• DOI:10.1103/PhysRevC.88.024911
• Corpus ID: 32420471

Time and space dependence of the electromagnetic field in relativistic heavy-ion collisions

@article{Tuchin2013TimeAS,
  title={Time and space dependence of the electromagnetic field in relativistic heavy-ion collisions},
  author={Kirill L. Tuchin},
  journal={Physical Review C},
  year={2013},
  volume={88},
  pages={024911-1-024911-4}
}

• K. Tuchin
• Published 24 May 2013
• Physics
• Physical Review C

Exact analytical solution for the space-time evolution of electromagnetic field in electrically conducting nuclear matter produced in heavy-ion collisions is discussed. It is argued that the parameter that controls the strength of the matter effect on the field evolution is $\sigma\gamma b$, where $\sigma$ is electrical conductivity, $\gamma$ is the Lorentz boost-factor and $b$ is the characteristic transverse size of the matter. When this parameter is of the order one or larger, which is the case at RHIC and LHC, space-time dependence of electromagnetic field is completely different form that in vacuum.