Hydrodynamics at RHIC: how well does it work, where and how does it break down?

2004/12/24 by Ulrich Heinz, Ulrich W. Heinz · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #nucl-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0954-3899/31/6/012

published as J.Phys.G31:S717-S724,2005 · 8 pages, 4 figures. Invited talk presented at Strange Quark Matter 2004 (Cape Town, Sep. 15-20, 2004). Proceedings to appear in Journal of Physics G

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Abstract

I review the successes and limitations of the ideal fluid dynamic model in describing hadron emission spectra from Au+Au collisions at the relativistic heavy ion collider (RHIC).

Citations

• Elliptic Flow of Identified Hadrons inAu+AuCollisions atsNN=200 GeV
• Identified particles in Au+Au collisions at GeV
• Parton Coalescence and the Antiproton/Pion Anomaly at RHIC

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