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Shear viscosity, cavitation and hydrodynamics at LHC

Publication Type : Journal Article

Publisher : Physics Letters B

Source : Physics Letters B, Volume 704, Number 5, p.486 - 489 (2011)

Url : http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269311011257

Campus : Coimbatore

School : School of Engineering

Department : Sciences

Year : 2011

Abstract : Abstract We study evolution of quark–gluon matter in the ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions within the frame work of relativistic second-order viscous hydrodynamics. In particular, by using the various prescriptions of a temperature-dependent shear viscosity to the entropy ratio, we show that the hydrodynamic description of the relativistic fluid becomes invalid due to the phenomenon of cavitation. For most of the initial conditions relevant for LHC, the cavitation sets in very early stage. The cavitation in this case is entirely driven by the large values of shear viscosity. Moreover we also demonstrate that the conformal terms used in equations of the relativistic dissipative hydrodynamic can influence the cavitation time.

Cite this Research Publication : J. R. Bhatt, Mishra, H., and V. Sreekanth, “Shear viscosity, cavitation and hydrodynamics at LHC”, Physics Letters B, vol. 704, pp. 486 - 489, 2011.

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