Mapping the proton's fluctuating size and shape

作者:Coleman Smith Christopher E*; Mueller Berndt
来源:Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 2014, 89(2): 025019.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.89.025019

摘要

We discuss a mechanism for the apparently universal scaling in the high-multiplicity tail of charged particle distributions for high-energy nuclear collisions. We argue that this scaling behavior originates from rare fluctuations of the nucleon density. We discuss a pair of simple models of proton shape fluctuations. A "fat" proton with a size of 3 fm occurs with observable frequency. In light of this result, collective flow behavior in the ensuing nuclear interaction seems feasible. We discuss the influence of these models on the large-x structure of the proton and the likely influences on the distribution of initial-state spatial eccentricities epsilon(n).

  • 出版日期2014-1-27