arXiv · nucl-th/0511066
Charge Transfer Fluctuations as a QGP Signal
Abstract
In this study, we analyze the recently proposed charge transfer fluctuations within a finite pseudo-rapidity space. As the charge transfer fluctuation is a measure of the local charge correlation length, it is capable of detecting inhomogeneity in the hot and dense matter created by heavy ion collisions. We predict that going from peripheral to central collisions, the charge transfer fluctuations at midrapidity should decrease substantially while the charge transfer fluctuations at the edges of the observation window should decrease by a small amount. These are consequences of having a strongly inhomogeneous matter where the QGP component is concentrated around midrapidity. We also show how to constrain the values of the charge correlations lengths in both the hadronic phase and the QGP phase using the charge transfer fluctuations. Current manuscript is based on the preprints hep-ph/0503085 (to appear in Physical Review C) and nucl-th/0506025.
Explore related subjects
Keep this discovery
Explore connections, maps & timelines
Sangyong Jeon, Lijun Shi. 2005-11-24. Charge Transfer Fluctuations as a QGP Signal. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596%2F27%2F1%2F021
Cite the original work for its findings. Save a collection to share your selection of sources.