Effect of nuclear structure on particle production in relativistic heavy-ion collisions using the AMPT model

Abstract

We report first study of transverse momentum ($p_{\mathrm{T}}$) spectra for $\ddot{I}{€}^{\pm }$, $K^{\pm }$, $p$, and $\bar{p}$ in isobar, ${}_{44}^{96}$Ru+${}_{44}^{96}$Ru and ${}_{40}^{96}$Zr+${}_{40}^{96}$Zr, collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}}=200$ GeV using a multi-phase transport (AMPT) model. Particle yields ($dN/dy$), average transverse momenta ($⟨p_{\mathrm{T}}⟩$), and particle ratios are reported in various collision systems with different parameterizations of the Woods-Saxon (WS) distribution. We observed a maximum difference of 5% in the particle yields in peripheral collisions when we included a quadrupole and octupole deformation and a nuclear size difference between the isobars. The $\ddot{I}{€}^{-}$/$\ddot{I}{€}^{+}$ ratio is smaller in Ru+Ru collisions compared to Zr+Zr collisions indicating an effect of isospin due to difference in number of protons and neutrons between the two nuclei. The $K^{-}$/$K^{+}$ ratio is same in both the systems indicating the dominance of the pair production mechanism in the kaon production. The $\bar{p}/p$ ratio is further smaller in Ru+Ru collisions than Zr+Zr collisions, indicating the effect of baryon stopping in addition to the isospin effect. A system size dependence is observed in $dN/dy$ and $⟨p_{\mathrm{T}}⟩$ when we compare the results from isobar collisions with Au+Au and U+U collisions.

14 pages, 9 figures