arXiv · 1609.04324
Effect of magnetic field on the photon radiation from quark-gluon plasma in heavy ion collisions
Abstract
We develop a formalism for the photon emission from the quark-gluon plasma with an external electromagnetic field. We then use it to investigate the effect of magnetic field on the photon emission from the quark-gluon plasma created in $AA$ collisions. We find that even for very optimistic assumption on the magnitude of the magnetic field generated in $AA$ collisions its effect on the photon emission rate is practically negligible. For this reason the magnetic field cannot generate a significant azimuthal asymmetry in the photon spectrum.
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B. G. Zakharov. 2016-09-14. Effect of magnetic field on the photon radiation from quark-gluon plasma in heavy ion collisions. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc%2Fs10052-016-4451-8
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