Testing String Theory with Jets William Horowitz The Ohio State University Columbia University Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS) November 13, 2008 LHC Predictions: Phys. Lett. B666:320, 2008 (arXiv:0706.2336) RHIC Predictions: J. Phys. G35:044025, 2008 (arXiv:0710.0703) With many thanks to Miklos Gyulassy 11/13/08 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 1 – – – – – – – – A Little History: QCD as Theory of Strong Force 1935: Yukawa proposes pion as nuclear mediator 1947: Powell, et al., definitively distinguishes p from m 1947-: Particle zoo => 1962: Gell-Mann’s Eightfold Way => 1964: W- found at BNL 1965: Nambu and Hahn propose color to solve Pauli problem 1969-73: Feynman’s partons—weakly-coupled point-like subnuclear particles 1973: Coleman and Gross—Asymptotic freedom unique to nonabelian QFTs 1975: Jets—quarks (’75) and gluons (’79) 1992: SU(Nc = 3) p m Two and three jet C.events: M. G. Lattes, H. Muirhead, G. P. S. Occhialini, and C. F. Powell, R. Brandelik et al. PROCESSES (TASSO), INVOLVING CHARGED MESONS, Nature 159, 694 Phys. Lett. B86, (1947). 243 (1979) V. E. Barnes et al., OBSERVATION OF A HYPERON WITH STRANGENESS -3, Phys. Rev. Lett. 12, 204 (1964) mW- = 1686 +/- 12 MeV/c2 D. Decamp et al. (ALEPH), Phys. Lett. B284, 151 (1992) 11/13/08 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 2 Traditional Toolbox for QCD Previously only two methods: Lattice QCD Two 10 Tflops QCDOC Computers: RBRC and DOE 11/13/08 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University pQCD Diagrams! William Horowitz 3 Traditional Tools (cont’d) • Successful Lattice QCD pQCD Davies et al. (HPQCD), PRL 92, 022001 (2004) • But limited • All momenta • Euclidean correlators 11/13/08 de Florian, Sassot, Stratmann, Phys.Rev.D75:114010,2007 • Any quantity • Small coupling (large momenta) Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 4 Maldacena Conjecture Large Nc limit of d-dimensional conformal field theory dual to string theory on the product of d+1-dimensional Anti-de Sitter space with a compact manifold J Maldacena, Adv.Theor.Math.Phys.2:231-252,1998 Bosonic part of IIB low energy effective action TPlasma = THawking Geometry of bosonic part of 10D supergravity, near horizon limit 11/13/08 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 5 Regime of Applicability – Large Nc, constant ‘t Hooft coupling ( ) Small quantum corrections – Large ‘t Hooft coupling Small string vibration corrections – Only tractable case is both limits at once Classical supergravity (SUGRA) Q.M. SSYM => C.M. SNG J Friess, S Gubser, G Michalogiorgakis, S Pufu, Phys Rev D75:106003, 2007 11/13/08 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 6 Strong Coupling Calculation • The supergravity double conjecture: QCD SYM IIB – IF super Yang-Mills (SYM) is not too different from QCD, & – IF Maldacena conjecture is true – Then a tool exists to calculate stronglycoupled QCD in SUGRA 11/13/08 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 7 Testing String Theory Adapted from P Sorensen, WWND ‘08, arXiv:0808.0503 => 1/4p? Kallosh and Linde, JCAP 0704:017,2007: Too small to be detected 11/13/08 Huovinen et al., Phys. Lett. B503 (2001) 58 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 8 What’s All the Fuss About? …data [from RHIC] appear to be more accurately described using string theory methods than with more traditional approaches. Hold yer horses! Will Horowitz (OSU) Let’s look at the details Brian Greene (TV) 11/13/08 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 9 QGP Creation – Robust prediction of QCD phase transition Walecka: Hagedorn: S. C. Frautschi, Phys. Rev. D3, 2821 (1971) J. D. Walecka, Theoretical Nuclear and Subnuclear Physics, 2nd ed. Lattice: Karsh et al., Phys. Rev. D62, 034021 (2000), Nucl. Phys. A698, 199 (2002), PoS LAT2005, 193 (2006) 11/13/08 M. Cheng et al., Phys. Rev. D77, 014511 (2008) Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 10 Probing the QGP • Low momentum (low-pT) particles – Collective dynamics of the bulk • Statistical Models: temperature • Hydrodynamics: spectra, elliptic flow • HBT (Hanbury-Brown Twiss): freeze-out surface • High momentum (high-pT) particles – Parton jets, vacuum fragmentation • Learn about medium (jet tomography) • Learn about energy loss mechanism (pQCD, ST) 11/13/08 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 11 Geometry of a HI Collision M Kaneta, Results from the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (Part II) • Hydro propagates IC T Ludlum and L McLerran, Phys. Today 56N10:48 (2003) – Results depend strongly on initial conditions • Viscosity reduces eventual momentum anisotropy 11/13/08 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 12 Perfect Fluidity: AdS + Hydro’s Most Famous Success – Hydro h/s small ~ .1 • QGP fluid near-perfect liquid – Naïve pQCD => h/s ~ 1 • New estimates ~ .1 Z Xu, C Greiner, and H Stoecker, PRL101:082302 (2008) – Lowest order AdS result: h/s = 1/4p • Universality? P Kovtun, D Son, and A Starinets, Phys.Rev.Lett.94:111601 (2005) P Kats and P Petrov, arXiv:0712.0743 M Brigante et al., Phys. Rev. D77:126006 (2008) 11/13/08 D. Teaney, Phys. Rev. C68, 034913 (2003) Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 13 IC, Viscosity, and Hydro T Hirano, et al., Phys. Lett. B636:299-304, 2006 • Sharper IC (CGC) => viscosity • Softer IC (Glauber) => “perfect” • Test IC with fluctuations? • Control over hadronization? P Sorensen, WWND ‘08, arXiv:0808.0503 11/13/08 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 14 Why High-pT Jets? • IC smaller effect • Vacuum fragmentation well controlled • Compare unmodified p+p collisions to A+A: pT pT 2D Transverse directions Longitudinal (beam pipe) direction Figures from http://www.star.bnl.gov/central/focus/highPt/ 11/13/08 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 15 Jet Physics Terminology Naïvely: if medium has no effect, then RAA = 1 Common variables used are transverse momentum, pT, and angle with respect to the reaction plane, f Convenient to Fourier expand RAA: 11/13/08 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University pT f William Horowitz 16 pQCD Success at RHIC: (circa 2005) Y. Akiba for the PHENIX collaboration, hep-ex/0510008 – Consistency: RAA(h)~RAA(p) – Null Control: RAA(g)~1 – GLV Prediction: Theory~Data for reasonable fixed L~5 fm and dNg/dy~dNp/dy 11/13/08 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 17 Trouble for wQGP Picture Hydro h/s too small e-2Rtoo too •v wQGP notsmall ruled out, but what if we try AA large strong coupling? A. H. Feng, and J. Jia, C71:034909 (2005) M. Drees, Djorjevic, M. Gyulassy, R.Phys. Vogt,Rev. S. Wicks, Phys. Lett. (first byD.E.Teaney, Shuryak, Phys. Rev. C66:027902 (2002)) Rev. C68, 034913 (2003) B632:81-86 (2006) Phys. 11/13/08 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 18 Qualitative AdS/CFT Successes: -R1~ sMach =(3/4) wave-like s structures , similar • h/s e-strong RAA ~ p, h R ; e )to Lattice ~ 1/4p << weak AA AA(fh/s AdS/CFT pQCD Naïve AdS/CFT S. S. Gubser, S. S. Pufu, and A. Yarom, PHENIX, Phys.Rev.Lett.101:082301,2008 arXiv:0706.0213 J. P. Blaizot, E. Iancu, U. Kraemmer, A. Rebhan, hep-ph/0611393 T. Hirano and M. Gyulassy, Nucl. Phys. A69:71-94 (2006) PHENIX, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 172301 (2007) 11/13/08 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 19 AdS/CFT Energy Loss Models • Langevin model – Collisional energy loss for heavy quarks – Restricted to low pT – pQCD vs. AdS/CFT computation of D, the diffusion coefficient Moore and Teaney, Phys.Rev.C71:064904,2005 Casalderrey-Solana and Teaney, Phys.Rev.D74:085012,2006; JHEP 0704:039,2007 • ASW model – Radiative energy loss model for all parton species – pQCD vs. AdS/CFT computation of – Debate over its predicted magnitude BDMPS, Nucl.Phys.B484:265-282,1997 Armesto, Salgado, and Wiedemann, Phys. Rev. D69 (2004) 114003 Liu, Ragagopal, Wiedemann, PRL 97:182301,2006; JHEP 0703:066,2007 • ST drag calculation – Drag coefficient for a massive quark moving through a strongly coupled SYM plasma at uniform T – not yet used to calculate observables: let’s do it! Gubser, Phys.Rev.D74:126005,2006 Herzog, Karch, Kovtun, Kozcaz, Yaffe, JHEP 0607:013,2006 11/13/08 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 20 AdS/CFT Drag • Model heavy quark jet energy loss by embedding string in AdS space dpT/dt = - m pT m = pl1/2 T2/2Mq J Friess, S Gubser, G Michalogiorgakis, S Pufu, Phys Rev D75:106003, 2007 11/13/08 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 21 Energy Loss Comparison D7 Probe Brane t – AdS/CFT Drag: zm = 2pm / l1/2 Q, m dpT/dt ~ -(T2/Mq) pT zh = pT z=0 v x 3+1D Brane Boundary D3 Black Brane (horizon) Black Hole – Similar to Bethe-Heitler dpT/dt ~ -(T3/Mq2) pT – Very different from LPM dpT/dt ~ -LT3 log(pT/Mq) 11/13/08 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 22 RAA Approximation – Above a few GeV, quark production spectrum is approximately power law: • dN/dpT ~ 1/pT(n+1), where n(pT) has some momentum dependence y=0 RHIC – We can approximate RAA(pT): • RAA ~ (1-e(pT))n(pT), where pf = (1-e)pi (i.e. e = 1-pf/pi) LHC 11/13/08 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 23 Looking for a Robust, Detectable Signal – Use LHC’s large pT reach and identification of c and b to distinguish between pQCD, AdS/CFT • Asymptotic pQCD momentum loss: erad ~ as L2 log(pT/Mq)/pT • String theory drag momentum loss: eST ~ 1 - Exp(-m L), m = pl1/2 T2/2Mq S. Gubser, Phys.Rev.D74:126005 (2006); C. Herzog et al. JHEP 0607:013,2006 – Independent of pT and strongly dependent on Mq! – T2 dependence in exponent makes for a very sensitive probe – Expect: epQCD 0 vs. eAdS indep of pT!! • dRAA(pT)/dpT > 0 => pQCD; dRAA(pT)/dpT < 0 => ST 11/13/08 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 24 Model Inputs – AdS/CFT Drag: nontrivial mapping of QCD to SYM • “Obvious”: as = aSYM = const., TSYM = TQCD – D 2pT = 3 inspired: as = .05 – pQCD/Hydro inspired: as = .3 (D 2pT ~ 1) • “Alternative”: l = 5.5, TSYM = TQCD/31/4 • Start loss at thermalization time t0; end loss at Tc – WHDG convolved radiative and elastic energy loss • as = .3 – WHDG radiative energy loss (similar to ASW) • = 40, 100 – Use realistic, diffuse medium with Bjorken expansion – PHOBOS (dNg/dy = 1750); KLN model of CGC (dNg/dy = 2900) 11/13/08 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 25 LHC c, b RAA pT Dependence WH, M. Gyulassy, arXiv:0706.2336 – Significant NaïvePrediction LHC Unfortunately, Large suppression expectations rise large inZoo: Rleads met suppression What (pTin to ) for full flattening a Mess! pQCD numerical pQCD Rad+El similar calculation: to AdS/CFT AA – Use Let’sofgorealistic through dRAA geometry step (pT)/dp by step > 0 Bjorken => pQCD; expansion dRAA(pTallows )/dpT < saturation 0 => ST below .2 Tand 11/13/08 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 26 An Enhanced Signal • But what about the interplay between mass and momentum? – Take ratio of c to b RAA(pT) • pQCD: Mass effects die out with increasing pT RcbpQCD(pT) ~ 1 - as n(pT) L2 log(Mb/Mc) ( /pT) – Ratio starts below 1, asymptotically approaches 1. Approach is slower for higher quenching • ST: drag independent of pT, inversely proportional to mass. Simple analytic approx. of uniform medium gives RcbpQCD(pT) ~ nbMc/ncMb ~ Mc/Mb ~ .27 – Ratio starts below 1; independent of pT 11/13/08 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 27 LHC RcAA(pT)/RbAA(pT) Prediction • Recall the Zoo: WH, M. Gyulassy, arXiv:0706.2336 [nucl-th] – Taking the ratio cancels most normalization differences seen previously – pQCD ratio asymptotically approaches 1, and more slowly so for increased quenching (until quenching saturates) WH, M.times Gyulassy, arXiv:0706.2336 – AdS/CFT ratio is flat and many smaller than[nucl-th] pQCD at only moderate pT 11/13/08 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 28 Not So Fast! – Speed limit estimate for applicability of AdS drag • g < gcrit = (1 + 2Mq/l1/2 T)2 ~ 4Mq2/(l T2) – Limited by Mcharm ~ 1.2 GeV • Similar to BH LPM – gcrit ~ Mq/(lT) – No Single T for QGP D7 Probe Brane Worldsheet boundary Spacelike if g > gcrit x5 Trailing String “Brachistochrone” • smallest gcrit for largest T T = T(t0, x=y=0): “(” • largest gcrit for smallest T T = Tc: “]” 11/13/08 Q Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University D3 Black Brane “z” William Horowitz 29 LHC RcAA(pT)/RbAA(pT) Prediction (with speed limits) WH, M. Gyulassy, arXiv:0706.2336 [nucl-th] – T(t0): (, corrections unlikely for smaller momenta – Tc: ], corrections likely for higher momenta 11/13/08 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 30 Measurement at RHIC – Future detector upgrades will allow for identified c and b quark measurements – RHIC production spectrum significantly harder than LHC • • NOT slowly varying y=0 RHIC – No longer expect pQCD dRAA/dpT > 0 • Large n requires corrections to naïve Rcb ~ Mc/Mb 11/13/08 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University LHC William Horowitz 31 RHIC c, b RAA pT Dependence WH, M. Gyulassy, arXiv:0710.0703 [nucl-th] • Large increase in n(pT) overcomes reduction in E-loss and makes pQCD dRAA/dpT < 0, as well 11/13/08 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 32 RHIC Rcb Ratio pQCD pQCD AdS/CFT AdS/CFT WH, M. Gyulassy, arXiv:0710.0703 [nucl-th] • Wider distribution of AdS/CFT curves due to large n: increased sensitivity to input parameters • Advantage of RHIC: lower T => higher AdS speed limits 11/13/08 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 33 Conclusions • Previous AdS qualitative successes inconclusive • AdS/CFT Drag observables calculated • Generic differences (pQCD vs. AdS/CFT Drag) seen in RAA – Masked by extreme pQCD • Enhancement from ratio of c to b RAA – Discovery potential in Year 1 LHC Run • Understanding regions of self-consistency crucial • RHIC measurement possible 11/13/08 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 34 Backup Slides 11/13/08 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 35 Another AdS Test: Correlations B Betz, M Gyulassy, J Noronha, and G Torrieri, arXiv:0807.4526 11/13/08 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 36 Geometry of a HI Collision Medium density and jet production are wide, smooth distributions Use of unrealistic geometries strongly bias results S. Wicks, WH, M. Djordjevic, M. Gyulassy, Nucl.Phys.A784:426-442,2007 1D Hubble flow => r(t) ~ 1/t => T(t) ~ 1/t1/3 M. Gyulassy and L. McLerran, Nucl.Phys.A750:30-63,2005 11/13/08 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 37 Langevin Model – Langevin equations (assumes gv ~ 1 to neglect radiative effects): – Relate drag coef. to diffusion coef.: – IIB Calculation: AdS/CFT here • Use of Langevin requires relaxation time be large compared to the inverse temperature: 11/13/08 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 38 But There’s a Catch (II) • Limited experimental pT reach? ALICE Physics Performance Report, Vol. II – ATLAS and CMS do not seem to be limited in this way (claims of year 1 pT reach of ~100 GeV) but systematic studies have not yet been performed 11/13/08 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 39 LHC p Predictions WH, S. Wicks, M. Gyulassy, M. Djordjevic, in preparation 11/13/08 • Our predictions show a significant increase in RAA as a function of pT • This rise is robust over the range of predicted dNg/dy for the LHC that we used • This should be compared to the flat in pT curves of AWSbased energy loss (next slide) • We wish to understand the origin of this difference Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 40 Asymptopia at the LHC Asymptotic pocket formulae: DErad/E ~ a3 Log(E/m2L)/E DEel/E ~ a2 Log((E T)1/2/mg)/E 11/13/08 WH, S. Wicks, M. The Gyulassy, Djordjevic, in preparation Nuclear Seminar, Ohio M. State University William Horowitz 41 K. J. Eskola, H. Honkanen, C. A. Salgado, and U. A. Wiedemann, Nucl. Phys. A747:511:529 (2005) K. J. Eskola, H. Honkanen, C. A. Salgado, and U. A. Wiedemann, Nucl. Phys. A747:511:529 (2005) 11/13/08 A. Dainese, C. Loizides, G. Paic, Eur. Phys. J. C38:461-474 (2005) Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 42 Pion RAA • Is it a good measurement for tomography? – Yes: small experimental error – Maybe not: some models appear “fragile” • Claim: we should not be so immediately dismissive of the pion RAA as a tomographic tool 11/13/08 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 43 Fragility: A Poor Descriptor • All energy loss models with a formation time saturate at some RminAA > 0 • The questions asked should be quantitative : – Where is RdataAA compared to RminAA? – How much can one change a model’s controlling parameter so that it still agrees with a measurement within error? – Define sensitivity, s = min. param/max. param that is consistent with data within error 11/13/08 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 44 Different Models have Different Sensitivities to the Pion RAA • GLV: s<2 • Higher Twist: s<2 • DGLV+El+Geom: s<2 • AWS: s~3 11/13/08 WH, S. Wicks, M. Gyulassy, M. Djordjevic, in preparation Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 45 T Renk and K Eskola, Phys. Rev. C 75, 054910 (2007) WH, S. Wicks, M. Gyulassy, M. Djordjevic, in preparation 11/13/08 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 46 A Closer Look at ASW The lack of sensitivity needs to be more closely examined because (a) unrealistic geometry (hard cylinders) and no expansion and (b) no expansion shown against older data (whose error bars have subsequently shrunk (a) (b) K. J. Eskola, H. Honkanen, C. A. Salgado, and U. A. Wiedemann, Nucl. Phys. A747:511:529 (2005) 11/13/08 A. Dainese, C. Loizides, G. Paic, Eur. Phys. J. C38:461-474 (2005) Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 47 Surface Bias vs. Surface Emission – Surface Emission: one phrase explanation of fragility • All models become surface emitting with infinite E loss – Surface Bias occurs in all energy loss models • Expansion + Realistic geometry => model probes a large portion of medium A. Majumder, HP2006 11/13/08 S. Wicks, WH, M. Gyulassy, and M. Djordjevic, nucl-th/0512076 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 48 A Closer Look at ASW – Difficult to draw conclusions on inherent surface bias in AWS from this for three reasons: • No Bjorken expansion • Glue and light quark contributions not disentangled • Plotted against Linput (complicated mapping from Linput to physical distance) A. Dainese, C. Loizides, G. Paic, Eur. Phys. J. C38:461-474 (2005) 11/13/08 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 49 Additional Discerning Power – Adil-Vitev in-medium fragmentation rapidly approaches, and then broaches, 1 » Does not include partonic energy loss, which will be nonnegligable as ratio goes to unity 11/13/08 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 50 Conclusions • AdS/CFT Drag observables calculated • Generic differences (pQCD vs. AdS/CFT Drag) seen in RAA – Masked by extreme pQCD • Enhancement from ratio of c to b RAA – Discovery potential in Year 1 LHC Run • Understanding regions of selfconsistency crucial • RHIC measurement possible 11/13/08 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 51 Shameless self-promotion by the presenter 11/13/08 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 52 Geometry of a HI Collision Medium density and jet production are wide, smooth distributions Use of unrealistic geometries strongly bias results S. Wicks, WH, M. Djordjevic, M. Gyulassy, Nucl.Phys.A784:426-442,2007 1D Hubble flow => r(t) ~ 1/t => T(t) ~ 1/t1/3 M. Gyulassy and L. McLerran, Nucl.Phys.A750:30-63,2005 11/13/08 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 53 Outline • Motivation for studying AdS/CFT • Introduction to Heavy Ion Physics • pQCD vs. AdS Drag: Expectations, Results, Limitations • Conclusions 11/13/08 Nuclear Seminar, The Ohio State University William Horowitz 54