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Title: Viscosity and thermal conductivity effects at first-order phase transitions in heavy-ion collisions

Journal Article · · Physics of Atomic Nuclei
 [1];  [2]
  1. National Research Nuclear University 'MEPhI' (Russian Federation)
  2. GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung GmbH (Germany)

Effects of viscosity and thermal conductivity on the dynamics of first-order phase transitions are studied. The nuclear gas-liquid and hadron-quark transitions in heavy-ion collisions are considered. We demonstrate that at nonzero thermal conductivity, {kappa} {ne} 0, onset of spinodal instabilities occurs on an isothermal spinodal line, whereas for {kappa} = 0 instabilities take place at lower temperatures, on an adiabatic spinodal.

OSTI ID:
22043685
Journal Information:
Physics of Atomic Nuclei, Vol. 75, Issue 6; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2012 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-7788
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English