We devise a test of the chiral magnetic and chiral vortical effects (CME and CVE) in relativistic heavy ion collisions that relies only on the general properties of triangle anomalies. We show that the ratio R(EB) = J(E)/J(B) of charge J(E) and baryon J(B) currents for CME is R(EB)(CME) → ∞ for three light flavors of quarks (N(f) = 3), and R(EB)(CME) = 5 for N(f) = 2, whereas for CVE it is R(EB...

Simple geometrical considerations show that the collision zone in high energy nuclear collisions may be divided into a central part ("core"), with high energy densities, and a peripheral part ("corona"), with smaller energy densities, more like in pp or pA collisions. We present calculations that allow us to separate these two contributions, and which show that the corona contribution is quite ...

The measurement of anisotropic flow in heavy ion collisions gives insight into the equation of state of the matter formed in the collision. Several methods are available for measuring anisotropic flow. However, methods based on two-particle correlations do not reproduce the flow signal if nonflow is present. Methods based on multi-particle correlations do. A new reaction plane estimate is prese...

Predictions and structure studies of superheavy elements (SHE) have been made, since the establishment of the nuclear shell model[1]. Especially in the last decade, elaborate investigations have been performed of shell correction energy and thereby of a possible location of the superheavy island in the nuclear chart. Furthermore, not only about the center of the island, but also about stability...

We discuss the question of equilibriation in heavy ion collisions and how it can be addressed in experiment

We have observed resonant coherent excitation (RCE) of H-like Ar(17+) ions traveling through a 1 microm-thick Si crystal at an energy of 391 MeV/u in the nonchanneling condition. A three-dimensional periodic array of atomic planes induces RCE of the nonchanneling ions. The high energy heavy ions together with the thin crystal allow us to observe this new RCE through the measurements of the char...

Relativistic heavy ion collisions are studied assuming that particles can be described by a hadron gas in thermal and chemical equilibrium. The exact conservation of baryon number, strangeness and charge are explicitly taken into account. For heavy ions the effect arising from the neutron surplus becomes important and leads to a substantial increase in e.g. the π/π ratio. A method is developed ...

The construction of the new Spiral 2 facility has started in Caen (France) at the National Heavy Ions Accelerator Center (GANIL). The SPIRAL 2 project is based on a multi-beam Superconducting Linac Driver delivering 5 mA deuterons up to 40 MeV and 1 mA heavy ions up to 14.5 MeV/u. Different Radioactive Isotope Beams (RIB) production methods are foreseen: 1) by fission process (up to 10fissions/...

Heavy metal contamination is one of the major concerns to human health because these substances are toxic and retained by the ecological system. Therefore, in recent years, there has been a pressing need for fast and reliable methods for the analysis of heavy metal ions in environmental and biological samples. Quantum dots (QDs) have facilitated the development of sensitive sensors over the pas...