find a pseudo-critical phase transition temperature T ≈ 155 MeV, where hadrons melt to form a deconfined soup of quarks and gluons dubbed a quark-gluon plasma (QGP) T ~ 155 MeV Baryon Density μ [GeV] Temperature T [MeV] critical point? quark-gluon plasma early universe hadron gas nuclear collisions J. S. Moreland (Duke U.) Nucleon substructure 1 / 50
what conditions is it formed in a nuclear collision? How does it recombine to form colorless hadrons? Equation of state? Relations between thermal quantities, e.g. P = P( ) Transport properties? shear/bulk viscosity, probe energy loss, etc J. S. Moreland (Duke U.) Nucleon substructure 2 / 50
Tµν at time τ = 0+ 2. Pre-equilibrium dynamics rapidly drive the system to hydrodynamic applicability 3. Relativistic viscous hydrodynamics solves ∂µ Tµν = 0, converts spatial anisotropy into momentum anisotropy 4. QGP medium is particlized near phase transition temperature 5. Hadronic afterburner simulates subsequent collisions and decays time: 0 fm/c 20 fm/c
Tµν at time τ = 0+ 2. Pre-equilibrium dynamics rapidly drive the system to hydrodynamic applicability 3. Relativistic viscous hydrodynamics solves ∂µ Tµν = 0, converts spatial anisotropy into momentum anisotropy 4. QGP medium is particlized near phase transition temperature 5. Hadronic afterburner simulates subsequent collisions and decays This talk: QGP initial conditions
state • relativistic hydrodynamics • hadronic cross sections Measured observables Model Data Simulated observables tune free model parameters Procedure given model with some unknown parameters f(x 1 , x 2 , ..., x n ) optimize the parameters x 1 , x 2 , ..., x n to fit an observed data set y 1 , y 2 , ..., y m extract new physics insight J. S. Moreland (Duke U.) Nucleon substructure 5 / 50
1. Pre-sample nucleon positions from Woods-Saxon dist. for nucleus 2. Place nucleons in order of increasing radii 3. For each nucleon, sample random θ and φ 4. Resample angles if any two nucleons are too close |xi − xj | < dmin Woods-Saxon Density ρ(r) = ρ0 1 + e(r−R0)/a Coeff. R0 and a for various nuclei from Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables Vol. 59, Issue 2, 185-381 J. S. Moreland (Duke U.) Nucleon substructure 7 / 50
1. Pre-sample nucleon positions from Woods-Saxon dist. for nucleus 2. Place nucleons in order of increasing radii 3. For each nucleon, sample random θ and φ 4. Resample angles if any two nucleons are too close |xi − xj | < dmin Woods-Saxon Density ρ(r) = ρ0 1 + e(r−R0)/a Coeff. R0 and a for various nuclei from Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables Vol. 59, Issue 2, 185-381 J. S. Moreland (Duke U.) Nucleon substructure 7 / 50
1. Pre-sample nucleon positions from Woods-Saxon dist. for nucleus 2. Place nucleons in order of increasing radii 3. For each nucleon, sample random θ and φ 4. Resample angles if any two nucleons are too close |xi − xj | < dmin Woods-Saxon Density ρ(r) = ρ0 1 + e(r−R0)/a Coeff. R0 and a for various nuclei from Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables Vol. 59, Issue 2, 185-381 J. S. Moreland (Duke U.) Nucleon substructure 7 / 50
1. Pre-sample nucleon positions from Woods-Saxon dist. for nucleus 2. Place nucleons in order of increasing radii 3. For each nucleon, sample random θ and φ 4. Resample angles if any two nucleons are too close |xi − xj | < dmin Woods-Saxon Density ρ(r) = ρ0 1 + e(r−R0)/a Coeff. R0 and a for various nuclei from Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables Vol. 59, Issue 2, 185-381 J. S. Moreland (Duke U.) Nucleon substructure 7 / 50
1. Pre-sample nucleon positions from Woods-Saxon dist. for nucleus 2. Place nucleons in order of increasing radii 3. For each nucleon, sample random θ and φ 4. Resample angles if any two nucleons are too close |xi − xj | < dmin Woods-Saxon Density ρ(r) = ρ0 1 + e(r−R0)/a Coeff. R0 and a for various nuclei from Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables Vol. 59, Issue 2, 185-381 J. S. Moreland (Duke U.) Nucleon substructure 7 / 50
1. Pre-sample nucleon positions from Woods-Saxon dist. for nucleus 2. Place nucleons in order of increasing radii 3. For each nucleon, sample random θ and φ 4. Resample angles if any two nucleons are too close |xi − xj | < dmin Woods-Saxon Density ρ(r) = ρ0 1 + e(r−R0)/a Coeff. R0 and a for various nuclei from Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables Vol. 59, Issue 2, 185-381 J. S. Moreland (Duke U.) Nucleon substructure 7 / 50
only defined on subset of participant matter dS dη η=0 = f (Tpart A , Tpart B ), where transverse participant density is given by Tpart(x, y) = Npart i=1 Tp(x − xi , y − yi ), and Tp is the proton thickness, typically modeled by a Gaussian. J. S. Moreland (Duke U.) Nucleon substructure 11 / 50
initio theory calculations Data-driven model inference Derive Validate Refine Examples: M.V. model AdS-CFT pQCD & saturation Flexible model Bayesian parameter estimation Experiment Constrained model Examples in other fields: LIGO black hole masses Cosmological Standard Model J. S. Moreland (Duke U.) Nucleon substructure 12 / 50
density [fm 3] 1 fm 2 2 fm 2 $ =3 fm 2 Gen. mean, r=1 WN 0 1 2 3 Entropy density [fm 3] Gen. mean, r=0 EKRT 0 1 2 3 4 Participant thickness $ [fm 2] 0 1 2 3 Entropy density [fm 3] Gen. mean, r= 0.67 KLN • Wounded nucleon model dS dy d2r⊥ ∝ TA + TB ∗T denotes participant thickness • EKRT model PRC 93, 024907 (2016) after brief free streaming phase dET dy d2r⊥ ∼ Ksat π p3 sat (Ksat, β; TA, TB ) • KLN model PRC 75, 034905 (2007) dNg dy d2r⊥ ∼ Q2 s,min 2 + log Q2 s,max Q2 s,min 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 Impact parameter b [fm] 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 "n "2 "3 TRENTo + FS, p = 0 ± 0.1 IP-Glasma No simple analytic form for IP-Glasma model. However, initial entropy density yield and eccentricity harmonics (above) agree closely with a generalized mean described by p ≈ 0. J. S. Moreland (Duke U.) Nucleon substructure 15 / 50
in a relativistic nuclear collision (includes several free parameters). • Parametric construction spans a large subspace of reasonable ab initio theory calculations. Application: • Answer the what without the why. How does entropy (energy) deposition scale with nuclear density? • What can we learn about nuclear matter at extreme energy density given the correct initial conditions? J. S. Moreland (Duke U.) Nucleon substructure 16 / 50
state physics (τ ≤ 3 · 10−24 s), only final hadrons. Must simulate full spacetime evolution of a relativistic heavy-ion collision. Hydrodynamic standard model Initial conditions → viscous hydrodynamics → microscopic hadronic afterburner time: 0 fm/c 20 fm/c Fig: H. Petersen, MADAI collaboration J. S. Moreland (Duke U.) Nucleon substructure 17 / 50
properties of hot and dense QCD matter through systematic model-to-data comparison, Bernhard, et. al. PRC 91 (2015). Applying Bayesian parameter estimation to relativistic heavy-ion collisions: simultaneous characterization of the initial state and quark-gluon plasma medium, Bernhard, Moreland, Bass, Liu, and Heinz, PRC 94 (2016). Methodology based on Computer model calibration using high-dimensional output, Higdon, Gattiker, Williams, and Rightley, J.Amer.Stat.Assoc. 103, 570 (2008). Determining properties of matter created in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions, Novak, et. al, PRC 89 (2014). Used prominently in Observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger, LIGO and Virgo collaborations, PRL 116 (2016). Planck 2013 results. Cosmological parameters, Planck collaboration, Astron.Astrophys. 571 (2014). J. S. Moreland (Duke U.) Nucleon substructure 20 / 50
collision spacetime evolution Gaussian process emulator surrogate model MCMC calibrate model to data Posterior distribution quantitative estimates of each parameter Experimental data LHC Pb-Pb collisions J. S. Moreland (Duke U.) Nucleon substructure 21 / 50
at the LHC Pb-Pb collisions at √ s = 2.76 and 5.02 TeV Centrality dependence of: • Charged particle yields dNch/dη PRL 106 032301 [1012.1657], PRL 116 222302 [1512.06104] • Identified particle (π, K, p) yields dN/dy and mean transverse momenta pT (2.76 TeV only) PRC 88 044910 [1303.0737] • Anisotropic flow cumulants vn {2} PRL 116 132302 [1602.01119] 〉 part N 〈 0 100 200 300 400 〉 η /d ch N d 〈 〉 part N 〈 2 4 6 8 10 ALICE = 5.02 TeV NN s Pb-Pb, = 5.02 TeV NN s p-Pb, = 2.76 TeV (x1.2) NN s Pb-Pb, = 2.76 TeV (x1.13) NN s pp, | < 0.5 η | ) c (GeV/ T p 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 ] -2 ) c ) [(GeV/ y d T p /(d N 2 ) d T p π 1/(2 ev N 1/ -3 10 -2 10 -1 10 1 10 2 10 3 10 4 10 5 10 6 10 π Range of combined fit 0-5% 80-90% positive negative combined fit individual fit (a) Centrality percentile 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 n v 0.05 0.1 0.15 5.02 TeV |>1} η ∆ {2, | 2 v |>1} η ∆ {2, | 3 v |>1} η ∆ {2, | 4 v {4} 2 v {6} 2 v {8} 2 v 2.76 TeV |>1} η ∆ {2, | 2 v |>1} η ∆ {2, | 3 v |>1} η ∆ {2, | 4 v {4} 2 v 5.02 TeV, Ref.[27] |>1} η ∆ {2, | 2 v |>1} η ∆ {2, | 3 v ALICE Pb-Pb Hydrodynamics (a) Centrality percentile 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Ratio 1 1.1 1.2 /s(T), param1 η /s = 0.20 η (b) Hydrodynamics, Ref.[25] 2 v 3 v 4 v Centrality percentile 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Ratio 1 1.1 1.2 (c) J. S. Moreland (Duke U.) Nucleon substructure 23 / 50
to normally-distributed outputs • Specified by mean and covariance functions As a model emulator: • Non-parametric interpolation • Predicts probability distributions • Narrow near training points, wide in gaps • Fast surrogate to actual model −2 −1 0 1 2 Output Random functions 0 1 2 3 4 5 Input −2 −1 0 1 2 Output Conditioned on data Mean prediction Uncertainty Training data J. S. Moreland (Duke U.) Nucleon substructure 26 / 50
flow from central shock-wave collisions in AdS5, Paul Romatschke, J. Drew Hogg, JHEP 1304 (2013) 048. “We find that the early-time radial flow buildup is identical to that expected from ideal hydrodynamics with an entropy den- sity proportional to the square root of the product of the matter densities in the individual nuclei.” Color flux-tube model Collision process with ν soft gluon exchanges akin to random- walk in color space. Strength of effective color charge Q ∝ √ ν. Particle production (entropy) scales like dN/dy ∝ √ ρA ρB . J. S. Moreland (Duke U.) Nucleon substructure 30 / 50
proceed if two models with different narratives predict similar initial conditions? How can we disambiguate model scaling behavior and the underlying theoretical framework? These questions aside: there is strong evidence that saturation-like effects govern particle production in relativistic nuclear collisions and their magnitude is well constrained. This work: dS d2r dy y=0 ≈ √ ρA ρB Purely observational inference! Need not be exact, but robust to moderate perturbations. J. S. Moreland (Duke U.) Nucleon substructure 34 / 50
only expected in heavy-ion collisions, not in proton-proton and proton-lead collisions. “When does hydrodynamics turn on/off?” η ∆ -4 -2 0 2 4 (radians) φ ∆ 0 2 4 φ ∆ d η ∆ d pair N 2 d trig N 1 2.4 2.6 2.8 < 260 offline trk N ≤ = 2.76 TeV, 220 NN s (a) CMS PbPb < 3 GeV/c trig T 1 < p < 3 GeV/c assoc T 1 < p φ ∆ d pair 3.4 < 260 offline trk N ≤ = 5.02 TeV, 220 NN s (b) CMS pPb < 3 GeV/c trig T 1 < p < 3 GeV/c assoc T 1 < p Long-range rapidity correlations characteristic of flow J. S. Moreland (Duke U.) Nucleon substructure 36 / 50
submitted to PRC [1609.02894] (GeV/c) T p 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 2 v 0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0-5% p+Au 200 GeV 2 PHENIX v AMPT SONIC superSONIC IPGlasma+Hydro (a) PHENIX (GeV/c) T p 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 2 v 0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0-5% d+Au 200 GeV (b) (GeV/c) T p 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 2 v 0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 He+Au 200 GeV 3 0-5% (c) IP-Glasma + hydro model could not reproduce experimental multiparticle correlations in small systems... what’s wrong? • Perhaps hydro isn’t valid, incorporate initial CGC correlations • Saturation IC + hydro correct picture, small systems require additional nucleon substructure Note: SONIC model pictured above has not demonstrated same level of agreement as IP-Glasma + hydro in Pb+Pb collisions J. S. Moreland (Duke U.) Nucleon substructure 37 / 50
submitted to PRC [1609.02894] (GeV/c) T p 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 2 v 0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0-5% p+Au 200 GeV 2 PHENIX v AMPT SONIC superSONIC IPGlasma+Hydro (a) PHENIX (GeV/c) T p 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 2 v 0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0-5% d+Au 200 GeV (b) (GeV/c) T p 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 2 v 0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 He+Au 200 GeV 3 0-5% (c) IP-Glasma + hydro model could not reproduce experimental multiparticle correlations in small systems... what’s wrong? • Perhaps hydro isn’t valid, incorporate initial CGC correlations • Saturation IC + hydro correct picture, small systems require additional nucleon substructure Note: SONIC model pictured above has not demonstrated same level of agreement as IP-Glasma + hydro in Pb+Pb collisions J. S. Moreland (Duke U.) Nucleon substructure 37 / 50
form of entropy deposition. • Cannot modify mapping without spoiling bulk A+A observables, but we can add fine structure to the inputs (thickness functions) Optical nucleus Nucleus w/ nucleons Historical analogue: nucleon hot spots necessary for triangular flow J. S. Moreland (Duke U.) Nucleon substructure 38 / 50
form of entropy deposition. • Cannot modify mapping without spoiling bulk A+A observables, but we can add fine structure to the inputs (thickness functions) Optical proton Proton w/ partons Possibly similar picture for partons inside the nucleon? J. S. Moreland (Duke U.) Nucleon substructure 38 / 50
density scales with generalized mean of participant nucleon density, e.g. dS d2r dy y=0 ∝ TATB geometric mean J. S. Moreland (Duke U.) Nucleon substructure 41 / 50
Lead nucleus 5 0 5 3 partons 20 partons width 0.2 fm 5 0 5 5 0 5 5 0 5 width 0.3 fm x [fm] y [fm] Parton number Proton 1 0 1 3 partons 20 partons width 0.2 fm 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 width 0.3 fm x [fm] y [fm] Parton number nucleon width fixed, w = 0.5 fm J. S. Moreland (Duke U.) Nucleon substructure 42 / 50
be suitable for small collision systems! ɔ Temporarily defer applicability questions to explore feasibility—would hydro “even work”? Work flow: 1. Vary generalized mean, nucleon width, parton width, parton number, and QGP medium parameters 2. Calibrate to simultaneously fit p+Pb and Pb+Pb particle yields, mean pT and flow harmonics at midrapidity 3. Test quantitative accuracy of hydro in small systems. What are the preferred substructure parameters? J. S. Moreland (Duke U.) Nucleon substructure 44 / 50
10 20 30 40 50 7ch /7 2 4 ch / ch 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 r$ 2.5 5.0 7.5 offline trk / offline trk 0.00 0.02 0.04 0.06 m {2} 2 3 Data: PRC 901 (2015) 064905, PLB 727 (2013) 371-380, PLB 724 (2013) 213 • Calibrate on yields, mean pT and flows (same as Pb+Pb) • Flows vn {2} are dicey in small systems. Use CMS data with peripheral substraction to remove non-flow contributions • Rescale Nch and Ntrk by mean values to that the ensure observable vector can be calculated at all design points J. S. Moreland (Duke U.) Nucleon substructure 45 / 50
strongly constrain local entropy deposition in Pb+Pb collisions. • Bayesian analysis supports the approximate scaling. dS d2r dy y=0 ≈ √ ρA ρB • I’ve shown a natural framework to extend parametric initial conditions to include nucleon substructure. To do • Hydro model for small systems requires further justication. • Initial state correlations exist, how big are they? • Fire up the super computing cluster! Currently working to simultaneously calibrate on p+Pb and P+Pb observables. J. S. Moreland (Duke U.) Nucleon substructure 47 / 50