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Spacetime profile of electromagnetic fields in intermediate-energy heavy-ion collisions

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2025-07-15 v2 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

I numerically estimate the spacetime profile of the electromagnetic fields produced in intermediate-energy heavy-ion collisions at \sqsNN=2.4\mathchar7.7  GeV\sqsNN=2.4\,\mathchar`-\,7.7\;{\rm GeV} for a wide range of impact parameters b=0\mathchar9  fmb=0\,\mathchar`-\,9\;{\rm fm}, using a hadronic cascade model, JAM (Jet AA Microscopic transport model). I demonstrate that (1) the produced electromagnetic fields are as strong as eE,eB=O((50  MeV)2)eE, eB = {\mathcal O}((50\;{\rm MeV})^2); (2) that the produced fields extend in spacetime about V4=O((10  fm)4)V_4 = {\mathcal O}((10\;{\rm fm})^4); (3) that the magnetic field dominates around the collision point, while the other broad regions of spacetime are dominated by the electric field; and (4) that a topological electromagnetic-field configuration such that EB0{\bm E}\cdot {\bm B} \neq 0 is realized.

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@article{arxiv.2501.18171,
  title  = {Spacetime profile of electromagnetic fields in intermediate-energy heavy-ion collisions},
  author = {Hidetoshi Taya},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.18171},
  year   = {2025}
}

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version 2: 17 pages, 10 figures. Discussions enhanced. To be published in Phys. Rev. C. Supplemental animations available at the author's website https://hidetoshitaya.github.io/misc/EMfieldinNoncentralHIC.html