The Magnetic Component of Quark-Gluon Plasma is also a Liquid
Creators
- 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794 (United States)
Description
The magnetic scenario for strongly coupled quark-gluon plasma (sQGP) emphasizes the role of monopoles near or above the deconfinement temperature, and specifically predicts that they help reduce its viscosity by the 'magnetic bottle' effect. Here we present results for monopole-(anti)monopole correlation functions from our classical molecular dynamics simulations, which are in good agreement with the lattice results. By analysis of the correlation functions, we show that the magnetic Coulomb coupling runs in the direction opposite to the electric one. However, as T decreases to Tc, the magnetic coupling never gets too weak, with the plasma parameter always large enough (Γ>1). This nicely agrees with empirical evidence from the BNL Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider experiments, implying that magnetic objects should also form a good liquid with low viscosity
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.162302;
- arXiv
- arXiv:0804.0255v4;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review Letters
- Journal Volume
- 101
- Journal Issue
- 16
- Journal Page Range
- p. 162302-162302.4
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- CODEN
- PRLTAO
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 40054016
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BNL; BROOKHAVEN RHIC; CORRELATION FUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS METHOD; MONOPOLES; PLASMA; QUARK MATTER; SIMULATION
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCELERATORS; CALCULATION METHODS; FUNCTIONS; HEAVY ION ACCELERATORS; MATTER; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; STORAGE RINGS; US AEC; US DOE; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2008 The American Physical Society