• DOI:10.1016/j.physletb.2012.02.065
Corpus ID: 118462584

Event-by-event fluctuations of magnetic and electric fields in heavy ion collisions

@article{Bzdak2012EventbyeventFO,
  title={Event-by-event fluctuations of magnetic and electric fields in heavy ion collisions},
  author={A. Bzdak and V. Skokov},
  journal={Physics Letters B},
  year={2012},
  volume={710},
  pages={171-174}
}

A. Bzdak, V. Skokov

Published 2012

Physics

Physics Letters B

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Abstract We show that fluctuating proton positions in the colliding nuclei generate, on the event-by-event basis, very strong magnetic and electric fields in the direction both parallel and perpendicular to the reaction plane. The magnitude of E and B fields in each event is of the order of m π 2 ≈ 10 18 Gauss. Implications on the observation of electric dipole in heavy ion collisions is discussed, and the possibility of measuring the electric conductivity of the hot medium is pointed out.