Published July 1, 2019 | Version v1
Journal article

Hydrodynamic flow in small systems or: "How the heck is it possible that a system emitting only a dozen particles can be described by fluid dynamics?"

  • 1. Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210-1117 (United States)
  • 2. Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0305 (United States)

Description

The "unreasonable effectiveness" of relativistic fluid dynamics in describing high energy heavy-ion and even proton-proton collisions will be demonstrated and discussed. Several recent ideas of optimizing relativistic fluid dynamics for the specific challenges posed by such collisions will be presented, and some thoughts will be offered why the framework works better than originally expected. I will also address the unresolved question where exactly hydrodynamics breaks down, and why. (paper)

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1271/1/012018

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
1271
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[10 p.]
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
International Workshop on Discovery Physics at the LHC
Acronym
Kruger2018
Dates
3-7 Dec 2018
Place
Kruger (South Africa)

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