Onset of classical QCD dynamics in relativistic heavy ion collisions

Dmitri Kharzeev, Eugene Levin, and Marzia Nardi
Phys. Rev. C 71, 054903 – Published 13 May 2005

Abstract

The experimental results on hadron production obtained recently at RHIC offer a new prospective on the energy dependence of the nuclear collision dynamics. In particular, it is possible that parton saturation—the phenomenon likely providing initial conditions for the multiparticle production at RHIC energies—may have started to set in central heavy ion collisions already around the highest CERN SPS energy. We examine this scenario, and make predictions based on high density QCD for the forthcoming s=22 GeV run at RHIC.

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  • Received 22 December 2004

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.71.054903

©2005 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Dmitri Kharzeev1, Eugene Levin2, and Marzia Nardi3

  • 1Department of Physics, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
  • 2HEP Department, School of Physics, Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Science, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
  • 3Dipartimento di Fisica Teorica dell' Università di Torino and INFN, Sezione di Torino, via P. Giuria 1, I-10125 Torino, Italy

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Vol. 71, Iss. 5 — May 2005

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