Thermalization in ultrarelativistic nuclear collisions. II. Entropy production and energy densities at the BNL Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider and the CERN Large Hadron Collider
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 (United States)
The dynamics of partons in ultrarelativistic [sup 197]Au+[sup 197]Au collisions in the future collider experiments at the BNL Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider and the CERN Large Hadron Collider during the first 3 fm/[ital c] is simulated in full six-dimensional phase space within a parton cascade model to compute the entropy production and the space-time-dependent energy densities, temperatures, etc., in the central collision region. The partons' evolution from preequilibrium towards the formation of a thermalized quark-gluon plasma is investigated and compared to the Bjorken scenario. Moreover, an equation of state is extracted together with initial conditions for the further hydrodynamical space-time evolution of the matter. For central [sup 197]Au+[sup 197]Au collisions with [radical][ital s] =200--6300[ital A] GeV the predictions for the energy densities and associated temperatures at [ital t]=3 fm/[ital c] after the first instant of the collisions are [var epsilon]=15--31 GeV/fm[sup 3] and [ital T]=297--343 MeV, respectively. The multiplicity of final pions from the plasma is estimated from the amount of entropy produced, yielding a huge [ital dN][sup ([pi])]/[ital dy][congruent]1900--3400.
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG02-87ER40328
- OSTI ID:
- 6967094
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States) Vol. 46:11; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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