Heavy Quarks in the initial stages of Proton-Ion Collisions
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| author | Parisi, Gabriele |
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| contents | Collisions among heavy ions, like Pb or Au, are a great tool to study the theory of strong interactions, that is Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD). In particular, these experiments are able to give insights on all the complex phases of matter that the theory of QCD allows. In this PhD Thesis we have investigated the initial stages of proton-ion collisions: in particular, we will focus on the first $\sim 0.4$ fm/c ($\sim 10^{-24}$ s) after the collision, which are dominated by very intense gluon fields, in a state called glasma. We investigated the effect of such fields on the dynamics of heavy quarks (charm and beauty) which are created and evolve in this medium. The effect of the initial gluon fields on heavy quarks is quite substantial, in particular we observe that the glasma provokes a $50\%$ dissociation rate on quark-antiquark pairs. Moreover, glasma fields have a large momentum anisotropy, and transmit a large part of such anisotropy to the heavy quarks which evolve in this medium. Finally, we have generalized our study to a non-boost invariant medium, and shown that fluctuations in rapidity do not lead to significant isotropization within glasma timescales. |
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| spellingShingle | Heavy Quarks in the initial stages of Proton-Ion Collisions Parisi, Gabriele High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory Nuclear Theory Collisions among heavy ions, like Pb or Au, are a great tool to study the theory of strong interactions, that is Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD). In particular, these experiments are able to give insights on all the complex phases of matter that the theory of QCD allows. In this PhD Thesis we have investigated the initial stages of proton-ion collisions: in particular, we will focus on the first $\sim 0.4$ fm/c ($\sim 10^{-24}$ s) after the collision, which are dominated by very intense gluon fields, in a state called glasma. We investigated the effect of such fields on the dynamics of heavy quarks (charm and beauty) which are created and evolve in this medium. The effect of the initial gluon fields on heavy quarks is quite substantial, in particular we observe that the glasma provokes a $50\%$ dissociation rate on quark-antiquark pairs. Moreover, glasma fields have a large momentum anisotropy, and transmit a large part of such anisotropy to the heavy quarks which evolve in this medium. Finally, we have generalized our study to a non-boost invariant medium, and shown that fluctuations in rapidity do not lead to significant isotropization within glasma timescales. |
| title | Heavy Quarks in the initial stages of Proton-Ion Collisions |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory Nuclear Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.13076 |