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STAR Heavy Ion Physics ProgramSTAR Heavy Ion Physics Programand
Future Perspective
Huan Zhong Huang黄焕中
Department of Physics and AstronomyDepartment of Physics and AstronomyUniversity of California at Los Angeles
NFQCD Symposium @ Yukawa Institute Dec. 2013Q y p @
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Outstanding Scientific Questions at RHIC
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O tliOutline
Heavy Quark Probes y Q
RHIC Beam Energy Scan Program Phase I ResultsRHIC Beam Energy Scan Program Phase I Results
N l S t d E ti S hNovel Symmetry and Exotic Searches
Towards Future QCD Studies at RHIC and eRHIC
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Initial Conditions Remain a Major Uncertainty
The initial conditions in the models come from MC‐Glauber NeXSPheRIO model reproduce the data well for 20‐30% and
STAR: PRC88, 014904(2013)
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NeXSPheRIO model reproduce the data well for 20 30% and 30‐40% at pT < 1 GeV/c
Both v2 and v3 are better described by η/s ~ 0.08
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MC CalculationU+U Collisions
We Do not Truly Understand the Geometry Yet
PRL 105 172301 (2010)MC Calculation
+
U+U Collisions
+Prolate
We do not understand detailed featuresWe do not understand detailed featuresfrom U+U data based on knowncollision geometry dependence of v2 !
Incomplete understanding of geometricaland dynamical fluctuations !!
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Heavy Quark Probe of sQGP propertiesNPE – access to high pT region Simultaneous Measurements of RAA and v2
B tt f d tBetter p+p reference dataNature of the measured v2 value at high pTS ti f B d D d l t !
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Separation of B and D decay electrons !
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Heavy Quark Collectivity – Next 2 years !
Elliptic Flow v2 of Dat low pT
NPE – Separation of B pand D decays inAu+Au collisionsAu+Au collisions
N d HFT U d
3 < pTtrig< 6 GeV/c &0.15 < pTasso < 0.5 GeV/c
‐‐‐‐Needs HFT UpgradeSTAR Preliminary
H Q k T d0‐20% AuAu
Heavy Quark Tagged Jet‐Medium Interaction andM di R !
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Medium Response !
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Status of HFT and MTD Upgrades
HFT
SSDISTIST
PXL
Muon Telescope DetectorHeavy Flavor TrackerFull Detector Commissioning and Physics Running in 2014
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Heavy Quark Collectivity, NPE B and D separation, Upsilon
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QCD Phase Diagram and RHIC BES‐I
Year En (GeV) # Event (106)2010 39 1302010 11.5 122010 7 7 52010 7.7 52011 27 702011 19.6 362011 19.6 362014 15 (?)
RHIC can deliver low energy beams !STAR: First glimpse of QCD bulk
matter over a broad rangematter over a broad rangeof chemical potentials !
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Searches for QCD Critical Point
)( 3
NS
)( 4
3
N
S
3)(4
4
N
What is the width in sqrt(s) orchemical potential for the pQCD critical point ?
What is the most appropriatereference distribution forhigh moments?
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high moments?
arXiv: 1309.5681
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Direct Flow v1 Slope from BES
12/2/2013 11Connected to EOS, Sensitive to Phase Transition?
J. Brachmann et al., PRC 61, 024909 (2000)
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Systematic v2 Differences between particle and anti‐particles
12/2/2013 12Mass and Flavor Dependence !!
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Implication for large Rv = GV/G ?
Theoretical models predicted that large RVno critical point or first order PT in physical region !
Jun Xu Taesoo Song Che Ming Ko and Feng Li arXiv 1308 1753
no critical point or first‐order PT in physical region !What other measurements to access RV ?
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Jun Xu, Taesoo Song, Che Ming Ko and Feng Li, arXiv 1308.1753M. Asakawa et al., NP A504, 668 (1989); N.M. Bratovic, T. Hatsuda and W. Weise, PLB 719 (2013) 131.
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Mid‐Rapidity Hyperon Yieldp y ypMechanism:Pair Production Pair ProductionAssociated Prod.
‐‐ quark or hadronlevel
‐‐ difference inhyperon vs.hyperon vs.anti‐hyperons
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‐‐ sensitive to chemical
t ti l
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potential
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Coalescence and Cluster FormationCoalescence and Cluster Formation
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Increased Hyperon over Ks ratiosThe formation probabilities of baryons and mesons depend on
B/m ratiosf
The formation probabilities of baryons and mesons depend onthe environment – local parton density
‐‐measure of localparton densityat hadronization ! at hadronization !
Au+Au at 7.7 GeV0SK
‐‐ higher net baryondensity !
In a broad pT region[1‐4] GeV/c much[1‐4] GeV/c, much more hyperons than mesons
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produced !!‐‐ Coalescence
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Strange quark analysis from and using Coalescence Frameworkusing Coalescence Framework
(sss) and (ss) formed atchemical freezeout from coalescence of 3 s quarksand s‐sbar pairs.Assuming sudden coalescenceAssuming sudden coalescenceof s quarks of approximatelyequal pT and the same shape q p pof pT distributions for s and sbarquarksThe s quark pT distribution at freeze‐out ~ (3pT)/(2pT)
h d ff d b d ?12/2/2013 17
IS there a difference in partonic dynamics between 11 and 20 GeV?NEED more statistics (BES II) and a 15 GeV run !!
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Coalescence Picture !Independent Empirical Check on Coalescence –
if s(p ) ~(3p )/(2p ) then (2p ) /s(p ) is also s(p )if s(pT) ~ (3pT)/(2pT) , then (2pT) /s(pT) is also s(pT)are these functions of similar shape?
12/2/2013 18NEED More Data at 11.5 GeV !!
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Road to Beam Energy Scan II
1) Need electron cooling tobe more efficient !
2) STAR TPC Inner Sectorreadout upgrade‐‐ enhance tracking and PID
in 1‐1.7 region
12/2/2013 19BES II Starting 2018+
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QCD Exotic Phenomena QCD Vacuum Sphaleron excitationcoupled to strong magnetic field fromspectator protons‐‐ charge separation across the
reaction planereaction planeparity violating in strong interaction
Kharzeev et al NP A803, 227 (2008)
RP )cos(Kharzeev et al NP A803, 227 (2008)
outin BaaBvv ,1,1
charge dependent – same sign (++,‐‐) and opposite sign(+‐, ‐+)Voloshin, PRC70, 057901 (2004)
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sensitive to charge separation
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First measurementsStrong charge sign dependentdependent –Same-Sign (SS)Opposite-Sign (OS)pp g ( )correlation – very
different feature and magnitude !
Existing models cannotExisting models cannot reproduce the data !
How to separate LPV signal and background?
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Conventional Explanation ?Blast Wave Parameterization = Charge Correlation + Radial + Elliptic Flow
‐With some “adjustments” can describe the data (diff “opp” ‐ “same”).
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‐ Note that the correlator is inversely proportional to multiplicity Schlichting and Pratt, PRC83 014913 (2011)
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Recent STAR Results on the Charge Separation Measurement
Charge separation‐‐ disappears at low energy No QGP No Local disappears at low energywhere QGP presumably cannot be formed
Parity Violation !
I thi th i12/2/2013 2312/2/2013 23
and/or cannot live long enough!
Is this the unique explanation ?
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Recent STAR Results on the Charge Separation Measurement
Charge separation‐‐ disappears in very central
collisions when magnetic fieldapproaches zero but elliptic flowapproaches zero, but elliptic flow
is finite !
Background has to be coupled to v2 –no reason for background to disappear whenno reason for background to disappear whenv2 is finite !
Measured correlator unlikely be entirely due to12/2/2013 2412/2/2013 24
Measured correlator unlikely be entirely due to background !
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Intriguing, yet inconclusive !Experimental measurements
‐‐ consistent with some aspects ofconsistent with some aspects ofexpectations fromchiral magnetic effect andchiral magnetic effect andchiral magnetic wave
‐‐ But we do not know for sure themagnitude of the backgroundg g
‐‐ we are not sure of the nature ofbackground for CMWg
We need more ideas and explorations !
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Searches for Exotic Particles
‐ Correlation‐‐ sensitive to interactionH (uuddss) bound state
d l ti f i‐‐ depletion of pairs
Theoretical models fit toSTAR preliminary data:
STAR preliminary – attractive interactionno bound state !
Other di‐hyperons ? or Other exotic particles?
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Other exotic particles?
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‐ Correlation Function
Uncertainties not included
Scattering length (a0) is negative in most fits Current fit from different potential models to data gives
A. Ohnishi, HHI workshop proceedings 2012
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Current fit from different potential models to data gives indication towards non‐existence of bound H‐dibaryon
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Chiral Symmetry and Di‐electrons
Low mass region (<1.0 GeV) – vector meson properties in the QCD mediumIntermediate mass region (1‐3 GeV) – QGP radiation and heavy quark decaysIntermediate mass region (1 3 GeV) QGP radiation and heavy quark decays
(depends on heavy quark evolution in the QCD medium)Very difficulty experimental measurements! lessons from SPS – need 5‐10 years to understand the signal and background!
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lessons from SPS – need 5‐10 years to understand the signal and background!
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STAR Forward Upgrades: QCD at X and xproton nucleus
~ Forward Tracker System (FTS) 2.5 < η < 4
proton nucleus
~ 2018+
d C l i S ( CS)
FHC (E864)
Forward Calorimeter System (FCS)
FHC (E864)
Pb‐Sc HCal
W‐Powder EMCal
FHC (E864)
• Forward instrumentation optimized for pp/pA and AAp pp/p– Charged‐particle tracking– e/h and γ/π0 discrimination
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e/h and γ/π discrimination– Jet reconstruction
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Gluon Saturation in NucleiA d i i th f d t i h
Y l 1
pA dynamics in the forward proton semi‐sphere sensitive to details of the gluons in the nuclei
Phase of Cold Nuclear Matteron
saturation region
Y lnx Forward direction kinematics
favors parton scatteringsf l t f
tive regio
relatively dense region
of large x partons from poff small x partons from A !
perturbat
dilute region Initial conditions for AA
non‐p g
QCD in high density non‐linear regime‐‐ Color Glass Condensate
lnQ2
The quantum nature of the partons must manifest through
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saturations ! At what QS and x scales and to what extent?
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RHIC – a Dedicated QCD FacilityQCD – Fundamental Corner Stone of the Standard Model !!‐Dynamics of QCD in bulk matter, vacuum structure and hadrons?Condensed Matter Physics with Underlying QCD Interactions !Condensed Matter Physics with Underlying QCD Interactions !
We are beyond the QGP discovery phase already !y Q y p yLHC ‐‐ Energy/Temperature Frontier RHIC – New Horizons in QCD Phase Structure, Vacuum
Excitation, Initial State Color Charge Dynamics,Hadron Structure and Exotics
The Best of STAR is yet to ComeHeavy Flavor Physics – HFT/MTD: 2014‐16Heavy Flavor Physics – HFT/MTD: 2014‐16QCD Phase Diagram – BES Phase II: 2018‐19Spin CNM Color Dynamics and AA – Towards eRHIC
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Spin, CNM Color Dynamics and AA – Towards eRHIC
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eSTAR – STAR in the eRHIC Era
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