Implications of \cal C\cal P -violating transitions in hot quark matter on heavy-ion collisions

2008/05/09 by Harmen J. Warringa · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Charge (physics) #Electric charge #Heavy ion #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Ion #Magnetic field #Nuclear physics #Particle physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #QCD matter #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Quantum chromodynamics #Quantum mechanics #Quark #Quark–gluon plasma #Strange matter #hep-ph #nucl-ex

paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0954-3899/35/10/104012

published as J.Phys.G35:104012,2008 · 8 pages, 4 figures. Plenary talk at the 20th International Conference on Ultra-Relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (QM2008) held in Jaipur, India on February 4-10, 2008

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Abstract

Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) predicts that topological charge changing transitions will take place in hot quark matter. Such transitions induce P- and CP-violating effects. We will show that in the presence of a magnetic field these transitions can separate quarks according to their electric charge along the direction of the magnetic field. This is the so-called Chiral Magnetic Effect. We will argue that it might be possible to observe the Chiral Magnetic Effect in heavy ion collisions.

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