2013/02/28 by Jan Steinheimer, Jorgen Randrup · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #nucl-th #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevc.87.054903
published as Phys. Rev. C 87, 054903 (2013) · 11 pages, 14 figures, version accepted by PRC
arxiv created 2013/05/14 · arxiv updated 2013/05/15
We recently introduced a fluid-dynamical model for simulating relativistic nuclear collisions in the presence of a first-order phase transition and made explorative studies of head-on lead-lead collisions. We give here a more detailed account of this novel theoretical tool and carry out more exhaustive studies of the phase-separation dynamics. Extracting the density enhancement caused by the spinodal instabilities, the associated clump size distribution, and the resulting transverse flow velocity, we examine the sensitivity of these quantities to the strength of the gradient term that promotes the phase separation, to the details of the initial density fluctuations that form the seeds for the subsequent amplification, and to the equation of state.