Speaker
Saumia Pandiat
(Institute of Physics)
Description
It is known that the presence of background magnetic field in cosmic
plasma distorts the acoustic peaks in CMBR. This primarily results from different types of waves in the plasma with velocities
depending on the angle between the magnetic field and the wave vector. We consider the consequences of these effects in relativistic heavy-ion collisions where very strong magnetic fields arise
during early stages of the plasma evolution. We show that flow coefficients can be significantly affected by these effects when the magnetic field remains strong during early stages due to strong
induced fields in the conducting plasma. In particular, the presence of magnetic field can lead to enhancement in the elliptic flow coefficient v_2.
Primary author
Saumia Pandiat
(Institute of Physics)
Co-authors
Prof.
Ajit Srivastava
(Institute of Physics)
Ranjita Mohapatra
(Institute of Physics)
