Magnetic Shift of the Chemical Freeze-out and Electric Charge Fluctuations

We discuss the effect of a strong magnetic field on the chemical freeze-out points in ultrarelativistic heavyion collisions. As a result of inverse magnetic catalysis or magnetic inhibition, the crossover onset to hot and dense matter out of quarks and gluons should be shifted to a lower temperature. To quantify this shift we employ the hadron resonance gas model and an empirical condition for the chemical freeze-out. We point out that the charged particle abundances are significantly affected by the magnetic field so that the electric charge fluctuation is largely enhanced, especially at high baryon density. The charge conservation partially cancels the enhancement, but our calculation shows that the electric charge fluctuation could serve as a magnetometer. We find that the fluctuation exhibits a crossover behavior rapidly increased for eB greater than or similar to (0.4 GeV)(2), while the charge chemical potential has smoother behavior with an increasing magnetic field.