Measuring the Shear Viscosity at RHIC

Journal Article · Fri Nov 17 00:00:00 EST 2006 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2402739· OSTI ID:20895108

Gavin, Sean ^[1]; Abdel-Aziz, Mohamed ^[2]

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1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 48202 (United States)
2. Institut fuer Theoretische Physik, J.W. Goethe Universitaet, 60438 Frankfurt (Germany)

Measurements of transverse momentum fluctuations can be used to determine the shear viscosity. We use current data to estimate the viscosity-to-entropy ratio in the range from 0.08 to 0.3, and discuss how future measurements can reduce this uncertainty.

• OSTI ID: 20895108
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 870, Issue 1; Conference: CIPAN2006: 9. conference on intersections of particle and nuclear physics, Rio Grande (Puerto Rico), 30 May - 3 Jun 2006; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2402739; (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
BROOKHAVEN RHIC
ENTROPY
FLUCTUATIONS
HEAVY ION REACTIONS
STATISTICAL MODELS
TRANSVERSE MOMENTUM
VISCOSITY