ESTIMATE OF THE MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTH IN HEAVY-ION COLLISIONS

Abstract

Magnetic fields created in the noncentral heavy-ion collision are studied within a microscopic transport model, namely the Ultrarelativistic Quantum Molecular Dynamics model (UrQMD). Simulations were carried out for different impact parameters within the SPS energy range (E lab = 10-158A GeV ) and for highest energies accessible for RHIC. We show that the magnetic field emerging in heavy-ion collisions has the magnitude of the order of [Formula: see text] for the SPS energy range and [Formula: see text] for the RHIC energies. The estimated value of the magnetic field strength for the LHC energy amounts to [Formula: see text].