From Stopping to Viscosity in Heavy Ion Collisions

Journal Article · Mon Apr 26 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3428908· OSTI ID:21367226

Barker, Brent W; Danielewicz, Pawel ^[1]

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1. National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824 (United States)

Stopping in heavy ion collisions is investigated with the aim of learning about the shear viscosity of nuclear matter. Boltzmann equation simulations are compared to available data on stopping in the energy range of 20-117 MeV/nucleon. Stopping observables used include momentum anisotropy and linear momentum transfer. The data show that modeling the transport with free nucleon-nucleon cross-sections is inaccurate and reduced cross-sections are required. Reduction of the cross-sections produces an increase in the shear viscosity of nuclear matter, compared to calculations based on free cross-sections.

• OSTI ID: 21367226
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1231, Issue 1; Conference: LA RABIDA 2009: International scientific meeting on nuclear physics: Basic concepts in nuclear physics - Theory, experiments and applications, La Rabida (Spain), 4-10 Jul 2009; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3428908; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
ANISOTROPY
BOLTZMANN EQUATION
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
CROSS SECTIONS
HEAVY ION REACTIONS
LINEAR MOMENTUM TRANSFER
MEV RANGE
NUCLEAR MATTER
NUCLEON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
NUCLEONS
SHEAR
VISCOSITY
BARYON-BARYON INTERACTIONS
BARYONS
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ENERGY RANGE
EQUATIONS
FERMIONS
HADRON-HADRON INTERACTIONS
HADRONS
INTEGRO-DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
INTERACTIONS
KINETIC EQUATIONS
MATTER
MOMENTUM TRANSFER
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
SIMULATION