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Anomalous-hydrodynamic analysis of charge-dependent elliptic flow in heavy-ion collisions

Nuclear Theory 2018-02-01 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Nuclear Experiment

Abstract

Anomalous hydrodynamics is a low-energy effective theory that captures effects of quantum anomalies. We develop a numerical code of anomalous hydrodynamics and apply it to dynamics of heavy-ion collisions, where anomalous transports are expected to occur. This is the first attempt to perform fully non-linear numerical simulations of anomalous hydrodynamics. We discuss implications of the simulations for possible experimental observations of anomalous transport effects. From analyses of the charge-dependent elliptic flow parameters (v2±v_2^\pm) as a function of the net charge asymmetry A±A_\pm, we find that the linear dependence of Δv2±v2v2+\Delta v_2^\pm \equiv v_2^- - v_2^+ on the net charge asymmetry A±A_\pm cannot be regarded as a robust signal of anomalous transports, contrary to previous studies. We, however, find that the intercept Δv2±(A±=0)\Delta v_2^\pm(A_\pm=0) is sensitive to anomalous transport effects.

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@article{arxiv.1309.2823,
  title  = {Anomalous-hydrodynamic analysis of charge-dependent elliptic flow in heavy-ion collisions},
  author = {Masaru Hongo and Yuji Hirono and Tetsufumi Hirano},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1309.2823},
  year   = {2018}
}

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11 pages, 3 figures, v2