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Magnetic Field Effects on Hadron Yields and Fluctuations

Nuclear Theory 2024-10-02 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We explore the impact of an external magnetic field on hadron yields and fluctuations in a thermalized system within the hadron resonance gas (HRG) model using an expanded Thermal-FIST package. The magnetic field sizably enhances the final proton-to-pion (p/π\pi) ratio due to Δ(1232)++\Delta(1232)^{++} decay feeddown indicating that this ratio may serve as a potential magnetometer for freeze-out conditions. At the same time, magnetic field does not generate additional dynamical fluctuations of hadron numbers. This suggests that fluctuations in heavy-ion collisions provide limited additional information about the magnetic field beyond what is already inferred from mean multiplicities.

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@article{arxiv.2410.00291,
  title  = {Magnetic Field Effects on Hadron Yields and Fluctuations},
  author = {Volodymyr Vovchenko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.00291},
  year   = {2024}
}

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4 pages, 2 figures, contribution to the proceedings of Strangeness in Quark Matter 2024 (SQM2024)