A piece of pQCD in Heavy Ion Collisions
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A piece of pQCD in Heavy Ion Collisions
Youngil Kwon IPAP Yonsei Univ.
1. We describe parton model and its link to the heavy ion collision.
2. We describe our efforts in PHENIX single muon analysis along this goal.
3. We see an interesting possibility to utilize and enhance strength of Korea.
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A picture of hadron
From hadron spectroscopy We know there are 2 or 3 quarks Inside hadrons. Can we really see them?
If we take a snapshot with an exposure t ~ 2 fm/c,
range : c t ~ 2 fm, virtuality : E ~ 0.1 (GeV)
For shorter exposure ( harder process ), we see smaller scale
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Evolution of hadron collision ( slow movie )
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d[A+BX] = ij f
i/Af
j/B d [ijcc+X] D
cH
+ ...
Factorization theorem
fi/A,fj/B
: distribution fuction for parton i,j
DcH
: fragmentation function for c
d [ijcc+X] : parton cross section
+ ... : higher twist (power suppressed by
QCD/m
c, or
QCD/p
t if p
t ≫m
c ) :
e.g. "recombination" PRL, 89 122002 (2002)
fi/Au
79 fi/p
+ 118 fi/n
197 fi/N
fi/d
fi/p
+ fi/n
2 fi/N
Application to nuclei:
New physics?
d+Au
Au+Au
Binary scaling not working for high pt particles in central AuAu collisions!
PHENIX: PRL, 91, 072303 (2003)
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Lepton from the heavy flavor decay
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The PHENIX Experiment(12 Countries; 58 Institutions; 480 Participants as of January 2004)
Event characterization detectors
Two central arms for measuring hadrons, photons and electrons
Two forward arms for measuring muons
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Major sources of inclusive tracks
TrackerIdentifier Absorber
Collision range
Muon HadronAbsorber
Symbols
Detector
1
1 : Hadrons, interacting and absorbed
2
2 : Charged/K's, "decaying" before absorber (≤1%)
Collision
33 : Hadrons, penetrating and interacting ("stopped")
44 : Hadrons, "punch-through"
55 : Prompt muons, desired signal
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Absorber
Collision range
Collision
Purity of track?DATA
X pmean
Dominant Multiple Scattering
~ 0.13 (GeV/c)
)2
exp()(2
2
0 X
XCXf
Determined by absorber thickness
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Charged/K's, "decaying" before absorberTrackerIdentifier Absorber
Collision range
Average flight distance
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Decay muons as Signals !
Green band represents systematic uncertainty.
Red and blue dotted linescorrespond to expectation.
Red and blue lines showstatistical uncertainty.μ -
μ +
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Stoppingtracks
Interacting hadrons
Momentum distribution of the tracks with DEPTH 4
Hadrons, penetrating and interacting ("stopped")
Lose all of its energy by ionization
Large momenta to reach the last MuId layer, but hadron interaction in the last absorber layer to stop before last MuId layer.
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d Au
Phenix Preliminary
Central
Depletion on the d-going side ( low x partons in Au) : Shadowing/suppression region (depletion of low x in Au compared to nucleon)
As a by-product, measured backgrounds (abundant hadrons, especially stopped hadrons in MuId) also lead to an interesting physics (study of shadowing/saturation).
Hadrons as Signals !
Rcp: nuclear modification factor
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Prompt muon production: In Progress
Remaining to the measurement of the prompt yields,N
inclusive – N
decay – N
punch through = N
prompt + N
background
In Control (about 10-20%)
Expected plot
No absolute value yet; It’s a big collaboration…
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A rising problems in current/future experiment
Quickly developing data collection capability ( ~ a few Tbyte/day as of today ) produces a big challenge and many limitations to the data processing and subsequent analysis.
This is especially so in the heavy ion experiment where data serve various possibilities and experimental trigger is limited.
Currently occuring to PHENIX.
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Possibilities in Korea
Domestic production of key computer parts : Momory ~ big program & multiple processes hard disk ~ effective low cost storage
( instantly, simultaneously & randomly accessible )
Popular uses of PC's ~ omnipresent in low duty factor
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Exploration & utilization?
Current group for the analysis from this advantage. Even greator possibility is seen if we gain additional experiences.
experienced substantial help
Competative data processing and analysis will be possiblewith this.