Soft and Hard Probes of QCD Topological Structures in Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions

Description

This thesis makes significant advances in the quantitative understanding of two intrinsically linked yet technically very different phenomena in quantum chromodynamics (QCD). Firstly, the thesis investigates the soft probe of strong interaction topological fluctuations in the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) which is made possible via the anomalous chiral transport effects induced by such fluctuations. Here, the author makes contributions towards establishing the first comprehensive tool for quantitative prediction of the chiral magnetic effect in the QGP that is produced in heavy ion collision experiments. Secondly, the thesis deals with the hard probe of strongly coupled QGP created in heavy-ion collisions. In particular, this study addresses the basic question related to the nonperturbative color structure in the QGP via jet energy loss observables. The author further develops the CUJET computational model for jet quenching and uses it to analyze the topological degrees of freedom in quark-gluon plasma. The contributions this thesis makes towards these highly-challenging problems have already generated widespread impacts in the field of quark-gluon plasma and high-energy nuclear collisions. Front Matter ....Pages i-xi Introduction (Shuzhe Shi)....Pages 1-23 Front Matter ....Pages 25-25 The Chiral Magnetic Effect and Corresponding Observables in Heavy-Ion Collisions (Shuzhe Shi)....Pages 27-31 The Anomalous-Viscous Fluid Dynamics Framework (Shuzhe Shi)....Pages 33-39 Quantitative Study of the CME Signal (Shuzhe Shi)....Pages 41-60 How Event-by-Event Fluctuations Influence CME Signal (Shuzhe Shi)....Pages 61-74 The Chiral Magnetic Effect in Pre-equilibrium Stage (Shuzhe Shi)....Pages 75-87 Rotation of the QCD Plasma and the Chiral Vortical Effect (Shuzhe Shi)....Pages 89-98 Front Matter ....Pages 99-99 Jet Energy-Loss Simulations (Shuzhe Shi)....Pages 101-112 Probing the Chromo-Magnetic-Monopole with Jets (Shuzhe Shi)....Pages 113-132 Jet-Quenching on Top of Fluctuating Hot Medium (Shuzhe Shi)....Pages 133-138 Conclusions (Shuzhe Shi)....Pages 139-141 Back Matter ....Pages 143-148