Fully Dynamical Simulation of Central Nuclear Collisions
Jul 9, 20135 pages
Published in:
- Phys.Rev.Lett. 111 (2013) 22, 222302
- Published: Nov 26, 2013
e-Print:
- 1307.2539 [nucl-th]
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Abstract:
We present a fully dynamical simulation of central nuclear collisions around mid-rapidity at LHC energies. Unlike previous treatments, we simulate all phases of the collision, including the equilibration of the system. For the simulation, we use numerical relativity solutions to AdS/CFT for the pre-equilibrium stage, viscous hydrodynamics for the plasma equilibrium stage and kinetic theory for the low density hadronic stage. Our pre-equilibrium stage provides initial conditions for hydrodynamics, resulting in sizable radial flow. The resulting light particle spectra reproduce the measurements from the ALICE experiment at all transverse momenta.Note:
- 4 pages, 6 figures; v2: minor changes; v3: major changes, including a new section comparing to free streaming, matches published version
- 25.75.Ld
- 11.25.Tq
- 12.38.Mh
- hydrodynamics: viscosity
- particle: spectrum
- density: low
- field theory: conformal
- nucleus nucleus: scattering
- AdS/CFT correspondence
- transverse momentum
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