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The coherent photons induced by relativistic heavy ions are highly linearly polarized, in close analogy to the linear polarization of gluons in a large nucleus. We proposed to measure the photon polarization through azimuthal asymmetries in…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-05-24 Ya-jin Zhou

We predict the polarization of Lambda and antiLambda hyperons in peripheral heavy ion collisions at ultrarelativistic energy, based on the assumption of local thermodynamical equilibrium at freeze-out. The polarization vector is…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2013-11-21 F. Becattini , L. Csernai , D. J. Wang

We study azimuthal asymmetries in heavy quark pair production in unpolarized electron-proton and proton-proton collisions, where the asymmetries originate from the linear polarization of gluons inside unpolarized hadrons. We provide cross…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-16 Cristian Pisano , Daniel Boer , Stanley J. Brodsky , Maarten G. A. Buffing , Piet J. Mulders

We study the photoproduction process of dileptons in heavy ion collision at Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) and Large Hadron Collider (LHC) energys. The equivalent photon approximation, which equates the electromagnetic field of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-04-16 Gongming Yu , Xinyu Li , Xinghang Zhang , Zhongxia Zhao , Haitao Yang

The strong electromagnetic fields present in ultra-peripheral collisions of heavy-ions offer a possibility to study two-photon and photonuclear collisions complementary to similar studies with lepton beams but over an increased photon…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-12-18 Joakim Nystrand

Dilepton production provides a unique probe of the strong electromagnetic field produced in heavy-ion collisions. To map out the behavior of its transverse momentum broadening, we present a theoretical model based on the equivalent photon…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-06-14 Kewei Yu , Jiazhen Peng , Shuang Li , Kejun Wu , Wei Xie , Fei Sun

Anisotropy in heavy-ion collisions leads to polarization of both direct and virtual photons, the latter detected via internal conversion to dileptons pairs. Thus measurement of photon polarization probes the anisotropy at all stages of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-03-14 Gordon Baym , Tetsuo Hatsuda , Michael Strickland

Heavy ions at high velocities provide very strong electromagnetic fields for a very short time. The main characteristics of ultraperipheral relativistic heavy ion collisions are reviewed, characteristic parameters are identified. The main…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-29 Gerhard Baur

We propose a novel method to probe light-quark dipole moments by examining the azimuthal asymmetries between a collinear pair of hadrons in semi-inclusive deep inelastic lepton scattering off an unpolarized proton target at the Electron-Ion…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-05-21 Xin-Kai Wen , Bin Yan , Zhite Yu , C. -P. Yuan

The initial collision geometry, including the reaction plane, is crucial for interpreting collective phenomena in relativistic heavy-ion collisions, yet it remains experimentally inaccessible through conventional measurements. Recent…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-05-09 Jiaxuan Luo , Xinbai Li , Zebo Tang , Xin Wu , Shuai Yang , Wangmei Zha , Zhan Zhang

We investigate the impact parameter dependence of the $\cos 4\phi$ azimuthal asymmetry for electromagnetic lepton pair production in heavy ion collisions. The asymmetry induced by linearly polarized coherent photons exhibits strong impact…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-02-19 Cong Li , Jian Zhou , Ya-jin Zhou

Recent experimental results from RHIC and LHC on hard photon emission rates in heavy-ion collisions indicate a large azimuthal asymmetry of photon emission rate parameterized by the elliptic flow v_2. Motivated by a recent proposal that the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2013-08-09 Ho-Ung Yee

The anomalous magnetic (MDM) and electric (EDM) dipole moments of the $\tau$ lepton serve as crucial indicators of new physics beyond the Standard Model. Leveraging azimuthal angular asymmetry as a novel tool in ultraperipheral collisions…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-04-11 Ding Yu Shao , Bin Yan , Shu-Run Yuan , Cheng Zhang

Using the strong electromagnetic fields in peripheral heavy ion collisions gives rise to a number of interesting possibilities of applications in both photon-photon and photon-hadron physics. We look at the theoretical foundations of the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Kai Hencken

Elastic light-by-light(LbL) scattering, one of the most fascinating processes in the Standard Model(SM), has recently been observed in the ultraperipheral collisions(UPCs) of relativistic heavy ions in the Atlas and CMS experiments at the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-03-18 Yu Jia , Shuo Lin , Jian Zhou , Ya-jin Zhou

In this paper, we present the first complete treatment of incoherent photon-initiated production in ultraperipheral heavy ion collisions, focussing on the dilepton and diphoton final states. In the former case we compare to the ATLAS…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-11-05 L. A. Harland-Lang

Ultra-peripheral collisions (UPCs) involving relativistic heavy ions are a unique laboratory to study quantum correlations. The intense electromagnetic fields generate high rates of photonuclear interactions, including events involving…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-02-13 Spencer R. Klein

Two-photon collision in ultraperipheral heavy-ion collisions (UPCs) provides a unique and powerful platform for probing QCD with linearly polarized quasi-real photons. While photon polarization effects have been recognized in dilepton and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-12-30 Yu Jia , Wen-Long Sang , Xiaonu Xiong , Jian Zhou , Ya-jin Zhou

The very strong electromagnetic fields present in ultraperipheral relativistic heavy ion collisions lead to important higher order effects of the electromagnetic interaction. These multiphoton exchange processes are studied using…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 Gerhard Baur , Kai Hencken , Andreas Aste , Dirk Trautmann , Spencer R. Klein

Electromagnetic emission in the form of photons or dileptons provide important information on the onset and evolution of a heavy ion collision at ultrarelativistic energies. We briefly summarize the theoretical assessments of the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-03-17 Ismail Zahed
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