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Conformal anomaly as a source of soft photons in heavy ion collisions

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We introduce a novel photon production mechanism stemming from the conformal anomaly of QCDxQED and the existence of strong (electro)magnetic fields in heavy ion collisions. Using the hydrodynamical description of the bulk modes of QCD plasma, we show that this mechanism leads to the photon production yield that is comparable to the yield from conventional sources. This mechanism also provides a significant positive contribution to the azimuthal anisotropy of photons, $v_2$, as well as to the radial "flow". We compare our results to the data from the PHENIX Collaboration.

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Weyl anomaly induced transport in hydrodynamics

hep-th · 2026-04-26 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

The Weyl anomaly induces a new non-dissipative current in accelerated fluids that fixes the electromagnetic-acceleration coupling at second order in hydrodynamics.

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