Electromagnetic field fluctuation and its correlation with the participant plane in Au plus Au and isobaric collisions at √sNN=200 GeV

Intense transient electric (E) and magnetic (B) fields are produced in the high-energy heavy-ion collisions. The electromagnetic fields produced in such high-energy heavy-ion collisions are proposed to give rise to a multitude of exciting phenomenon including the chiral magnetic effect. We use a Monte Carlo (MC) Glauber model to calculate the electric and magnetic fields, more specifically their scalar product E center dot B, as a function of space-time on an event-by-event basis for the Au + Au collisions at root s(NN) = 200 GeV for different centrality classes. We also calculate the same for the isobars ruthenium and zirconium at root s(NN) = 200 GeV. In the QED sector, E center dot B acts as a source of chiral separation effect, chiral magnetic wave, etc., which are phenomena associated to the chiral magnetic effect. We also study the relationships between the electromagnetic symmetry plane angle defined by E center dot B (psi(E center dot B)) and the participant plane angle psi(P) defined from the participating nucleons for the second- to fifth-order harmonics.

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The paragraph describes the intense transient electric and magnetic fields produced in high-energy heavy-ion collisions leading to various phenomena, including the chiral magnetic effect. A Monte Carlo Glauber model is used to calculate the scalar product of the electric and magnetic fields, with further investigation into the relationship between the electromagnetic symmetry plane angle and participant plane angle.