Mean free paths, viscosity, and the limitations of perfect fluid hydrodynamics in the description of the quark-gluon plasma

Conference · Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:6105963

McLerran, L

The author discusses the applicability of a hydrodynamic description of high energy hadronic collisions. The author reviews the results of recent computations of the mean free paths of quarks and gluons in a quark-gluon plasma, and the corresponding results for viscous coefficients. These quantities are employed to evaluate the limits to the application of perfect fluid hydrodynamics as a description of time evolution of matter produced in various hadronic collisions. 22 references.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH03000
• OSTI ID: 6105963
• Report Number(s): FNAL/C-84/128-T; CONF-8409204-1; ON: DE85005501
• Resource Relation: Conference: Local equilibrium in strong interactions physics meeting, Bad Honnef, F.R. Germany, 1 Sep 1984; Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
HADRON-HADRON INTERACTIONS
QUARK MATTER
HYDRODYNAMICS
MEAN FREE PATH
GLUONS
HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
QUARKS
VISCOSITY
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FLUID MECHANICS
INTERACTIONS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MATTER
MECHANICS
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
PARTICLE MODELS
POSTULATED PARTICLES
STATISTICAL MODELS
THERMODYNAMIC MODEL
645204* - High Energy Physics- Particle Interactions & Properties-Theoretical- Strong Interactions & Properties