Towards QCD-assisted hydrodynamics for heavy-ion collision phenomenology
Heavy-ion collisions are well described by a dynamical evolution with a long hydrodynamical phase. In this phase the properties of the strongly coupled quark-gluon plasma are reflected in the equation of state (EoS) and the transport coefficients, most prominently by the shear and bulk viscosity over entropy density ratios η/s(T) and ς/s(T), respectively. While the EoS is by now known to a high accuracy, the transport coefficients and in particular their temperature and density dependence are not well known from first-principle computations yet, as well as the possible influence they can have once used in hydrodynamical simulations. In this work, the most recent QCD-based parameters are provided as input to the MUSIC framework. A ratio η/s(T) computed with a QCD based approach is used for the first time [1, 2]. The IP-Glasma model is used to describe the initial energy density distribution, and UrQMD for the dilute hadronic phase. Simulations are performed for Pb–Pb collisions at √sNN = 2.76 TeV, for different centrality intervals. The resulting kinematic distributions of the particles produced in the collisions are compared to data from the LHC, for several experimental observables. Furthermore, the high precision of the experimental results and the broad variety of observables considered allow to critically verify the quality of the description based on first-principle input to the hydrodynamic evolution.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0012704
- OSTI ID:
- 1483751
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1636504
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-209510-2018-JAAM
- Journal Information:
- Nuclear Physics. A, Vol. 979, Issue C; ISSN 0375-9474
- Publisher:
- ElsevierCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Web of Science
Explicit form of the R- ratio of electron–positron annihilation into hadrons
|
journal | October 2019 |
Fluid dynamics of heavy ion collisions with mode expansion
|
journal | July 2019 |
QCD phase structure at finite temperature and density
|
text | January 2020 |
| Explicit form of the R-ratio of electron-positron annihilation into hadrons | text | January 2019 |
| Elliptic flow of electrons from beauty-hadron decays in Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}$ = 5.02 TeV | text | January 2020 |
Similar Records
Higher harmonic flow coefficients of identified hadrons in Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}}=2.76 $ TeV
Illuminating early-stage dynamics of heavy-ion collisions through photons at RHIC BES energies