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Publications (20)

nucl-ex2015

Characterization of relativistic heavy-ion collisions at the Large Hadron Collider through temperature fluctuations

Sumit Basu, Rupa Chatterjee, Bastanta K. Nandi +1

We propose to characterize heavy-ion collisions at ultra-relativistic energies by using fluctuations of energy density and temperature. Temperature fluctuations on an event-by-even…

hep-ph2024

Investigating late-stage particle production in pp collisions with Balance Functions

Alexandru Manea, Claude Pruneau, Diana Catalina Brandibur +4

Balance functions have been regarded in the past as a method of investigating the late-stage hadronization found in the presence of a strongly-coupled medium. They are also used to…

nucl-th2014

Maps of the Little Bangs Through Energy Density and Temperature Fluctuations

Sumit Basu, Rupa Chatterjee, Basanta K. Nandi +1

In this letter we propose for the first time to map the heavy-ion collisions at ultra-relativistic energies, similar to the maps of the cosmic microwave background radiation, using…

hep-ex2023

Multi-particle Integral and Differential Correlation Functions

Claude Pruneau, Victor Gonzalez, Ana Marin +1

This paper formalizes the use of integral and differential cumulants for measurements of multi-particle event-by-event transverse momentum fluctuations, rapidity fluctuations, as w…

nucl-ex2021

Extraction of the specific shear viscosity of quark-gluon plasma from two-particle transverse momentum correlations

Victor Gonzalez, Sumit Basu, Pedro Ladron de Guevara +3

The specific shear viscosity, , of the quark-gluon plasma formed in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions at RHIC and LHC is estimated based on the progressive longitudinal…

nucl-ex2021

Differential two-particle number and momentum correlations with the AMPT, UrQMD, and EPOS models in Pb-Pb collisions at = 2.76 TeV

Sumit Basu, Victor Gonzalez, Jinjin Pan +4

We report studies of charge-independent (CI) and charge-dependent (CD) two-particle differential number correlation functions, , and transverse mome…

nucl-ex2013

Beam energy dependence of Elliptic and Triangular flow with the AMPT model

Dronika Solanki, Paul Sorensen, Sumit Basu +2

A beam energy scan has been carried out at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory to search for the onset of deconfinement and a possible critical po…

nucl-ex2019

Simulation studies of and correlation functions in pp collisions with the PYTHIA and HERWIG models

Baidyanath Sahoo, Basanta Kumar Nandi, Prabhat Pujahari +2

We report studies of charge-independent (CI) and charge-dependent (CD) two-particle differential-number correlation functions, , and transverse momentum ($p…

nucl-ex2020

Multiplicity and pseudorapidity density distributions of charged particles produced in pp, pA and AA collisions at RHIC \& LHC energies

Sumit Basu, Sanchari Thakur, Tapan K. Nayak +1

Multiplicity and pseudorapidity () density () distributions of charged hadrons provide key information towards understanding the particle production mechanisms…

nucl-ex2016

Beam energy dependence of pseudorapidity distributions of charged particles produced in heavy-ion collisions at RHIC and LHC energies

Sumit Basu, Tapan K. Nayak, Kaustuv Datta

Heavy-ion collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory and the Large Hadron Collider at CERN probe matter at extreme conditions of temperatur…

nucl-ex2016

Fluctuations in Charged Particle Multiplicities in Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions

Maitreyee Mukherjee, Sumit Basu, Subikash Choudhury +1

Multiplicity distributions of charged particles and their event-by-event fluctuations have been compiled for relativistic heavy-ion collisions from the available experimental data…

hep-ph2021

Probing the Gluon Plasma with Charm Balance Functions

Sumit Basu, Peter Christiansen, Alice Ohlson +1

Recent theoretical explanations for how hydrodynamic-like flow can build up quickly in small collision systems (hydrodynamization) has led to a microscopic picture of flow building…

hep-ph2024

Mixed Species Charge and Baryon Balance Functions Studies with PYTHIA

Claude Pruneau, Sumit Basu, Victor Gonzalez +4

Mixed species charge and baryon balance functions are computed based on proton--proton (pp) collisions simulated with the PYTHIA8 model. Simulations are performed with selected val…

nucl-th2021

Azimuthal dependence of two-particle transverse momentum current correlations

Niseem Magdy, Sumit Basu, Victor Gonzalez +4

Two-particle transverse momentum correlation functions are a powerful technique for understanding the dynamics of relativistic heavy-ion collisions. Among these, the transverse mom…

physics.data-an2019

Effect of centrality bin width corrections on two-particle number and transverse momentum differential correlation functions

Victor Gonzalez, Ana Marin, Pedro Ladron de Guevara +3

Two-particle number and transverse momentum differential correlation functions are powerful tools for unveiling the detailed dynamics and particle production mechanisms involved in…

hep-ph2022

Effects of Non-Vanishing Net Charge in Balance Functions

Claude Pruneau, Victor Gonzalez, Brian Hanley +2

We investigate the impact of non-vanishing net-charge in collision systems on measurements of balance functions and their integrals. We show that the nominal balance function defin…

nucl-ex2018

Isothermal compressibility of hadronic matter formed in relativistic nuclear collisions

Maitreyee Mukherjee, Sumit Basu, Arghya Chatterjee +4

We present the first estimates of isothermal compressibility (\kT) of hadronic matter formed in relativistic nuclear collisions ( GeV to 2.76~TeV) using ex…

nucl-ex2016

Specific Heat of Matter Formed in Relativistic Nuclear Collisions

Sumit Basu, Sandeep Chatterjee, Rupa Chatterjee +2

We report the excitation energy dependence of specific heat (\cv) of hadronic matter at freeze-out in Au+Au and Cu+Cu collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider energies by…

hep-ex2025

Probing Partonic Evolution and Hadronization via Balance Functions and Correlations of Charmed Hadrons

Oveis Sheibani, Claude Pruneau, Victor Gonzalez +5

Predictions of charm correlation functions and more specifically balance functions are presented in proton--proton (pp) collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 13 TeV based on the PYTHIA 8.3 ev…

hep-ph2022

Unified Balance Functions

Claude Pruneau, Victor Gonzales, Brian Hanley +2

The use of charge balance functions in heavy-ion collision studies was initially proposed as a probe of delayed hadronization and two-stage quark production in these collisions. It…