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John Harris (Yale) 16th Conference of Czech & Slovak Physicists, Hradec Králové, 10 Sept. 2008
Exploring the Quark-Gluon Plasma at RHIC & LHC –Today’s Perspective
On the “First Day”
There was light!gravity electro-electro-
magnetismmagnetism
weakstrong
at 10-43 seconds
then at 10 -seconds
& 2 x 1012 Kelvin
Quark-to-hadron
phase transition
Rapid inflation
gravity, strong & E-W
forces separate
Quark-Gluon Plasma
John Harris (Yale) 16th Conference of Czech & Slovak Physicists, Hradec Králové, 10 Sept. 2008
Behavior of QCD at High Temperature
few d.o.f.confined
many d.o.f.deconfined
F. Karsch, et al.Nucl. Phys. B605 (2001) 579
TC ~ 175 8 MeV C ~ 0.3 - 1 GeV/fm3
/T4 ~ # degrees of freedom
24
30T
John Harris (Yale) 16th Conference of Czech & Slovak Physicists, Hradec Králové, 10 Sept. 2008
Modifications to QCD Coupling Constant s
heavy quark-antiquark coupling at finite T from lattice QCD O.Kaczmarek, hep-lat/0503017
Constituents - Hadrons, dressed quarks, quasi-hadrons, resonances?
Coupling strength variesinvestigates (de-)confinement, hadronization, & intermediate objects.
low Q2high Q2
D. Gross
H.D. Politzer
F. Wilczek
QCD Asymptotic Freedom (1973)
Nobel Prize 2005
“Before [QCD] we could not go back further than 200,000 years after the Big Bang. Today…since QCD simplifies at high energy, we can extrapolate to very early times when nucleons melted…to form a quark-gluon plasma.” David Gross, Nobel Lecture (RMP 05)
John Harris (Yale) 16th Conference of Czech & Slovak Physicists, Hradec Králové, 10 Sept. 2008
Phase Diagram of QCD MatterT
emp
erat
ure
baryon density
Early universe
nucleinucleon gas
hadron gascolor
superconductor
quark-gluon plasma
Tc
~ 1
70
Me
V
0
Critical point ?
vacuum
CFLNeutron stars
see: Alford, Rajagopal, Reddy, Wilczek Phys. Rev. D64 (2001) 074017L
HC
RHIC
John Harris (Yale) 16th Conference of Czech & Slovak Physicists, Hradec Králové, 10 Sept. 2008
John Harris (Yale) U. Texas – Austin, Colloquium, 14 Nov. 2007
Quark-Gluon Plasma• Standard Model Lattice Gauge Calculations predict
QCD Deconfinement phase transition at T = 175 MeV
• Cosmology Quark-hadron phase transition in early Universe
• Astrophysics Cores of dense stars (?)
• Establish properties of QCD at high T (and density?)
• Can we make it in the lab?
Quark-Gluon Plasma (Soup)
John Harris (Yale) 16th Conference of Czech & Slovak Physicists, Hradec Králové, 10 Sept. 2008
Ultra-Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions
General Orientation
Hadron (baryons, mesons) masses ~ 1 GeV
Hadron sizes ~ 10-15 meters (1 fm ≡ 1 fermi)
RHIC Collisions
Ecm = 200 GeV/nn-pair
Total Ecm = 40 TeV
Gold nucleusdiameter = 14 fm
= 100 (Lorenz contracted)
= (14 fm/c) / ~ 0.1 fm/c
Interaction of Au nuclei complete in few tenths fm/c
John Harris (Yale) 16th Conference of Czech & Slovak Physicists, Hradec Králové, 10 Sept. 2008
John Harris (Yale) Hadron 07 - Frascati, Italy, 8 -13 Oct. 2007
Ultra-Relativistic Heavy Ion Collision at RHIC
PHOBOS
Au + Au
On the “First Day” (at RHIC)
Large energy densities dn/ddET/d
GeV/fm3 critical
x nuclear density
Large collective flow
ed. - “completely unexpected!”
Due to large early pressure gradients, energy & gluon densities
Requires hydrodynamics and quark-gluon equation of state
Quark flow & coalescence constituent quark degrees of freedom!
1
PHENIX
Initial Observations:Large produced particle multiplicities
ed. - “less than expected! gluon-saturation?”
dnch/d |=0 = 670, Ntotal ~ 7500
15,000 q +q in final state, > 92% are produced quarks
CGC?
John Harris (Yale) 16th Conference of Czech & Slovak Physicists, Hradec Králové, 10 Sept. 2008
How do RHIC Collisions Evolve?
b
1) Superposition of independent p+p:
momenta randomrelative to reaction plane
Reaction plane
John Harris (Yale) 16th Conference of Czech & Slovak Physicists, Hradec Králové, 10 Sept. 2008
How do RHIC Collisions Evolve?
b
1) Superposition of independent p+p:
2) Evolution as a bulk system
momenta randomrelative to reaction plane
High densitypressureat center
“zero” pressurein surrounding vacuum
Pressure gradients (larger in-plane) push bulk “out” “flow”
more, faster particles seen in-plane
John Harris (Yale) 16th Conference of Czech & Slovak Physicists, Hradec Králové, 10 Sept. 2008
1) Superposition of independent p+p:
2) Evolution as a bulk system
Pressure gradients (larger in-plane) push bulk “out” “flow”
more, faster particles seen in-plane
N
-RP (rad)0 /2 /4 3/4
N
-RP (rad)0 /2 /4 3/4
momenta randomrelative to reaction plane
Azimuthal Angular Distributions
John Harris (Yale) 16th Conference of Czech & Slovak Physicists, Hradec Králové, 10 Sept. 2008
On the First Day at RHIC - Azimuthal DistributionsSTAR, PRL90 032301 (2003)
b ≈ 4 fm
“central” collisions
b ≈ 6.5 fm
midcentral collisions
Top view
Beams-eye view
1
John Harris (Yale) 16th Conference of Czech & Slovak Physicists, Hradec Králové, 10 Sept. 2008
STAR, PRL90 032301 (2003)
b ≈ 4 fmb ≈ 6.5 fmb ≈ 10 fm
peripheral collisions
Top view
Beams-eye view
On the First Day at RHIC - Azimuthal Distributions1
John Harris (Yale) 16th Conference of Czech & Slovak Physicists, Hradec Králové, 10 Sept. 2008
Elliptic Flow Saturates Hydrodynamic Limit
• Azimuthal asymmetry of charged particles: dn/d ~ 1 + 2 v2(pT) cos (2) + ...x
z
y
curves = hydrodynamic flowzero viscosity, Tc = 165 MeV
1
Mass dependence of v2
Requires -
• Early thermalization (0.6 fm/c)
• Ideal hydrodynamics
(zero viscosity)
“nearly perfect fluid”
• ~ 25 GeV/fm3 ( >> critical )
• Quark-Gluon Equ. of StateJohn Harris (Yale) 16th Conference of Czech & Slovak Physicists, Hradec Králové, 10 Sept. 2008
Identified Hadron Elliptic Flow ComplicatedComplicated v2(pT) flow pattern is observed for identified hadrons
d2n/dpTd ~ 1 + 2 v2(pT) cos (2 )
Baryons
Mesons
If the flow established at quark level, it is predicted to be simple KET KET / nq , v2 v2 / nq , nq = (2, 3 quarks) for (meson, baryon)
15000 quarksflow collectively
John Harris (Yale) 16th Conference of Czech & Slovak Physicists, Hradec Králové, 10 Sept. 2008
If baryons and mesons form
from independently flowing quarks
then
quarks are deconfined
for a brief moment (~ 10 -23 s), then hadronization!
John Harris (Yale) 16th Conference of Czech & Slovak Physicists, Hradec Králové, 10 Sept. 2008
Transport in gases of strongly-coupled atoms
RHIC fluid behaves like this –
a strongly coupled fluid.
Universality of Classical Strongly-Coupled Systems?
Universality of classical strongly-coupled systems? Atoms, sQGP, ……. AdS/CFT…… K.M. O’Hara et al
Science 298 (2002) 2179
Use strongly coupled N = 4 SUSY YM theory.
Derive a quantum lower viscosity bound: s > 1/4
AdS5/CFT – a 5D Correspondence of 4D Systems
• Analogy between black hole physics and equilibrium thermodynamics
• Solutions possess hydrodynamic characteristicsSimilar to fluids – viscosity, diffusion constants,….
our world - 3 + 1 dim brane
horizon
Extra dim
ension
(the bulk)
MULTIPLICITY
Entropy Black Hole Surface Area
DISSIPATION
Viscosity Graviton Absorption
John Harris (Yale) 16th Conference of Czech & Slovak Physicists, Hradec Králové, 10 Sept. 2008
Ultra-low (Shear)Viscosity Fluids
4 s
Quantum lower viscosity bound: s > 1/4 (Kovtun, Son, Starinets)
From strongly coupled N = 4 SUSY YM theory.
2-d Rel Hydro describes STAR v2 data with /s 0.1 near lower bound!
s (limit) = 1/4
s (water) >10
QGP
T = 2 x 1012 K
John Harris (Yale) 16th Conference of Czech & Slovak Physicists, Hradec Králové, 10 Sept. 2008
“The RHIC fluid may be the
least viscous fluid ever seen”
The American Institute of Physics
announced the RHIC quark-gluon liquid
as the top physics story of 2005!see http://www.aip.org/pnu/2005/
John Harris (Yale) 16th Conference of Czech & Slovak Physicists, Hradec Králové, 10 Sept. 2008
It Flows - Is It Really Thermalized?
“Chemical” equilibration (particle yields & ratios):
Particles yields represent equilibrium abundances
universal hadronization temperature
Small net baryon density K+/K-,B/B ratios) B ~ 25 - 40 MeV
Chemical Freezeout Conditions T = 177 MeV, B = 29 MeV T ~ Tcritical (QCD)
John Harris (Yale) 16th Conference of Czech & Slovak Physicists, Hradec Králové, 10 Sept. 2008
Particles are thermally distributed and flow collectively,
at universal hadronization temperature T = 177 MeV!
John Harris (Yale) 16th Conference of Czech & Slovak Physicists, Hradec Králové, 10 Sept. 2008
On the “Second” Day (~ Year) at RHIC
Probing Hot QCD Matter with Hard-Scattered Probes
hadrons
leading particle
hadrons
leading particle
parton energy loss: modification of jets and leading particles & jet-correlations
John Harris (Yale) 16th Conference of Czech & Slovak Physicists, Hradec Králové, 10 Sept. 2008
High Momentum Hadrons Suppressed - Photons Not
Photons
Hadrons factor 4 – 5 suppression
dev/
AAAA /
coll pp
NR
N N
Deviations from binary scaling of hard collisions:
John Harris (Yale) 16th Conference of Czech & Slovak Physicists, Hradec Králové, 10 Sept. 2008
Dynamical Origin of High pT Hadron Suppression?
What happens to the radiation?
For collisional energy losswhat about recoil energy?
Egluon > Equark, m=0 > Equark, m>0
What is the dependenceon the type of parton?
E
How does parton lose energy?
q = 2 / ^One parameterization of energy loss
q ~
John Harris (Yale) 16th Conference of Czech & Slovak Physicists, Hradec Králové, 10 Sept. 2008
Parameterization of Parton Energy Loss
q ~
Eskola, Honkanen, Salgado, WiedemannNucl Phys A747 (2005) 511
q ^
q = 5 – 15 GeV2 / fm from RHIC RAA Data ^
John Harris (Yale) 16th Conference of Czech & Slovak Physicists, Hradec Králové, 10 Sept. 2008
Interpretation of the Parton Energy Loss
q ~
RHIC data
R. Baier, Nucl Phys A715, 209c
QGP
Pion gas
Cold nuclear matter
sQGP
Energy loss requires large(also : Dainese, Loizides, Paic, hep-ph/0406201)
2ˆ 5 10 GeV /fmq 5 - 15
John Harris (Yale) 16th Conference of Czech & Slovak Physicists, Hradec Králové, 10 Sept. 2008
Heavy Quark Suppression• Using fixed order next-to-
leading log (FONL) cross
sections for charm and
beauty
Armesto, Cacciari, Dainese, Salgado, Wiedemann,PLB637:362, 2006
Insufficient suppression from theoretical models!
John Harris (Yale) 16th Conference of Czech & Slovak Physicists, Hradec Králové, 10 Sept. 2008
AdS5/CFT Again! - Initial Results on Jet Quenching
H. Liu, K. Rajagopal and U. A. Wiedemann, arXiv:hep-ph/0605178, recent PRL
from J. J. Friess, S. S. Gubser and
G. Michalogiorgakis,arXiv:hep-th/0605292.
John Harris (Yale) 16th Conference of Czech & Slovak Physicists, Hradec Králové, 10 Sept. 2008
Hard Scattering (Jets) as a Probe of Dense Matter II
Jet event in eecollision STAR p + p jet event
Can we see jets in high energy Au+Au?
STAR Au+Au (jet?) event
John Harris (Yale) 16th Conference of Czech & Slovak Physicists, Hradec Králové, 10 Sept. 2008
Where Does the Energy Go? dev
Jet correlations in proton-proton reactions.
Strong back-to-back peaks.
Jet correlations in central Gold-Gold.
Away side jet disappears for particles pT > 2 GeV
Jet correlations in central Gold-Gold.
Away side jet reappears in particles pT > 200 MeV
Azimuthal Angular CorrelationsLost energy of away-side jet is redistributed to rather large angles!
Color wakes?
J. Ruppert & B. Müller
Mach cone from sonic boom?
H. Stoecker
J. Casalderrey-Solana & E. Shuryak
Cherenkov-like gluon radiation?
I. Dremin
A. Majumder, X.-N. Wang
Medium-induced gluon radiation?
Polosa, C. Salgado
John Harris (Yale) 16th Conference of Czech & Slovak Physicists, Hradec Králové, 10 Sept. 2008
The suppression of high pT hadrons and the quenching of jets
indicates the presence of a high density, strongly-coupled
colored medium. !
John Harris (Yale) 16th Conference of Czech & Slovak Physicists, Hradec Králové, 10 Sept. 2008
The Quark-Gluon Plasma – Present View from RHIC
RHIC and new Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Geneva:
Will cover 2 – 3 decades of energy (sNN ~ 20 GeV – 5.5 TeV)
To uncover the properties of hot QCD at T ~ 150 – 600 MeV)
• Large > c (T > Tc) system – Sufficient for QGP formation – NOT hadrons
• Large volume of quarks & gluons (hydrodynamics) – NOT just q & g scattering
Large elliptic & radial flow large pressure gradients
Ultra-low shear viscosity “nearly-perfect” fluid flow
Particle ratios fit by thermal model T = 177 MeV ~ Tc (lattice QCD)
• Dynamics of quarks and gluons – NOT hadrons
Flow depends upon constituent quark masses
Flow develops at quark level QGP EoS, quark coalescence
• NOT a Weakly-interacting QGP (as we initially expected from Lattice QCD)
Strongly interacting quarks and gluons NOT s ~ 0
John Harris (Yale) 16th Conference of Czech & Slovak Physicists, Hradec Králové, 10 Sept. 2008
John Harris (Yale) Hadron 07 - Frascati, Italy, 8 -13 Oct. 2007
Officially Starts Today!
Geneva with Large Hadron Collider Superimposed
John Harris (Yale) Hadron 07 - Frascati, Italy, 8 -13 Oct. 2007
The Future of RHI‘s at the LHC:
Dedicated HI experiment - ALICE
Two pp experiments with HI program:
ATLAS and CMS
Simple Extrapolation to Heavy Ion Physics at LHC
QGP (fm/c)
(GeV/fm3)
T / Tc
tform (fm/c)
√sNN (GeV) factor 28
2-4
5
1.9
0.2
200
RHIC
≤ 2
3
1.1
1
17
LHCSPS
5500
0.1 shorter
3.0 - 4.2 hotter
15-60 denser
> 10longer-lived
John Harris (Yale) 16th Conference of Czech & Slovak Physicists, Hradec Králové, 10 Sept. 2008
Heavy Ion Physics at the LHC – ExpectationsLHC Heavy Ions –
• expectations based on pQCD predictions & RHIC results• a lesson from RHIC – guided by theory + versatility + “expect the unexpected”
Soft Physics (pT ≤ 2 GeV/c) at LHC – • smooth extrapolation from SPS RHIC LHC?• expansion dynamics different? (flow, HBT, Tchem & Tkin, strange/charm/beauty)
Elliptic FlowParticle Multiplicities
Ntot ~ 6000
Ntot ~ 2000
John Harris (Yale) 16th Conference of Czech & Slovak Physicists, Hradec Králové, 10 Sept. 2008
John Harris (Yale) 16th Conference of Czech & Slovak Physicists, Hradec Králové, 10 Sept. 2008
Significant increase in hard cross sections
(pT or mass > 2 GeV/c) at LHC – large pT /total~ 2% at SPS
50% at RHIC
98% at LHC• “real” jets, large pT processes
• abundance of heavy flavors• probe early times, calculable
bb (LHC ) ~ 100 bb (RHIC)
cc (LHC) ~ 10 cc (RHIC)
Rat
e
Hard Probes with LHC Heavy Ions
LHC Heavy Ion Programs
Heavy Ion Data-taking
Pb + Pb at sNN = 5.5 TeV
John Harris (Yale) 16th Conference of Czech & Slovak Physicists, Hradec Králové, 10 Sept. 2008
The ALICE Heavy Ion Experiment
John Harris (Yale) 16th Conference of Czech & Slovak Physicists, Hradec Králové, 10 Sept. 2008
ALICE Collaboration
~ 1000 Members ~ 30 Countries ~ 100 Institutes
John Harris (Yale) 16th Conference of Czech & Slovak Physicists, Hradec Králové, 10 Sept. 2008
• Czech Republic:
Praha, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Institute of Physics
Praha, Czech Technical University of Prague CTU
Rez, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Nuclear Physics Institute
• Slovakia:
Bratislava, Comenius University, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics
Kosice, Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences
The ALICE Experiment Installation
John Harris (Yale) 16th Conference of Czech & Slovak Physicists, Hradec Králové, 10 Sept. 2008
RAA d 2N AA dydpT
d 2N pp dydpT NcollAA
Is the QCD phase diagram feature-less at 1 – 4 Tc?
What happens as we go up in T (e.g. coupling)?
Are there new phenomena?
What’s the range of theoretical validities (non-pQCD, pQCD, strings)?
Measure/understand parton energy loss at the fundamental level
Establish flavor (gluon and quark mass) dependence
Use jets and/or photons to establish hard-scattered parton energy
Jet modifications - longitudinal & transverse “heating”
Medium response to jet-heating (near- and away-side)
Measure/use open charm and beauty decays (also as jet-tags)
cc and bb states (Ti, screening/suppression, enhancement?)
Direct Photon Radiation?
Developments in theory (lattice, hydro, parton E-loss, string theory…)
“the next frontier!”
The Quark-Gluon Plasma at LHC – Questions
John Harris (Yale) 16th Conference of Czech & Slovak Physicists, Hradec Králové, 10 Sept. 2008
The New Yorker, Jan. 7 2007
….and the String Theory discussion/debate continues…
John Harris (Yale) 16th Conference of Czech & Slovak Physicists, Hradec Králové, 10 Sept. 2008
Special Thanks for Contributions to This Presentation!!
Miklos Gyulassy
Peter Jacobs
Mike Lisa
Thomas Ullrich
Urs Wiedemann
John Harris (Yale) 16th Conference of Czech & Slovak Physicists, Hradec Králové, 10 Sept. 2008
The End