Glauber Modeling in High-Energy Nuclear Collisions

Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science - Tập 57 Số 1 - Trang 205-243 - 2007
M. L. Miller1, Klaus Reygers2, S. Sanders3, P. Steinberg4
1Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139;
2Institute for Nuclear Physics, University of Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany;
3Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045
4Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 11973

Tóm tắt

We review the theoretical background, experimental techniques, and phenomenology of what is known in relativistic heavy ion physics as the Glauber model, which is used to calculate geometric quantities. A brief history of the original Glauber model is presented, with emphasis on its development into the purely classical, geometric picture used for present-day data analyses. Distinctions are made between the optical limit and Monte Carlo approaches, which are often used interchangeably but have some essential differences in particular contexts. The methods used by the four RHIC experiments are compared and contrasted, although the end results are reassuringly similar for the various geometric observables. Finally, several important RHIC measurements are highlighted that rely on geometric quantities, estimated from Glauber calculations, to draw insight from experimental observables. The status and future of Glauber modeling in the next generation of heavy ion physics studies is briefly discussed.

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Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science

Tập 57 Số 1

205-243

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