Initial conditions for nuclear collisions: theory overview

We overview the current status and recent developments on initial conditions in ultra-relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions. Specifically, we look at the progress in understanding the role of sub-nucleonic fluctuations in large and small collision systems. Next, we review the current ideas of goin...

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Main Author: Mazeliauskas, Aleksas (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 22 January 2019
In: Nuclear physics. A, Nuclear and hadronic physics
Year: 2019, Volume: 982, Pages: 134-141
ISSN:1873-1554
DOI:10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2018.08.019
Online Access:Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2018.08.019
Verlag, Volltext: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0375947418301635
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Author Notes:Aleksas Mazeliauskas, Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Heidelberg
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Summary:We overview the current status and recent developments on initial conditions in ultra-relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions. Specifically, we look at the progress in understanding the role of sub-nucleonic fluctuations in large and small collision systems. Next, we review the current ideas of going beyond boost invariant initial conditions and introducing physically motivated rapidity fluctuations at RHIC and LHC energies. Finally, we discuss the time evolution of initial stages and the matching between different descriptions of the QGP.
Item Description:XXVIIth International Conference on Ultrarelativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (Quark Matter 2018)
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Physical Description:Online Resource
ISSN:1873-1554
DOI:10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2018.08.019