tool for studying the space-time evolution of heavy ion collisions

• Published in: EPJ Web of Conferences Vol. 130; p. 5016
• Main Authors: Rybicki, Andrzej, Szczurek, Antoni, Kłusek-Gawenda, Mariola, Davis, Nikolaos, Ozvenchuk, Vitalii, Kiełbowicz, Mirosław
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Les Ulis EDP Sciences 01.01.2016
• Subjects: Emission analysis; Evolution; Ionic collisions; Mesons; Particle production; Spacetime

We review our studies of spectator-induced electromagnetic (EM) effects on the emission of charged mesons in the final state of ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions. We argue that these effects offer sensitivity to the distance dE between the charged meson formation zone at freeze-out and the spec...