323 research outputs found
Collective Flow and Mach Cones with Parton Transport
Fast thermalization and a strong build up of elliptic flow of QCD matter were
investigated within the pQCD based 3+1 dimensional parton transport model BAMPS
including bremsstrahlung processes. Within the same
framework quenching of gluonic jets in Au+Au collisions at RHIC can be
understood. The development of conical structure by gluonic jets is
investigated in a static box for the regimes of small and large dissipation.
Furthermore we demonstrate two different approaches to extract the shear
viscosity coefficient from a microscopical picture.Comment: 7 pages, 8 figures, 1 table; to appear in the proceedings of Hot and
Cold Baryonic Matter -- HCBM 201
Development of relativistic shock waves in viscous gluon matter
To investigate the formation and the propagation of relativistic shock waves
in viscous gluon matter we solve the relativistic Riemann problem using a
microscopic parton cascade. We demonstrate the transition from ideal to viscous
shock waves by varying the shear viscosity to entropy density ratio .
We show that an ratio larger than 0.2 prevents the development of
well-defined shock waves on time scales typical for ultrarelativistic heavy-ion
collisions. These findings are confirmed by viscous hydrodynamic calculations.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures - To appear in the conference proceedings for
Quark Matter 2009, March 30 - April 4, Knoxville, Tennesse
Extraction of shear viscosity in stationary states of relativistic particle systems
Starting from a classical picture of shear viscosity we construct a
stationary velocity gradient in a microscopic parton cascade. Employing the
Navier-Stokes ansatz we extract the shear viscosity coefficient . For
elastic isotropic scatterings we find an excellent agreement with the analytic
values. This confirms the applicability of this method. Furthermore for both
elastic and inelastic scatterings with pQCD based cross sections we extract the
shear viscosity coefficient for a pure gluonic system and find a good
agreement with already published calculations.Comment: 17 pages, 7 figure
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