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Fluctuations from dissipation in a hot non-Abelian plasma
We consider a transport equation of the Boltzmann-Langevin type for
non-Abelian plasmas close to equilibrium to derive the spectral functions of
the underlying microscopic fluctuations from the entropy. The correlator of the
stochastic source is obtained from the dissipative processes in the plasma.
This approach, based on classical transport theory, exploits the well-known
link between a linearized collision integral, the entropy and the spectral
functions. Applied to the ultra-soft modes of a hot non-Abelian (classical or
quantum) plasma, the resulting spectral functions agree with earlier findings
obtained from the microscopic theory. As a by-product, it follows that
B\"odeker's effective theory is consistent with the fluctuation-dissipation
theorem.Comment: 9 pages, revtex, no figures, identical to published versio
Stability of atoms and molecules in an ultrarelativistic Thomas-Fermi-Weizsaecker model
We consider the zero mass limit of a relativistic Thomas-Fermi-Weizsaecker
model of atoms and molecules. We find bounds for the critical nuclear charges
that ensure stability.Comment: 8 pages, LaTe
Thermodynamics of nuclei in thermal contact
The behaviour of a di-nuclear system in the regime of strong pairing
correlations is studied with the methods of statistical mechanics. It is shown
that the thermal averaging is strong enough to assure the application of
thermodynamical methods to the energy exchange between the two nuclei in
contact. In particular, thermal averaging justifies the definition of a nuclear
temperature.Comment: 9 pages, 1 figur
Hydrodynamics at RHIC -- how well does it work, where and how does it break down?
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).Comment: 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
Deconfinement transition dynamics and early thermalization in QGP
We perform SU(3) Lattice Gauge Theory simulations of the deconfinement
transition attempting to mimic conditions encountered in heavy ion collisions.
Specifically, we perform a sudden temperature quench across the deconfinement
temperature, and follow the response of the system in successive simulation
sweeps under spatial lattice expansion and temperature fall-off. In
measurements of the Polyakov loop and structure functions a robust strong
signal of global instability response is observed through the exponential
growth of low momentum modes. Development of these long range modes isotropizes
the system which reaches thermalization shortly afterwards, and enters a stage
of quasi-equilibrium expansion and cooling till its return to the confinement
phase. The time scale characterizing full growth of the long range modes is
largely unaffected by the conditions of spatial expansion and temperature
variation in the system, and is much shorter than the scale set by the interval
to return to the confinement phase. The wide separation of these two scales is
such that it naturally results in isotropization times well inside 1 fm/c.Comment: 11 pages, 8 eps figures, added references, typos correcte
Elliptic flow in nuclear collisions at the Large Hadron Collider
We use perfect-fluid hydrodynamical model to predict the elliptic flow
coefficients in Pb + Pb collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The
initial state for the hydrodynamical calculation for central collisions
is obtained from the perturbative QCD + saturation (EKRT) model. The centrality
dependence of the initial state is modeled by the optical Glauber model. We
show that the baseline results obtained from the framework are in good
agreement with the data from the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), and
show predictions for the spectra and elliptic flow of pions in Pb + Pb
collisions at the LHC. Also mass and multiplicity effects are discussed.Comment: 11 pages, 10 figure
Final state interactions in two-particle interferometry
We reconsider the influence of two-particle final state interactions (FSI) on
two-particle Bose-Einstein interferometry. We concentrate in particular on the
problem of particle emission at different times. Assuming chaoticity of the
source, we derive a new general expression for the symmetrized two-particle
cross section. We discuss the approximations needed to derive from the general
result the Koonin-Pratt formula. Introducing a less stringent version of the
so-called smoothness approximation we also derive a more accurate formula. It
can be implemented into classical event generators and allows to calculate FSI
corrected two-particle correlation functions via modified Bose-Einstein
"weights".Comment: 12 pages RevTeX, 2 ps-figures included, submitted to Phys. Rev.
Hadronic Entropy Enhancement and Low Density QGP
Recent studies show that for central collisions the rising of the incident
energy from AGS to RHIC decreases the value of the chemical potential in the
Hadron-QGP phase diagram. Thus, the formation of QGP at RHIC energies in
central collisions may be expected to occur at very small values of the
chemical potential. Using many different relativistic mean-field hadronic
models (RMF) at this regime we show that the critical temperature for the
Hadron-QGP transition is hadronic model independent. We have traced back the
reason for this and conclude that it comes from the fact that the QGP entropy
is much larger than the hadronic entropy obtained in all the RMF models. We
also find that almost all of these models present a strong entropy enhancement
in the hadronic sector coming from the baryonic phase transition to a
nucleon-antinucleon plasma. This result is in agreement with the recent data
obtained in the STAR collaboration at RHIC where it was found a rich
proton-antiproton matter
Thermalization vs. Isotropization & Azimuthal Fluctuations
Hydrodynamic description requires a local thermodynamic equilibrium of the
system under study but an approximate hydrodynamic behaviour is already
manifested when a momentum distribution of liquid components is not of
equilibrium form but merely isotropic. While the process of equilibration is
relatively slow, the parton system becomes isotropic rather fast due to the
plasma instabilities. Azimuthal fluctuations observed in relativistic heavy-ion
collisions are argued to distinguish between a fully equilibrated and only
isotropic parton system produced in the collision early stage.Comment: 12 pages, presented at `Correlations and Fluctuations in Relativistic
Nuclear Collisions', MIT, April 05, minor correction
How much entropy is produced in strongly coupled Quark-Gluon Plasma (sQGP) by dissipative effects?
We argue that estimates of dissipative effects based on the first-order
hydrodynamics with shear viscosity are potentially misleading because higher
order terms in the gradient expansion of the dissipative part of the stress
tensor tend to reduce them. Using recently obtained sound dispersion relation
in thermal =4 supersymmetric plasma, we calculate the effect
of these high order terms for Bjorken expansion appropriate to RHIC/LHC
collisions. A reduction of entropy production is found to be substantial, up to
an order of magnitude.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figur
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