Paper Proposal

General Information:-

  • Paper title: Identified charged hadron production in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 54.4 GeV with STAR detector
  • PAs: Arushi Dhamija [1], Krishan Gopal [2], Chitrasen Jena [2], Lokesh Kumar [1], Natasha Sharma [3]
              [1]: Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
              [2]: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati, Tirupati 517507, India
              [3]: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Berhampur, 760010, India 
  • Target journal: Phys. Rev. C

Abstract:-

We present results on the production of $\pi^{\pm}$, $K^{\pm}$, $p$, and $\bar{p}$ particles in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 54.4 GeV using the STAR detector of RHIC at mid-rapidity ($|y| <$ 0.1). Invariant yields of these particles as a function of transverse momentum are presented. The bulk properties such as particle yields ($dN/dy$), mean transverse momentum ($\langle p_{T} \rangle$), particle ratios, etc., which provide insight into the particle production mechanisms, are determined. Additionally, the kinetic freeze-out parameters ($T_\text{kin}$ and $\langle \beta \rangle$) which provide information about the dynamics of the system at the time of freeze-out are obtained. The Bjorken energy density ($\epsilon_{BJ}$) which gives an estimate of the energy density of the central rapidity region in the collision zone at the formation time $\tau$, is calculated and compared as a function of multiplicity for various energies. The results are compared with the models such as A Multi-Phase Transport (AMPT) and Heavy Ion Jet INteraction Generator (HIJING) for further understanding of the results obtained.

 

Proposed Figures:

Figure 1:-

Caption:- The transverse momentum spectra for (a) \pi^{+}, (b) K^{+} , (c) p, (d) \pi^{-}, (e) K^{-}, (f) \bar{p} at midrapidity (|y|<0.1) in Au+Au collisions at \sqrt{s_{NN}} = 54.4 GeV for nine centrality classes. The curves represent the Bose-Einstein functional fit to pions, Levy-Tsallis fit for kaons, and double-exponential functional fit to (anti)protons for 0-5% centrality. The statistical and systematic uncertainties are added in quadrature.


Figure 2:- 


Caption:- The centrality dependence of the integrated particle yield (dN/dy) normalized by <Npart>/2 for  (a) $\pi^{+}$, (b) $K^{+}$ , (c) p, (d) $\pi^{-}$, (e) $K^{-}$ , (f) $\bar{p}$ at midrapidity (|y|<0.1) in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 54.4 GeV. Results are compared with the published results in Au+Au collisions at other STAR energies. 


Figure 3:- 

Caption:- The centrality dependence of the mean transverse momentum for (a) $\pi^{+}$, (b) $K^{+}$ , (c) p, (d) $\pi^{-}$, (e) $K^{-}$ , (f) $\bar{p}$ at midrapidity (|y| < 0.1) in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 54.4 GeV. Results are compared with the published results in Au+Au collisions at other STAR energies. 

Figure 4:- 

Caption:- The anti-particle to particle ratio as a function of <Npart> (a) $\pi^{-}/\pi^{+}$ , (b)  $K^{-}/K^{+}$, and (c) $\bar{p}/p$ at midrapidity (|y|<0.1) in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 54.4 GeV. Results are compared with the published results in Au+Au collisions at other STAR energies. 


Figure 5:-


Caption:- The variation of mixed particle ratios as a function of <Npart> for (a) $K^{+}/\pi^{+} , (b) $p/\pi^{+}, (c) $K^{-}/\pi^{-},and (d) $\bar{p}/\pi^{-} at midrapidity (|y|<0.1) in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 54.4 GeV. Results are compared with the published results in Au+Au collisions at other STAR energies. 



Figure 6:- 




Caption:-  The energy dependence of the integrated particle yield (dN/dy) normalized by <Npart>/2 for (a) $\pi^{+}(\pi^{-})$, (b)$K^{+}(K^{-})$, (c) p($\bar{p}$) at midrapidity (|y|<0.1) in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 54.4 GeV for 0-5% centrality. Results are compared with the previous published results in STAR, AGS, SPS, and LHC to the most central collisions. 

 Figure 7:- 


Caption:- The energy dependence of the particle ratios for (a) $\pi^{-}/\pi^{+}$ , (b)  $K^{-}/K^{+}$, and (c) $\bar{p}/p$ at midrapidity (|y|<0.1) in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 54.4 GeV for 0-5% centrality. Results are compared with the previous published results in STAR, AGS, SPS, and LHC to the most central collisions. 


Figure 8:- 


Caption:- Correlation of K-/K+ and \bar{p}/p ratio for 0-5% centrality at mid rapidity (|y| < 0.1) in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$  = 54.4 GeV for 0-5% centrality. Results are compared with the previous published results in STAR for the most central collisions. The curve represents the power law behaviour of the form K-/K+ = (\bar{p}/p)^\alpha with \alpha \approx 0.2.


Figure 9:- 

Caption: The K/\pi ratio at mid rapidity (|y| < 0.1) in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 54.4 GeV for 0-5% centrality. Results are compared with the previous published results in STAR, AGS, SPS, and LHC to the most central collisions. 

Figure 10:- 

  
Caption:- The energy dependence of  <mT>-m  for (a) $\pi^{+}$( $\pi^{-}$), (b) $K^{+}$( $K^{-}$), (c) p($\bar{p}$) at midrapidity (|y| < 0.1) in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$  = 54.4 GeV for 0-5% centrality. Results are compared with the previous published results in STAR, AGS, SPS, and LHC to the most central collisions.

 

Figure 11:-


Caption:- The variation of Tkin with $<\beta>$ is shown for various centralities in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 54.4 GeV. The results for all are shown in comparison to the published results obtained for other datasets in Au+Au at various STAR energies.


 Figure 12:- 



Caption:- (a) The energy dependence of the kinetic freeze-out temperature for most central collisions. The curve represents the theoretical predictions of the chemical freeze-out temperature. (b) Energy dependence of the transverse radial flow velocity for central heavy ion collisions in comparison to the STAR and world data. The points for STAR data at 54.4 GeV are for 0-5% centrality. 




Figure 13:- 


Caption:- (a) The estimate of the product of Bjorken energy density and the formation time ( $\epsilon_{BJ} \times \tau$) as a function of centrality at mid rapidity (|y| < 0.1) in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 54.4 GeV. The results are compared for the values calculated at other STAR and LHC energies. Errors shown are the statistical and systematic uncertainties added in quadrature. (b) as a function of mean integrated yield normalized by transverse area ( $<dN/dy>/S_{\perp}$) at mid rapidity (|y|< 0.1) in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 54.4 GeV for 0-5% centrality. The results are compared for the values calculated at other STAR energies and the world data for the most central collisions. 

Table:
The values of the parameters \alpha and \beta obtained by the fittings shown in Figure 13(a) are shown in table:


\sqrt{s_{NN}} (GeV) (values of parameter)\alpha (GeV/fm2) (values of the parameter)$\beta$ 
7.7 0.11 (0.03) 0.50 (0.04)
19.6 0.15 (0.04) 0.48 (0.05)
54.4 0.20 (0.04) 0.48 (0.04)
200 0.27 (0.04) 0.49 (0.03)
2760 0.48 (0.03) 0.53 (0.01)
5020 0.62 (0.04) 0.52 (0.01)



Figure 14:- 



Caption:-The centrality dependence of the integrated particle yield (dN/dy) normalized by <Npart>/2 for (a) $\pi^{+}$, (b) $K^{+}$ , (c) p, (d) $\pi^{-}$, (e) $K^{-}$ , (f) $\bar{p}$ at mid-rapidity (|y|<0.1) in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 54.4 GeV. The error on <Npart> is not included for the clarity of plots. The experimental results are compared with AMPT (Default), AMPT (String Melting) and HIJING models.

 

 Figure 15:- 



Caption:- The centrality dependence of the mean transverse momentum for (a) $\pi^{+}$, (b) $K^{+}$ , (c) p, (d) $\pi^{-}$, (e) $K^{-}$ , (f) $\bar{p}$ at mid-rapidity (|y|<0.1) in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 54.4 GeV. The experimental results are compared with AMPT (Default), AMPT (String Melting) and HIJING models.


Figure 16:- 



Caption:- The estimate of Bjorken energy density times formation time as a function of <Npart> at mid-rapidity (|y|<0.1) in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 54.4 GeV.  The experimental results are compared with AMPT (Default), AMPT (String Melting) and HIJING models.


 Conclusions:-
  • Transverse momentum spectra of \pi^{\pm}, K^{\pm}, p and \bar{p}  in Au+Au collisions at sqrt{s_{NN}} = 54.4 GeV using the STAR data have been studied in mid-rapidity (|y| < 0.1).

  •  Normalized pi^{\pm}, K^{\pm} and p yields increase with the increasing number of participating nucleons which may indicate contributions from hard processes. For \bar{p} there is weak clear centrality dependence which can be attributed to an increasing baryon-antibaryon annihilation effects with increasing centrality.
  •  \pi^{−}/\pi^{+} and K^{−}/K^{+} ratios show weak centrality dependence. \bar{p}/p ratio shows slight decrease from peripheral to central collisions which can be attributed to the increase in proton yields as a result of baryon stopping in central collisions
  •  K^{+}/\pi^{+} and K^{−}/\pi^{−} ratios show slight increase from peripheral to mid-central collisions. p/\pi^{+} ratio slightly increases from peripheral to central collisions and \bar{p}/\pi^{−} ratio decreases slightly from peripheral to central collisions, this can together be attributed to the prominence of baryon stopping in central collisions.
  •  ⟨pT⟩ shows clear centrality dependence for all the particles and it increases with the increasing centrality due to the increase in radial flow in central collisions. It also shows an increase with the increasing hadron mass.
  •  \pi^{−}/\pi^{+}, K^{−}/K^{+} and \bar{p}/p at 54.4 GeV are in trend with other energies. \pi^{−}/\pi^{+} ratio is close to unity, K^{−}/K^{+} ratio is close to 0.84 and \bar{p}/p ratio is close to 0.4 (for most central collisions).
  •  The correlation between K^{−}/K^{+} and \bar{p}/p ratio follows a power-law behaviour with α ≈ 0.2, it gives information on how the kaon production is related to net-baryon density.
  •  The K/\pi ratio shows a horn which is suggested as a signature of phase transition from hadron gas to QGP at lower energies. The ratio at 54.4 GeV follows the world data trend.
  •  Energy dependence of ⟨mT⟩ − m could possibly reflect the characteristic signatures of first order phase transition. ⟨mT⟩ − m for \pi^{\pm}, K^{\pm}, p and \bar{p} at 54.4 GeV follow the world data trend.
  •  Kinetic freeze-out: Tkin increases from central to peripheral collisions (suggesting shorter lived fireball in peripheral collisions) while ⟨β⟩ decreases (indicating more radial flow when the collisions are central). Tkin and ⟨β⟩ are anti-correlated and follow the trend with other energies.
  • Bjorken energy density: Increases with the increasing centrality and also with the increasing collision energy. For central collisions Bjorken energy densities exceed the phase transition energy density of 1 GeV/fm3 that had been the proposed value above which the quark-gluon plasma can be formed [Ref. Phys. Rev. D 27, 140 (1983)]
  • The Bjorken energy density times the formation time shows similar N_{part} dependence (slope) from the lowest energy of 7.7 GeV to the highest LHC energy of 5020 GeV.

 

 Comparison of the data with models:

  • Integrated particle yield: HIJING explains the trend of the invariant particle yield of \pi^{+}, and AMPT Default explains the invariant particle yield of K+ and \bar{p} for some centralities. While all the models underestimate the values for \pi^{−}, K^{-}, and p.
  • Mean transverse momentum: AMPT - String Melting explains the mean transverse momentum for \pi^{\pm} , K^{\pm} from central to mid-central collisions, and \bar{p} for almost all the centralities. AMPT-D explains the mean transverse momentum for p from most central to mid-central collisions while it overestimates the same for peripheral collisions.
  • Estimate of Bjorken energy density: AMPT Default explains best the values of the estimate of Bjorken energy density times formation time from mid-central to most peripheral. All the models however predict the increase of Bjorken energy estimate from peripheral to central collisions.

 
     GPC Comments:
     Replies to GPC comments (Meeting: 12/11/2024): https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/Comments_GPC_vf_0.pdf 

     
     Paper draft:
     Paper draft v3 (19/11/24): https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/Paper_draft_v3.pdf
     Paper draft v2 (24/09/24)https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/Paper_draft_v2.pdf
      Paper draft v1 (07/08/24)https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/Paper_draft_v1.pdf
     Paper draft v0 (06/08/24)https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/Paper_draft_v0.pdf
     
    
 Diff(v1->v2): https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/v1_v2.pdf 
     Diff(v2->v3): https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/v2_v3.pdf 

 

     Analysis notes:
     TPC Note v0 (06/08/24)https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/TPC_analysis_note_0.pdf
      
      TOF Note v3(19/11/2024): 
https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/TOF_analysisnote_v3.pdf
      TOF Note 
v2(24/09/24)https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/TOF_analysis_note_v2.pdf
      TOF Note v1 (07/08/24)https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/TOF_analysis_note_v1.pdf
      TOF Note v0 (06/08/24)https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/TOF_analysis_note_1.pdf
 
      TOF Note diff(v2->v3): 
https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/analysis_note_diff_v2_v3.pdf
      TOF Note diff(v1->v2): https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/analysis_note_diff_v1_v2.pdf

     PWG Review
 
   Comments (24/09/24): https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/PWG_Review_comments.pdf

   
     PWGC Preview

     
Presentation (updated v2: 07/08/24): https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/PWGC_preview_presentation_comments_v2.pdf

      Presentation (updated): https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/PWGC_preview_presentation_comments_v1.pdf
      
Replies to PWGC comments: https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/PWGC_comments_0.pdf
      Presentation (10 May, 2024):
https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/PWGC_preview_presentation.pdf 

      LFSUPC Working group

      Replies to comments in LFSUPC (17 April, 2024):
 
      https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/CommentsLFSUPC_0.pdf
      Updated version of paper proposal in LFSUPC (17 April, 2024):
      
https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/Paper_proposal_presentation_updated_webpage_0.pdf
      Paper proposal in LFSUPC (1 April, 2024): 
      
https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/Paper_proposal_presentation_april1_presented.pdf 
 

      Supporting Materials:- 

     LFS-UPC presentations:       
      Krishan: 
https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/LFS_UPC_Meeting_Krishan.pdf
      Arushi: 
https://www.star.bnl.gov/protected/lfsupc/lokesh/54GeV/Talk/PRESENTATION1_F.pdf 
      Arushi: 
https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/PPT12March20.pdf 
      Krishan: 
https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/STARcollaborationMeeting_12March2020_krishan.pdf
      Arushi: 
https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/Arushi_star_meet_Sep20.pdf.                                                                                  
      Krishan: 
https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/KrishanGopal_CollaborationMeeting091520_5_0.pdf 
      Arushi: 
https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/STARPS.pdf
      Arushi: 
https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/STAR_parallel.pdf
      Krishan: 
https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/KrishanSTAR_Collaboration_Meeting17092021.pdf
      Arushi: 
https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/STAR_parallel_0.pdf
      Krishan: 
https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/STAR_Collaboration_Meeting160222.pdf
      Arushi: 
https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/Summary_TOF.pdf

  
      Preliminary figures request:
      Krishan: 
https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/prelim_rqe_sqm2022_krishanza.pdf
      Arushi: https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/prelim_request_DNP_v2.pdf
      Arushi: 
https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/prelim_request_DNP_Oct24_f.pdf

 
     Conference meetings and presentations:
      Talk: QM 2023 (September 3-9, 2023, Houston, Texas, USA)
      Drupal link: 
https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/QuarkMatter2023_Harasty_v5.pdf
      Talk (Krishan): SQM 2022 (June 13-17, 2022, Busan, Republic of Korea): 
      Drupal link: 
https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/krishan_sqm_final_v1.pdf
      Poster (Arushi): SQM 2022 (June 13-17, 2022, Busan, Republic of Korea):
      Drupal Link: 
https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/SQM_22_poster_v5.pdf
      Talk (Arushi): ICNFP 2022 (August 30 - September 12, 2022, Crete, Greece):
      Drupal link: 
https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/ICNFP_22_talk_vf.pdf
      Talk (Arushi): DNP 2022 (October 27-30, 2022, New Orleans, USA): 
      Drupal link: 
https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/DNP_2022_vf.pdf
      Talk (Krishan): 66th DAE SYMPOSIUM ON NUCLEAR PHYSICS (December 1-5, 2022, Guwahati, Assam, India)
      Drupal link: 
https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/DAE_SNP_2022_krishanNov30.pdf
      Talk (Arushi): DAE BRNS-HEP (December 12-16, 2022, IISER Mohali, India): 
      Drupal link: 
https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/DAE_2022_vf_0.pdf
      Poster (Krishan): DAE BRNS-HEP (December 12-16, 2022, IISER Mohali, India): 
      Drupal link: 
https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/POSTER_krishan_gopal_DAE_HEP_2022.pdf