Initial conditions for hydrodynamics from kinetic theory equilibration

We use effective kinetic theory to study the pre-equilibrium dynamics in heavy-ion collisions. We describe the evolution of linearized energy perturbations on top of out-of-equilibrium background to the energy-momentum tensor at a time when hydrodynamics becomes applicable. We apply this description...

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Hauptverfasser: Kurkela, Aleksi (VerfasserIn) , Mazeliauskas, Aleksas (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: November 2017
In: Nuclear physics. A, Nuclear and hadronic physics
Year: 2017, Jahrgang: 967, Pages: 289-292
ISSN:1873-1554
DOI:10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2017.04.009
Online-Zugang:Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2017.04.009
Verlag, Volltext: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0375947417300726
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Verfasserangaben:Aleksi Kurkela, Aleksas Mazeliauskas, Jean-François Paquet, Sören Schlichting, Derek Teaney
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Zusammenfassung:We use effective kinetic theory to study the pre-equilibrium dynamics in heavy-ion collisions. We describe the evolution of linearized energy perturbations on top of out-of-equilibrium background to the energy-momentum tensor at a time when hydrodynamics becomes applicable. We apply this description to IP-Glasma initial conditions and find an overall smooth transition to hydrodynamics. In a phenomenologically favorable range of η/s values, early time dynamics can be accurately described in terms of a few functions of a scaled time variable τT/(η/s). Our framework can be readily applied to other initial state models to provide the pre-equilibrium dynamics of the energy momentum tensor.
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ISSN:1873-1554
DOI:10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2017.04.009