Measuring short-range correlations using relativistic heavy-ion collisions

@misc{liu2026measuring,
  title = {{Measuring short-range correlations using relativistic heavy-ion collisions}},
  author = {Lu-Meng Liu and Jun Xu and Xu-Guang Huang},
  howpublished = {arXiv},
  year = {2026},
  month = sep,
  doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.29237},
  eprint = {2609.29237},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.29237},
  note = {CC BY-NC-ND 4.0},
}

TY  - UNPB
TI  - Measuring short-range correlations using relativistic heavy-ion collisions
AU  - Lu-Meng Liu
AU  - Jun Xu
AU  - Xu-Guang Huang
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/24
PB  - arXiv
DO  - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.29237
UR  - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.29237
AB  - We propose a novel method to measure the strength and isospin dependence of short-range correlations (SRCs) in nuclei with their collisions at relativistic energies. Since nucleons in the high-momentum tail (HMT) induced by SRCs have large transverse velocities, we find that measuring the yield ratio of free spectator neutrons at large to small transverse distances detected by Zero-Degree Calorimeter (ZDC) array may probe the fraction of nucleons in the HMT. In addition, measuring the yield ratio of ZDC neutrons in central ^96Zr+^96Zr to ^96Ru+^96Ru collisions at large transverse distances may probe the isospin dependence of the HMT and SRCs. Compared to traditional scattering experiments, our study illustrates that relativistic heavy-ion collisions may serve as an alternative way of measuring SRCs in colliding nuclei with less final-state interactions.
ER  -