Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Theory
Scientific paper
2011-11-12
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Theory
11 pages, 10 figures. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1107.3402
Scientific paper
We address dilepton production in Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN)=200 GeV by employing the parton-hadron-string dynamics (PHSD) off-shell transport approach. Within the PHSD one goes beyond the quasiparticle approximation by solving generalized transport equations on the basis of the off-shell Kadanoff-Baym equations for the Green's functions in the phase-space representation. The approach consistently describes the full evolution of a relativistic heavy-ion collision from the initial hard scatterings and string formation through the dynamical deconfinement phase transition to the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) as well as hadronization and to the subsequent interactions in the hadronic phase. {With partons described in the PHSD by the dynamical quasiparticle model (DQPM) - matched to reproduce lattice QCD results in thermodynamic equilibrium} - we calculate, in particular, the dilepton radiation from partonic interactions through the reactions q+qbar->gamma^*, q+qbar->gamma^*+g and q+g->gamma^*+q (qbar+g->gamma^*+qbar) in the early stage of relativistic heavy-ion collisions. By comparing our results to the data from the PHENIX Collaboration, we study the relative importance of different dilepton production mechanisms and point out the regions in phase space where partonic channels are dominant. Furthermore, explicit predictions are presented for dileptons within the acceptance of the STAR detector system and compared to the preliminary data.
Bratkovskaya Elena L.
Cassing Wolfgang
Ko Che Ming
Linnyk Olena
Manninen Jaakko
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