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Main Authors: Benoit, Nicholas J., Miyoshi, Takahiro, Nonaka, Chiho, Takahashi, Hiroyuki R.
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.04611
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author Benoit, Nicholas J.
Miyoshi, Takahiro
Nonaka, Chiho
Takahashi, Hiroyuki R.
author_facet Benoit, Nicholas J.
Miyoshi, Takahiro
Nonaka, Chiho
Takahashi, Hiroyuki R.
contents Charge dependent directed flow is an important observable of electromagnetic fields in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. We demonstrate how the difference in charge dependent directed flows between protons and antiprotons is sensitive to the resistivity, inverse of quark-gluon plasma's electric conductivity, over different collision centralities. Our model numerically solves the 3+1D relativistic resistive magneto-hydrodynamic (RRMHD) equations, assuming the electric conductivity to be a scalar. For this work, we focus on symmetric Au + Au collisions at the top RHIC energy of $\sqrt{s}=200$ GeV. We illustrate the time evolution of the electromagnetic fields in our model and connect that to the charge dependent directed flow results. Our results highlight the importance of modeling quark-gluon plasma's electric conductivity for charge dependent observables in relativistic heavy-ion collisions.
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spellingShingle Investigating effects of the electrical conductivity of QCD matter on charge-dependent directed flow
Benoit, Nicholas J.
Miyoshi, Takahiro
Nonaka, Chiho
Takahashi, Hiroyuki R.
Nuclear Theory
High Energy Physics - Experiment
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Nuclear Experiment
Charge dependent directed flow is an important observable of electromagnetic fields in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. We demonstrate how the difference in charge dependent directed flows between protons and antiprotons is sensitive to the resistivity, inverse of quark-gluon plasma's electric conductivity, over different collision centralities. Our model numerically solves the 3+1D relativistic resistive magneto-hydrodynamic (RRMHD) equations, assuming the electric conductivity to be a scalar. For this work, we focus on symmetric Au + Au collisions at the top RHIC energy of $\sqrt{s}=200$ GeV. We illustrate the time evolution of the electromagnetic fields in our model and connect that to the charge dependent directed flow results. Our results highlight the importance of modeling quark-gluon plasma's electric conductivity for charge dependent observables in relativistic heavy-ion collisions.
title Investigating effects of the electrical conductivity of QCD matter on charge-dependent directed flow
topic Nuclear Theory
High Energy Physics - Experiment
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Nuclear Experiment
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.04611