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The nucleus-nucleus impact parameter and collision geometry of a heavy ion collision are typically characterized by assigning a collision "centrality". In all present heavy ion experiments centrality is measured indirectly, by detecting the…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-06-19 Sourav Tarafdar , Zvi Citron , Alexander Milov

In ultrarelativistic heavy-ion experiments, one estimates the centrality of a collision by using a single observable, say $n$, typically given by the transverse energy or the number of tracks observed in a dedicated detector. The…

We improve the centrality definition in impact parameter in PACIAE model responding the fact reported by the ALICE, ATLAS, and CMS collaborations that the maximum impact parameter in heavy ion collisions should be extended to 20 $fm$.…

The upcoming Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) will address several outstanding puzzles in modern nuclear physics. Topics such as the partonic structure of nucleons and nuclei, the origin of their mass and spin, among others, can be understood…

We investigate the evolution of nuclear excitation in electron-nucleus (e+A) collisions at the upcoming Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) using the BeAGLE event generator. Leveraging the EIC's unique collider kinematics, we demonstrate the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-06-10 Niseem Magdy

The initial conditions in high energy nucleus-nucleus collisions are determined by the small momentum fraction part of the nuclear wavefunction. This is the regime of gluon saturation and the most direct way to experimentally study it would…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-18 T. Lappi

Using the simulation data coming from the cascade model, we have studied the behavior of event number as a function of impact parameter-b and a number of all charged particles- Nch for light and heavy nuclei at different energies. We have…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2009-09-30 Z. Wazir , M. K. Suleymanov , E. U. Khan , Mahnaz Q. Haseeb , M. Ajaz , K. H. Khan

In proton-nucleus and nucleus-nucleus collision experiments, one determines the centrality of a collision according to the multiplicity or energy deposited in a detector. This serves as a proxy for the true collision centrality, as defined…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-08-03 Rudolph Rogly , Giuliano Giacalone , Jean-Yves Ollitrault

The centrality determination for Au+Au collisions at 1.23A GeV, as measured with HADES at the GSI-SIS18, is described. In order to extract collision geometry related quantities, such as the average impact parameter or number of…

This overview describes several science cases at the Electron-Ion-Collider (EIC) experiment which are traditional to general particle physics. It has an emphasis on connections between future measurements at the EIC and the physics topics…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-02-25 S. V. Chekanov , S. Magill

Centrality, as a geometrical property of the collision, is crucial for the physical interpretation of nucleus-nucleus and proton-nucleus experimental data. However, it cannot be directly accessed in event-by-event data analysis. Common…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2017-03-24 Igor Altsybeev , Vladimir Kovalenko

The self-interactions of gluons determine all the unique features of QCD and lead to a dominant abundance of gluons inside matter already at moderate $x$. Despite their dominant role, the properties of gluons remain largely unexplored.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Thomas Ullrich

The future Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) is a proposed new facility to collide high-energy electrons with beams of polarized protons/light nuclei and unpolarized nuclei. We overview the goals of the project and key measurements at the EIC. We…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-01-15 V. Guzey

The Electron-Ion Collider provides a groundbreaking opportunity to study heavy pentaquarks with unprecedented precision, leveraging its high collision energy and beam spin polarization capabilities. As a representative case, we analyze…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-03-05 In Woo Park , Sungtae Cho , Yongsun Kim , Su Houng Lee

In heavy-ion ({\it A-A}) collisions, the correlations among the particles produced across wide range in rapidity, probe the early stages of the reaction. The analyses of forward-backward multiplicity correlations in these collisions are…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-06-17 Sudipan De , T. Tarnowsky , T. K. Nayak , R. P. Scharenberg , B. K. Srivastava

In this paper, we propose to test quantum entanglement and Bell nonlocality at an Electron-Ion Collider (EIC). By computing the spin correlations in quark-antiquark pairs produced via photon-gluon fusion, we find that longitudinally…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-03-17 Wei Qi , Zijing Guo , Bo-Wen Xiao

We show, under general assumptions which are well satisfied in relativistic heavy-ion collisions, that the geometric relation of centrality c to the impact parameter b, namely c ~ pi b^2/sigma_inel, holds to a very high accuracy for all but…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 W. Broniowski , W. Florkowski

Some experimental results are discussed in connection with the properties of the central heavy ion collisions. These experiments indicate the regime changes and saturation at some values of the centrality. This phenomenon is considered to…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2009-04-15 Z. Wazir , M. K. Suleymanov , E. U. Khan , Mahnaz Q. Haseeb , M. Ajaz , K. H. Khan

The Electron--Ion Collider (EIC) offers a unique environment to study kinematically controlled lepton--nucleus (e+A) reactions, where a primary hard scattering is followed by an intranuclear cascade and the subsequent statistical…

The determination of centrality in nucleus-nucleus collisions is a crucial task, as it enables the estimation of the impact parameter and thereby allows for the comparison of experimental results with predictions from theoretical models and…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-05-26 D. Idrisov , F. Guber , N. Karpushkin , P. Parfenov
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