We present a mean-field model of the dense nuclear matter equation of state designed for use in computationally demanding hadronic transport simulations. Our approach, based on the relativistic Landau Fermi-liquid theory, allows us to construct a fam
ily of equations of state spanning a wide range of possible bulk properties of dense QCD matter. We implement the developed model in the hadronic transport code SMASH, and show that the resulting dynamic behavior reproduces theoretical expectations for the thermodynamic properties of the system based on the underlying equation of state. In particular, we show that pair distribution functions calculated from hadronic transport simulation data are consistent with theoretical expectations based on the second-order cumulant ratio, and can be used as a signature of crossing the phase diagram in the vicinity of a critical point. We additionally present a novel method that may enable a measurement of the speed of sound and its derivative with respect to the baryon number density in heavy-ion collisions. Application of our approach to available experimental data implies that the derivative of the speed of sound is non-monotonic in systems created in collisions at intermediate to low energies, which in turn may be connected to non-trivial features in the underlying equation of state.
Average gamma-ray spectrum from $^{114}$Cd after thermal neutron capture in $^{113}$Cd was evaluated in units of mb/MeV. Two approaches are considered for estimation of average gamma-ray spectrum with normalization of the experimental data: mean spec
tra for all gamma-energies were found by averaging frequency polygon for experimental data histogram, and mean spectra were estimated as combination of theoretical values at low gamma-ray energies and averaging experimental data in high-energy range. The experimental spectra were evaluated from the gamma-intensities given by Mheemeed et al [A. Mheemeed et al., Nucl. Phys. A 412 (1984) 113] and Belgya et al [T. Belgya et al., EPJ Web Of Conf. 146 (2017) 05009]. They were normalized to average theoretical spectrum which were calculated by EMPIRE and TALYS codes with default input parameters. Procedure of normalization of high-energy part of the spectrum was described. As for now, the most reliable estimated $gamma$- spectrum for $^{113}$Cd(n,{x$gamma$}) reaction induced by thermal neutrons was presented.
Weak $B^-rightarrow D^0, pi^0$ and $D^-rightarrow {K}^0, pi^0$ transition form factors are described in both the space- and time-like momentum transfer regions, within a constituent-quark model. Neutrino-meson scattering and semileptonic weak decays
are formulated within the point form of relativistic quantum mechanics to end up with relativistic invariant process amplitudes from which meson transition currents and form factors are extracted in an unambiguous way. For space-like momentum transfers, form factors depend on the frame in which the $W M M^prime$ vertex is considered. Such a frame dependence is expected from a pure valence-quark picture, since a complete, frame independent description of form factors is supposed to include non-valence contributions. The most important of such contributions are the $Z$-graphs, which are, however, suppressed in the infinite-momentum frame ($q^2<0$). On the other hand, they can play a significant role in the Breit frame ($q^2<0$) and in the direct decay calculation ($q^2>0$), as a comparison with the infinite-momentum-frame form factors (analytically continued to $q^2>0$) reveals. Numerical results for the analytically continued infinite-momentum-frame form factors agree very well with lattice data in the time-like momentum transfer region and the experimental value for the slope of the $F^+_{Brightarrow D}$ transition form factor at zero recoil is reproduced satisfactorily. These predictions satisfy heavy-quark-symmetry constraints and their $q^2$ dependence is well approximated by a pole fit, reminiscent of a vector-meson-dominance-like decay mechanism. We discuss how such a decay mechanism can be accommodated within an extension of our constituent-quark model, by allowing for a non-valence component in the meson wave functions. We also address the question of wrong cluster properties inherent in the Bakamjian-Thomas formulation.
We study correlations between the harmonic flow vectors squared measured at different transverse momenta. One of the flow harmonics squared is taken at a fixed transverse momentum and correlated to the momentum averaged harmonic flow squared of the s
ame order. Such four particle correlators, dependent on transverse momentum, have been recently measured experimentally. The correlation based on four-particle correlators allows the independent measurement of the flow vector and flow magnitude correlation coefficient. Also, the correlation of the harmonic flow angles as a function of transverse momentum can be extracted. Results are compared to the preliminary data of the ALICE Collaboration. We also present the predictions for the momentum dependent correlation coefficient between mixed flow harmonics. The correlations between squares of mixed harmonics can serve as a way to independently measure the flow vector, flow magnitude, and flow angle correlations, and could be used to gain additional information on the fluctuating initial state and the dynamics in heavy-ion collisions.
The effects of $phi$-meson on properties of hyperon stars are studied systematically in the framework of the density dependent relativistic mean field (DDRMF) model. The $phi$-meson shifts hyperon threshold to a higher density and reduces the hyperon
fractions in neutron star cores. It also strongly stiffens the equation of state (EoS) calculated with various DDRMF effective interactions and increases the maximum mass of hyperon stars, but only a few effective interactions survive under the constraints from recent astrophysical observations. In the DDRMF model, the conformal limit of sound velocity is still in a strong tension with the fact that the maximum mass of neutron stars obtained in theoretical calculations reaches about two solar masses. Based on different interior composition assumptions, we discuss the possibility of the secondary object of GW190814 as a neutron star. When $phi$-meson is considered, DD-ME2 and DD-MEX support that the secondary object of GW190814 is a hyperon star rapidly rotating with Kepler frequency.
Understanding gluon density distributions and how they are modified in nuclei are among the most important goals in nuclear physics. In recent years, diffractive vector meson production measured in ultra-peripheral collisions (UPCs) at heavy-ion coll
iders has provided a new tool for probing the gluon density. In this Letter, we report the first measurement of $J/psi$ photoproduction off the deuteron in UPCs at the center-of-mass energy $sqrt{s_{_{rm NN}}}=200~rm GeV$ in d$+$Au collisions. The differential cross section as a function of momentum transfer $-t$ is measured. In addition, data with a neutron tagged in the deuteron-going Zero-Degree Calorimeter is investigated for the first time, which is found to be consistent with the expectation of incoherent diffractive scattering at low momentum transfer. Theoretical predictions based on the Color Glass Condensate saturation model and the gluon shadowing model are compared with the data quantitatively. A better agreement with the saturation model has been observed. With the current measurement, the results are found to be directly sensitive to the gluon density distribution of the deuteron and the deuteron breakup, which provides insights into the nuclear gluonic structure.
We consider different implementations of momentum-dependent hadronic mean-fields in the relativistic quantum molecular dynamics (RQMD) framework. First, Lorentz scalar implementation of Skyrme type potential is examined. Then, full implementation of
Skyrme type potential as a Lorentz vector in the RQMD approach is proposed. We find that scalar implementation of Skyrme force is too weak to generate repulsion explaining observed data of sideward flows at $sqrt{s_{NN}}<10$ GeV, while vector implementation gives collective flows compatible with the data for a wide range of beam energies $2.7 <sqrt{s_{NN}}<20$ GeV. We show that our approach reproduces the negative proton directed flow at $sqrt{s_{NN}}>10$ GeV discovered by the experiments. We discuss the dynamical generation mechanisms of the directed flow within a conventional hadronic mean-field. A positive slope of proton directed flow is generated predominantly during compression stages of heavy-ion collisions by the strong repulsive interaction due to high baryon densities. In contrast, at the expansion stages of the collision, the negative directed flow is generated more strongly over the positive one by the tilted expansion and shadowing by the spectator matter. At lower collision energies $sqrt{s_{NN}}<10$ GeV, the positive flow wins against the negative flow because of a long compression time. On the other hand, at higher energies $sqrt{s_{NN}}>10$ GeV, negative flow wins because of shorter compression time and longer expansion time. A transition beam energy from positive to negative flow is highly sensitive to the strength of the interaction.
In this work we use the framework of the Dyson-Schwinger and Bethe-Salpeter equations to compute Light-Cone Distribution Amplitudes of heavy-light mesons and quarkonia. In studying the meson properties, we introduce a flavor dependence in the heavy-q
uark sector of the Bethe-Salpeter ladder kernel which yields improved numerical results for masses and leptonic decay constants of the pseudoscalar $D$, $D_s$, $B$ and $B_s$ mesons. Finally, the corresponding heavy-light Bethe-Salpeter amplitudes are projected onto the light front and we reconstruct the distribution amplitudes of the mesons in the full theory.
Bosonic quantum field theories, even when regularized using a finite lattice, possess an infinite dimensional Hilbert space and, therefore, cannot be simulated in quantum computers with a finite number of qubits. A truncation of the Hilbert space is
then needed and the physical results are obtained after a double limit: one to remove the truncation and another to remove the regulator (the continuum limit). A simpler alternative is to find a model with a finite dimensional Hilbert space belonging to the same universality class as the continuum model (a qubitization), so only the space continuum limit is required. A qubitization of the $1+1$ dimensional asymptotically free $O(3)$ nonlinear $sigma$-model based on ideas of non-commutative geometry was previously proposed arXiv:1903.06577 and, in this paper, we provide evidence that it reproduces the physics of the $sigma$-model both in the infrared and the ultraviolet regimes.
A standard method to detect thermal neutrons is the nuclear interaction $^3$He(n,p)$^3$H. The spin-dependence of this interaction is also the basis of a neutron spin-polarization filter using nuclear polarized $^3$He. We consider the corresponding in
teraction for neutrons placed in an intrinsic orbital angular momentum (OAM) state. We derive the relative polarization-dependent absorption cross-sections for neutrons in an $L=1$ OAM state. The absorption of those neutrons results in compound states $J^pi=0^-$, $1^-$, and $2^-$. Varying the three available polarizations tests that an OAM neutron has been absorbed and probes which decay states are physically possible. We describe the energetically likely excited states of $^4$He after absorption, due to the fact that the compound state has odd parity. This provides a definitive method for detecting neutron OAM states and suggests that intrinsic OAM states offer the possibility to observe new physics, including anomalous cross-sections and new channels of radioactive decay.
