Viscosity of high energy nuclear fluids

2007/03/15 by V. Parihar, A. Widom, Allan Widom +2
Physics and Astronomy · #Collision #Fragmentation (computing) #Heavy ion #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Ion #Nuclear matter #Nuclear physics #Nucleon #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Quantum mechanics #Thermodynamics #Viscosity #nucl-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0954-3899/35/6/065102

published as J.Phys.G35:065102,2008 · 6 pages, ReVTeX 4 format, two figures, *.eps format

arxiv created 2007/03/15 · openalex publication_date 2008/04/22 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Relativistic high energy heavy ion collision cross sections have been interpreted in terms of almost ideal liquid droplets of nuclear matter. The experimental low viscosity of these nuclear fluids have been of considerable recent quantum chromodynamic interest. The viscosity is here discussed in terms of the string fragmentation models wherein the temperature dependence of the nuclear fluid viscosity obeys the Vogel-Fulcher-Tammann law.

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